at some point, monterey park was about 60%, 70% asian, with 3 chinese, i think, on the city cncil. it earned the name of "little taipei." jon: my parents came over when they were, i think, 25. they came to america, had nothing, and then my mom would tell me stories like, "yeah, like, we would get just meat scraps and then ask them to grind it at the market," and then they would just make whatever out of it. mr. yao: when we can, you know, it's hard to buy tofu. you had-- you had to spend a...yeah, it's much, much more expensive than right now. at that time, really, it--it's a treat when you eat the tofu. susie: in the 1970s, if you wanted chinese food--and, god, i need my chinese food, right? if you wanted a sauce, you--you want your fish sauce, if you want your garlic black bean sauce,ou had to go find itt a little chinatown market. you didn't know what was going o and then yee sing chong was established in chinatown. this was a supermarket with a fish section. jon: my mom would steam fish. she would steam live tilapia 'cause eating fresh fish is really big in the chinese communit