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Burns barbecue, a place not unfamiliar to me. i first came here 15 years ago on some long lost travel program on a network far, far away. founder roy burns has passed on to the great open pit in the sky 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. it's been a while, i believe last time i was here the grandfather was here back then. >> slim thug: well you're in the right place for some barbecue, man. burns barbecue. >> anthony: so, what do you do? ribs and brisket or uh -- >> slim t...

>> gertrude: in congo, principal, we have three languages. >> anthony: of course. >> gertrude: we have french, lingala, and munukutuba. >> anthony: so don't feel too bad. most americans struggle with one. the it's okay. >> i'm 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 ...

>> anthony: it's 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. it's 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. >> doan: yeah. >> anthony: okay. >> vinh: i got two large several, uh, get shrimp and fish.

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 here you have to have mexican food. so i went and talked to the best mexican cook in town maricela. ...

>> jonathan: it took me at least two years just to be brave enough to open up, you know? no, they are progressing very, very well. you know? >> romaric: mister, do you ever eat african food? >> anthony: yeah, i've been to africa a lot. i have not been to burkina faso, but i love the food in ghana. the food in senegal is very, very nice. >> romaric: oh, you've already been to senegal? >> anthony: oh, yes, fantastic. your first day in school, was it frightening? >> romaric: i didn't know nobody here. and nobody here from my country. so, i feel scared, but step by step, i start to learn english a...