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>> where? >> pakistan. >> and youve been here how long? >> one year. >> your english is very good. >> it took me two years to be brave enough to open up. -- >> do you eat african food? >> i have been in africa a lot. >> the love the food in ghana and senegal. very nice. your first day in school, was it frightening? >> i didnt know here. so i feel scared, i learn english and talk to people. >> after school, when you graduate high school what do you want to do next? >> i want to be a fashion desig...

Since last i was here, but his son and his grandchildren carry on the tradition of making some of the best east texas style barbecue you can find around here. its been a while, i believe last time i was here the grandfather was here back then. >> slim thug: well youre in the right place for some barbecue, man. burns barbecue. >> anthony: so, what do you do? ribs and brisket or uh -- >> slim thug: i do all of that. >> anthony: you do all of it, okay. >> slim thug: all of that. what is that? >> bo...

>> anthony: its a 90 minute drive south from houston to the town of palacios on the matagorda bay. and, like a lot of the communities down here, the principal industry is fishing, shrimp in particular. its also where, beginning in the 1970s as the vietnam war ground to its ignominious conclusion, that thousands of vietnamese found new lives and a new home. to have remained would have meant, in most cases, arrest, imprisonment, reeducation camps, or worse. so all you want is shrimp at this point....

>> anthony: but you already speak how many languages? >> gertrude: in congo, principal, we have three languages. >> anthony: of course. >> gertrude: we have french, lingala, and munukutuba. >> anthony: so dont feel too bad. most americans struggle with one. its okay. >> im a refugee from drc. >> anthony: what did you do in kinshasa? >> i did electrician and construction too. >> anthony: and here? >> i was machine operator. after that, i decide to be farmer. it was my dream. >> my dream it was to...

Though, i aint gonna lie. >> anthony: so, everybody, born here? >> slim thug: born and raised. >> anthony: the town changed at all? >> slim thug: a lot. >> anthony: yeah, in what way? >> slim thug: you know, it was like a big small town at first, and now its becoming like a real city. you know. >> anthony: is that good or bad? >> bone: it depends on what you do. >> slim thug: good and bad, kinda. a lot of the stuff we was really into back in the day, these new kids or these people from out of to...

The point is, in many ways, typical in the way it is geared towards serving the immediate needs of its community. food for vietnamese and food for mexicans. yen, bryan, their kids jennifer and kimberly as well as cousin tv and his son, donny. all proud citizens of the united states of america, by the way. >> yen: you know, i really feel fortunate we live in this town and we have a lot of support. when we went to open this store, all my friends said, "i want to have vietnamese food." i know that ...

Family still over there. my mom, my sister -- >> anthony: and youd like them to come. >> gertrude: i want them to come. >> anthony: a lot of first generation and second generation african babies are going to be happening here. >> albert: yeah. >> anthony: houston is going to look real different. youll hear lingala at the 7-eleven? no problem? >> gertrude: no problem. >> anthony: in 10 years? than our name suggests. were an organic tea company. a premium juice company. a coconut water company. we...

[ laughter ] >> a lot. >> whats a lot? >> 40 or 50. >> 40 or 50 people. >> wow. >> i dont see us as interracial until somebody points it out. >> it is a typical texan family at this point. >> she cooks from scratch and fresh being made on a hot griddle and she makes a dish of jelly fish, and pork and dressed with the fish sauce. and a rice noodle dish from vietnam made with pork ribs and chili. >> mixed up meal here. >> did you speak english when i arrived? >> i learned within a year. because i ...

Two teams locked in struggle. take me out to the ballgame, man. though the smell wafting from behind the bleachers is not hot dogs or popcorn or roasting peanuts, its a hell of a lot better actually. >> kuldeep patel: basically, its practically like baseball. first international game believe it or not was u.s.a. versus canada. >> anthony: really? >> kuldeep patel: yes, in 1844. >> kuldeep patel: yeah, i dont know if you knew, but cricket is second most watched sport in the world. yes. >> anthony...

>> im a refugee from drc. >> anthony: what did you do in kinshasa? >> i did electrician and construction too. >> anthony: and here? >> i was machine operator. after that, i decide to be farmer. it was my dream. >> my dream it was to get my own garden, and what i harvest, i need to cook. >> anthony: where are you cooking now? >> i work at the four seasons hotel. >> anthony: oh thats not a bad gig. >> yeah, yeah. >> anthony: how african will houston be in twenty years? a lot, right? >> gertrude: i...