George Leppla > wrote:
> On 1/7/2013 4:50 PM, wrote:
>> Yes, I've had it with shrimp but most places around here just serve it
>> as I described above then the customer adds whatever they want to the
>> rice. There appears to be as many versions of 'Chinese food' in North
>> America as there are Chinese in China.
>
> You betcha. Imagine my surprise when I moved to Texas and found that the
> Chinese restaurants here are really superior to many other places. I
> believe it may have something to do with the fact that most of the cooks
> are Hispanic. No lie.
>
> And hearing Asian people speak with a Texas accent is a trip!
>
> "Y'all want Wonton or Hot and Sour soup?"
>
> George L
The one thing here in Pittsburgh, not much Spanish, at all.
But, in my work at a university it was an everyday thing to interact, with
many different people, completely out of whack with typical areas of the
country. I might be eating lunch with an Indian, Korean, English, Russian.
Very interesting to watch a Korean speaking perfect English from new
Zealand, or a black girl speaking English from England.
There was one show on No Reservations, showing what a Chinese would want to
order authentic stuff vs typical menu. Heavy into fish in authentic, and of
course, soups.
Greg