On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:28:22 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>
>> i knew a guy whose test for chinese restaurants was to order a steak.
>> he figured if they did that well, they knew how to cook. it struck me
>> as a little odd, because that's really not what you'd think of as
>> chinese cooking.
>
>Where I grew up, there were a lot of Chinese-American restaurants,
>especially in smaller towns. One section of the menu was American food,
>and another section was Chinese food. I was in a strange town with a
>group, and the adult picked one of these places. He never ate Chinese
>food, but said that they always had good American food, so in a strange
>place, he always went for the Chinese-American restaurant.

in new york city (in the 70's, anyway), there were a lot of
cuban-chinese restaurants. apparently when castro took over, a lot of
chinese immigrants there were either kicked out or fled. interesting
menus.

your pal,
blake
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