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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.77,0:00:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (soft piano music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.62,0:00:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I lived in Flushing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.62,0:00:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized there was not enough\Ndumpling places,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.38,0:00:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I said to myself, "Maybe some day\NI can open a dumpling house here."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.67,0:00:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.04,0:00:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(train announcer) \N{\i1}This is Flushing Main Street{\i0}.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.58,0:00:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Helen You,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.14,0:00:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the chef and owner\Nof Dumpling Galaxy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.54,0:00:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Tian Jin Dumpling House.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.65,0:00:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(street noise)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.96,0:00:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents, they are the first generation\Nof college graduates.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.47,0:00:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1957, there was\Na Chinese political movement
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.92,0:00:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called Anti-Rightists Movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.23,0:01:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the intellectuals were encouraged\Nto criticize the government
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.29,0:01:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or make suggestions to the government
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.46,0:01:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and both my parents spoke up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.55,0:01:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father was in a labor camp\Nsince then, for 22 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.77,0:01:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family was labeled as a bad family,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.55,0:01:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't go out to play\Nwith other friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.32,0:01:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stayed at home with my mom\Nand grandma watching them cooking.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.47,0:01:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how I get started\Nto get interested in cooking.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.37,0:01:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to get so fascinated watching them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.45,0:01:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not so easy\Nto learn to make dumplings.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.73,0:01:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a little hard,\NI gave up many times.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.05,0:01:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom encouraged me to \Ndon't give up, to try it again and again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.62,0:01:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You will be there."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.10,0:01:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, that was true, I got there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.35,0:01:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned how.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.97,0:01:55.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (gentle music throughout) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.68,0:02:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (end of music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.28,0:02:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My favorite dumpling is pork with chives\Nsince I was a little child
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.38,0:02:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and will never change, probably.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.11,0:02:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(sound of plane)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.18,0:03:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1979, my father got back home\Nand I decided to come to America.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.01,0:03:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to attend college first.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.53,0:03:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After I graduated from college,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.39,0:03:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worked for large American corporations\Nas a tax accountant.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.82,0:03:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to make dumplings for my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.23,0:03:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And making dumplings together\Nis such a sweet memory from my childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.47,0:03:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (nostalgic music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.38,0:03:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I came up with the idea\Nto open a small stall
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.28,0:03:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- Tianjin Dumpling House --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.87,0:03:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sell a few types of dumplings.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.16,0:03:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's my dream, \Nthat's really where my passion is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.68,0:03:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I'm good at, and what I like to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.48,0:03:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately, I got a positive feedback\Nfrom all the customers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.41,0:03:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a way my customers in Flushing\Nlead me to make more and more dumplings.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.80,0:03:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then when I got more demand,\NI set up Dumpling Galaxy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.98,0:04:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Pete Wells wrote a review\Nabout the Dumpling Galaxy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.16,0:04:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people lined up in my restaurant\Nwaiting for two hours to get in.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.05,0:04:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very surprised and shocked.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.64,0:04:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Chinese spinach.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.05,0:04:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always purchase all my fresh produce\Nand fresh meat from local supermarkets.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.84,0:04:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel it's my responsibility\Nto support the Flushing community.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.72,0:04:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm very proud to work in Flushing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.70,0:04:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come to Flushing every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.95,0:05:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be part of Flushing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.17,0:05:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(sound of train running)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.93,0:05:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Subtitles by Jenny Lam-Chowdhury\Nwww.eatingwithmyfivesenses.com