Writing the Chinese American Restaurant with Lillian Li and Serena Dai

In Lillian Li’s multigenerational debut novel, Number One Chinese Restaurant, The Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, is not only a beloved go-to setting for hunger pangs and celebrations; it is its own world, inhabited by waiters and kitchen staff who have been fighting, loving, and aging within its walls for decades.

Number One Chinese Restaurant looks beyond red tablecloths and silkscreen murals to share an unforgettable story about youth and aging, parents and children, and all the ways that our families destroy us while also keeping us grounded and alive.

Join Lillian Li in conversation with Serena Dai, Editor of Eater NY, for a conversation about Chinese American restaurants as sites of generational and cultural changes, the restaurant industry as a creative space both on and off the page, and Lillian’s process writing Number One Chinese Restaurant.

An informal reception with book signings and small bites inspired by Number One Chinese Restaurant will follow.











When: Thu., Oct. 10, 2019 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Museum of Food and Drink
62 Bayard St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn
718-387-2845
Price: $25
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In Lillian Li’s multigenerational debut novel, Number One Chinese Restaurant, The Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, is not only a beloved go-to setting for hunger pangs and celebrations; it is its own world, inhabited by waiters and kitchen staff who have been fighting, loving, and aging within its walls for decades.

Number One Chinese Restaurant looks beyond red tablecloths and silkscreen murals to share an unforgettable story about youth and aging, parents and children, and all the ways that our families destroy us while also keeping us grounded and alive.

Join Lillian Li in conversation with Serena Dai, Editor of Eater NY, for a conversation about Chinese American restaurants as sites of generational and cultural changes, the restaurant industry as a creative space both on and off the page, and Lillian’s process writing Number One Chinese Restaurant.

An informal reception with book signings and small bites inspired by Number One Chinese Restaurant will follow.

Buy tickets/get more info now