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Want some dim sum? Restaurants serve up Chinese delicacies Dir Don! tanrarit at "70A A D J v /-it i vtmi • < < , > .. By Paul Bredderman Staff Writer One would expect to find authentic Chinese specialties served in restau rants in a big-city China Town, not in Chapel Hill. But two local restaurants are proud to be among the few in North Carolina that serve dim sum,” a light meal made up of tiny delicacies in the form of dump lings, pastries and ambrosia. “It’s like a smorgasbord,” said David Chu, a manager at Hunam Chinese Res- PHE Local resident Gaile Chaney com pared PHE Inc. to propaganda groups around the world. “They’re like the KKK and neo-Na zis. We’re getting jobs, but at what priceT’ she asked. “We must bring them under conditional use, for the health of the community and protection of prop erty values.” Former town attorney and chief ac tivist against PHE Inc., Lucius Cheshire Sr., said the company could not legally relocate in Hillsborough because it did not have a conditional-use permit to operate in the authorized zone. “Nobody discussed with Horton a conditional-use permit before he moved here,” Cheshire said. “Since he never applied for it, they could endanger pub lic health, safety and general welfare. RTVMP More academically focused divi sions, including the departments of so ciology and anthropology, could use the resources of an RTVMP studies program to understand the impact of media on American and world cultures, he said. But this shift may not sit well with incoming fall 1993 RTVMP graduate students, according to an RTVMP sur vey of the 103 expected fall enrollees. 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For that reason we can’t grant it.” Cheshire added that a 15-year-old Hillsborough resident ordered a video and magazine from PHE Inc., which was delivered Tuesday. “His father is in the courtroom. I’d point him out to you if they’d let me back in the room to speak,” he added, after being thrown out of the hearing. Cheshire attempted to show board members a 30-second clip from an X rated video to demonstrate its moral indecency. Board members told Cheshire he could not show the video, but Cheshire proceeded to describe the video’s contents. “He licked her rectum,” Cheshire said, before being restrained and thrown out by bailiffs. The audience applauded loudly as from page 1 Students talked about the need for ad ministrators to allocate more money for production equipment upgrading and maintenance. “We’re operating past the life of the equipment,” said RTVMP Director of Operations Tyler Johnson. “Thedepart ment has facilities it will not be able to support. We may have to shut down the TV studio.” Johnson said that when the department’s budget was halved in the past, the RTVMP program had contin ued to maintain equipment with the lowered budget, but now the depart ment could not provide for its upkeep. “Basically it’s a problem of reliabil ity,” he said. “Students need to be able to depend on the equipment.” Chapel Hill resident Carol Martell tried dim sum for the first time Sunday at Hunam. “I didn’t come here until I talked to someone else who had already come here,” she said. “I was afraid I’d walk away hungry. I just didn’t understand how it worked.” At Hunam, customers are presented with a dim sum menu upon request. It consists of 52 items that are steamed, pan-fried, stir-fried or deep-fried, all cooked to order. Customers order simply by circling from page 1 Cheshire left the room, waving to his sympathizers. But PHE Inc. employees and citizens supporting the company said the com pany was a legitimate business that would not harm the community. Donna Spurting, a former PHE Inc. employee, said the charges lodged against PHE were outlandish. “I worked there from 1986 to 1988 and have yet to see a better-run organi zation,” Spurting said. “They’ve been accused of murder, rape and everything under the sun, but they’re really good people.” Carol Moore and Tim Zachery, two Hillsborough residents whose land bor ders PHE Inc.’s property, said they dis agreed with the accusations about the company’s negative influences. 20 Visits S6O 10 Visits $35 5 Visits $22 Open 7 days a week ■ Til 10 pm Weekdays 169 E. Franklin Street • Near the Post Office 1 929-5409 on the menu the items they wish to try. Traditionally, many Chinese fami lies look forward to dim sum because it is a time to talk, drink tea and enjoy a relaxing meal. Translated, the term means “pointing to your heart.” When Christina Lee came to Durham eight years ago after living in Hong Kong for more than 20 years, she hoped dim sum would become popular with local residents who knew nothing about it Now the Hong Kong Chinese Res taurant on Guess Road, where she is a manager, does booming business on weekends. “I think at least 300 or 400 people come in (on Saturdays and Sundays),” Lee said. Asian families come from as far as Fayetteville, Wilmington and South Carolina to eat dim sum at Hong Kong on the weekend, Lee said. Unlike at Hunam, customers at Hong Kong choose what they eat as items pass by on carts and trays—the way it’s done at “tea houses” and restaurants in Buy One At The Regular Price, Get Next Smaller Size FREE! (Hey, it works for pizza!) Right now at Ram Furniture, when you buy a sofa at the regular price you get the loveseat or the chair FREE. When you buy a futon, you get the cover for FREE. 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Having a chef from Hong Kong, al though expensive, is a sign of good dim sum, Lee said. Most dim sum dishes at the two restaurants are $2 to $3 each, but some cost as much as $9. Some of the food is quite exotic. “Not everyone can acquire a taste,” Chu said. Beef tripe? That’s cow’s stomach. “Phoenix (chicken) feet” are also served; they are marinated, fried and then steamed and served in a black bean sauce. And how about some Lotus seed buns? There are plenty of other choices, such as various types of dumplings, for the less adventurous. “It’s wonderful. We just kind of or dered some things and ate,” said Lori Reynolds, a Chapel Hill resident who ate at Hunam on Sunday. She tried the roasted pork buns, stuffed crab claw, spare ribs in black bean sauce and one of the most popular items the “har gaw,” or shrimp dumplings. Andrea Brown first tried dim sum three years ago at Hunam. “I immedi ately fell in love with it,” she said, laughing as she attempted to sell the concept to her friends sitting beside her. “I came in here and ordered $24 worth one time by myself. “I like a variety of foods. It’s an inexpensive way to try a lot of things.” 5
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