If you find your shumai in Houston, Texas especially authentic, you have Hoi Fung to thank. He is the first chef who brought authentic Cantonese cuisine to the city in 1982 after moving from Hong Kong. Now, his own daughter is carrying on the family’s legacy of cooks, with her own spin on Chinese food. <br /><br />Shop address: 7320 Southwest Fwy APT 115, Houston, TX 77074, United States<br /><br />This is the fourth episode of our latest “Mean Street Gourmet” series about mom-and-pop stores across the Chinese diaspora. In the next episode, Up next, we take you to Paris to meet a xiaolongbao maker who was inspired by her French and Chinese roots.<br /><br />00:00 Houston’s first Cantonese restaurant<br />00:36 How it started<br />01:06 Father and daughter<br />01:30 Daughter’s specialty <br />02:21 Why carry on the legacy <br /><br />Don’t miss our stories, what’s buzzing around the web, and bonus material. Sign up for the GT NEWSLETTER: http://gt4.life/YTnewsletter<br /> <br />If you liked this video, we have more stories featuring mom-and-pop shops in China:<br /><br />Golden, Crispy “Sugar Melons” Only Made in Winter<br />https://dai.ly/x87asn1 <br /><br />‘We Sweat Buckets’: Making Sugared Scallion Candy<br />https://dai.ly/x8a5cfi <br /><br />Follow us on Instagram for behind-the-scenes moments: http://instagram.com/goldthread2 <br />Stay updated on Twitter: http://twitter.com/goldthread2 <br />Join the conversation on Facebook: http://facebook.com/goldthread2 <br />Have story ideas? Send them to us at hello@goldthread2.com<br /><br /><br />Producer: Dolly Li<br />Script: Lyn Yang<br />Videographer: Joy Jihyun Jeong<br />Editor: Cliff Man<br />Mastering: Victor Peña<br /><br />#Houston #seafood #Hongkong<br />
