Though actors like Anna May Wong, James Wong, Nancy Kwan, Bruce Lee, George Takei and Pat Morita broke through barriers and paved the way for future generations of Asian American actors, the roles were slim in numbers and pigeonholed. The structure of the book is a great balance between facts and observations alongside humour and personal opinions. And most of the week you eat very plain, gentle food, and on a Friday you eat a vindaloo and ruin your night. It’s an unexpected stance, but part of the joy of the book is how you can’t quite be sure what’s coming.

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In those cases, it’s about extrapolating the concept ad absurdum (if we base our dietary decisions on intelligence, where will it end? Overall, this is a great book with lots to discuss, and be proud of but at the same time, there are many incidents not given any air time, so I'm not sure what to make of this because I reasonably know that not everything can be addressed but. They have really amazing hand-pulled noodles with big pieces of beef, but they also do really good dim sum and very cheap corkage.Told with generous sprinklings of his deadpan and sarcastic humour, this was filled with moments that made me laugh but also I liked how that was the background to the book, the main focus being Race, Ethnicities differences, Food and of course; comedy. As such, his reflections were deeply moving and in some cases provoked some real reflection on the British Asian experience. I don't have a wistful affection for my childhood or past in the way many people seem to - a luxury of the grounded life. When Philip Nathaniel Sin Goi Wang was told as a teenager that his family were moving to the UK he was thrilled.