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Irene： Knowing that you have opened two restaurants in Chinatown, can you introduce what are the characteristics of your restaurants?
Henry: Our restaurant opened in the summer of 1985. At that time, my boss had just immigrated from Hong Kong for investment. Therefore, in that era, we were the first Hong Kong-style milk tea and restaurant in America, including New York and Canada.
Henry: After ups and downs, we have existed for more than 30 years. I also try my best to maintain our unique characteristic culture. We don't want our Chinese traditional culture to be lost because I have been learning and growing up in Chinatown. And I studied with Westerners also. Therefore, my restaurant is a mixture of Chinese Hong Kong style and Western style, so it becomes a kind of mix between the two cultures, which is very interesting and interesting.
Irene: Do you have any stress to run three restaurants now?
Henry: I didn’t have any pressure before. Now the most important things are: 1. Young people are unwilling to join our industry. 2. The competition is too fierce. Some bosses only learn a little bit and start to open their own restaurants.
Irene: What kind of future do you want to see in Chinatown?
Henry: Now, we have the central subway in Chinatown, and it will be a great help to upgrade our Chinatown. I hope everyone can coordinate together to upgrade the tourism of Chinatown. It will be of great help to our community.