There’s noting quite like sitting in a dim sum palace on the other side of a divider from a raucous and very large Chinese New Year celebration.
Particularly when the music suddenly switches over from an er hu solo to an enthusiastic brass band* rendition of The Star Spangled Banner.
And then later there were dragon dances inside the restaurant.
*I think the band was on tape, but the singing certainly was very much live.
Orrrh…seeeiiiii can you cccc….