ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「Fierce competition and lychee martinis set the scene at the mahjong club hosted by the Chinatown architectural firm Food New York. The idea for an office mahjong league came to Bella Janssens while watching “The Joy Luck Club,” the 1993 film adaptation of Amy Tan’s 1989 novel, where the intermingling stories of four Chinese women and their daughters unfold over rounds of the four-player, tile-based game. What started as a pick-up game that colleagues played after meetings or during lunch has grown into the amateur-friendly Food Mahjong Club tournament. The firm’s founding director, Dong-Ping Wong, and Janssens have organized it twice a year since late 2021. The first tournament was a scrappy affair. But by the third iteration, last September, the gathering had become a ticketed event that benefited the community-building nonprofit Welcome to Chinatown and drew some 150 people. Read more about the mahjong tournament — and even learn how to play — at the link in our bio. Photos and video by @davidchowing」5月30日 6時15分