On 11/5/2010 11:36 AM, James Silverton wrote:
> sf wrote on Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:10:22 -0700:
>
>>> On 11/4/2010 9:30 PM, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>> >> Clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz blathered:
>> >>
>> >>> every China Town restaurant in the US and Canada has a
>> >>> dessert section on their menu
>> >>
>> >> That's a lie.
>> >>
>> >> Bob
>> >>
>>> But Shelden is omniscient so it must be true....
>>>
>>> And folks who actually go out to restaurants and experience
>>> more traditional Asian cuisine are clearly making it all up.
>
>> Dessert isn't something I order in a Chinese restaurant, so I
>> need to pay attention next time. I know we get fortune
>> cookies and slices of orange with the bill, but I think they
>> usually have ice cream on hand too - probably as a nod to the
>> kids and those who might want a little something sweet to
>> round out their meal. They aren't stupid. They don't want
>> you to walk out of the restaurant and down the street to the
>> ice cream shop when they could have made a few more $ if they
>> had some plain vanilla to put in a bowl and serve you.
>
> Yes, despite complaints of Westerners, I've hardly ever noticed Chinese
> businesses indulging in stubborn ethnic purity where money is concerned.
> My local Chinese supermarket has Filipino and Japanese groceries. It is
> my usual source for genuine Panko and restores my faith in human nature.
>

Sure, they aren't going to sit there like morons if customers want stuff
but if they have enough of an audience for traditional stuff they will
do that too. The most interesting restaurant I know for that is a
Chinese Spanish place in the UWS of Manhattan that interestingly enough
does a pretty good job with both sides of the menu.