
Chinatown's Sam Sing butcher shop relied on locally raised hogs to operate for nearly a century, run by men from Gom Benn, including Wong Done, right, and Wong Toy Wing.
Sam Sing Butcher’s Secret: Hometown Hogs
A recent study focused on Los Angeles’ Old Chinatown from the 1890s to the 1930s, and analyzed how the Chinese created a self-reliant network that linked pork butchers, ranchers and rice growers.