Still, the cramped food stall of about 100 square feet, with no English-language name or advertising, has become a hit in a neighbourhood beleaguered by COVID-19 and high rents. That this shaobing stall has relied mostly on patrons of Chinese descent speaks to the changing buying power of communities like Flushing. When restaurants closed amid the lockdown, the roommates pooled their savings and answered an advertisement to lease the tiny food stall. And news travels fast — she knows the shaobing stall well; her favorite filling is spicy squid. But several wandered to the shaobing stall, where a mostly Chinese clientele browsed the menu.

Source: bd News24 February 16, 2021 07:30 UTC