Wolfed down by hungry working stiffs on the streets of Beijing and Guangzhou, jianbing is China’s version of a crêpe and served in 30-odd varieties at this new lunch counter at Mesa’s Mekong Plaza.
By the time painter and illustrator Shela Yu was 11, she was drawing fairies and mermaids on her bedroom walls. Today, most of the 32-year-old Chinese American artist’s work lives in sketchbooks, PDF files and as murals emblazoned on building façades. Her painting has a kinetic yet calming energy. “I like watching clouds move across the sky,” she says. “I like the way incense smoke scatters across the room. There’s a natural movement that I...