Some families produce lawyers, others teachers.
In Cedar Rapids, Tom Pei carries on the family tradition with Pei's Mandarin Chinese restaurant. Serving traditional Chinese fare with exceptional service has been the goal from the beginning, says Pei's co-owner, Alice Pei. I think a lot of Chinese food can be the same, but it's the personality of the people who work there that make it a success. Pei's menu features single entrees and dinners for two, three, four, on up to 10 people. The dinners consist of soup, appetizers such as eggrolls, pot stickers and crab ragoun, hot tea, two entrees and fortune cookies.