“You’ll
have to try the coffee braised beef hot pot. But don’t forget the buchi; it’s
got Reese’s chocolate filling.” These were words alien yet familiar; the usual
suspects found in a Chinese restaurant’s menu. As Chow Fun’s owner Danio Caw
did his roll call of dishes each came into sharp focus, wheeled in on the Lazy
Susan of my mind. The hotpot, when brought in, was a bubbling bowl of dark
caramel-hued stew meant...
