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Rebecca LaClair

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Rebecca likes to try new food from a trendy restaurant, or one she hasn't been to yet.

You won't go astray beyond the buffet

Thursday, January 6, 2022 ~ Updated 3:35 PM

"New Year, New Me" always seems like an exercise in futility to me. Don't get me wrong, I am an optimist, a mostly happy person, and I do keep trying to improve myself, but I don't want a completely new me. I want to strive for new experiences, new knowledge, new joy and awe, but that doesn't mean I place a greater value on the new than those experiences, learnings and joys that have come before. I try very hard not to prejudge people, books, movies, even restaurants. Sometimes, a plain exterior will give no hint to the magic lurking inside. And that brings me to 5 Star China Garden, a small Chinese restaurant nestled into a small strip mall next to the Walmart in Perryville, Missouri.

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