the old new china buffet + my eybrow
February 12th, 2009
the old new china buffet on south 27th street. diversity in action. on the left is a table full of hispanic dudes, above them back on the wall are hats for sale – one of them has a dollar sign pattern flaking off it, all are 6 dollars and being sold by the chinese man working the door. cry me a metaphor.
the chilled beverage center has horchata and there are wings, pizza, fries, potato salad, and jello; along with crab legs (please only take 5), brown sauced noodles, garlic bread, and more. there are young black women with a lot of children and more hispanic guys with tattoos on their necks. a table full of middle eastern men whose dress and ages range from office to hip-hop.
at the table with my eyebrow are an older white man, an older chinese man who immigrated from shanghai via hong kong in the 70s, and his son who uses his new film degree to make music videos in ...READ MORE
