This First Person column is the experience of Angelina King who is Chinese Romanian. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.

I’ve never got to discuss being Chinese Romanian with anyone outside my family — until this month when I met a Chinese-Romanian chef in Toronto.

I grew up navigating two cultures in Saskatoon, which was difficult all on its own, but I didn’t think too much about it.

It was routine to have a lamb roasting on a spit in the backyard every summer while my dad cooked a stew in a cauldron over an open fire.