A Cantonese Lunar New Year feast we could all use right now

Poon choi is an infinitely adaptive Cantonese dish, a one-pot feast of meats, seafoods and vegetables.
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • February 5, 2021
At Pearl River Deli, Johnny Lee’s tiny Cantonese restaurant in Chinatown’s Far East Plaza, weekends bring revolving specials that expand his short staple menu of char siu, silky scrambles and sandwiches. Come Saturdays there may be Hainan chicken...
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