Charlotte Happenings

Winter 2016

Charlotte Happenings is your monthly guide to events and things to do in and around Charlotte, NC.

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ZHANG Qian Zhang came to America in April 2015. She grew up in a small city in the Sichuan (Szechuan) province of China. Spicy food plays a big role in her hometown, and it plays a big role in Zhang's food truck, e Dumpling Lady. Aer moving to Charlotte, Zhang began making dishes she enjoyed in her youth to ease her feelings of being homesick. In February 2016, she started selling her dumplings at local farmer's markets. Customers loved her dumplings, but they were concerned about cooking them at home and whether or not they could do it. "We didn't want to disappoint people, so we decided to have a food truck in an effort to control the final products and give them what they wanted," says Zhang. With meat locally sourced from North Carolina farms, some of the best ingredients come all the way from China. "I use this peppercorn that is shipped from my hometown. People either love it or hate it. And luckily, people in Charlotte have been loving the peppercorn," she notes. QIAN ZHANG THE DUMPLING DY 48 WINTER 2016

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