79 Elizabeth St，New York，NY 10013

This is the food market on Elizabeth Street. People are picking what to eat for dinner—dumplings, zongzi, stir-fried dishes, all kinds of traditional Chinese food. I watched how everyone’s face looked relaxed and happy, how their hands naturally reached for something familiar. the journey from Petco’s glass tanks to Chinatown’s seafood markets, from ice trucks to dry stalls—everything finally returns here, in warmth.

The animals I saw before have turned into dishes, and somehow, it doesn’t feel cruel. It feels... human. Because food has always been part of our way to remember, to connect, and to continue. Maybe this is how life finds peace—not in the ocean or the tank, but in a shared meal.