On 1/7/2013 5:03 PM, 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
We cracked up when friends took us to a local Chinese buffet in
Brownsville the first time we visited The Valley. They had won ton soup,
hot and sour soup, egg drop soup and menudo on the buffet.
I have not found the Chinese food here very good. It's hard to find a
restaurant that is not a buffet. We do have a decent local place where
the menu is pretty traditional. Good, not great.
Nothing in North America beats the various Chinatowns in the big cities.
New York, San Francisco and my favorite place for Dim Sum, Vancouver,
BC. Portland, OR has some pretty good dim sum, too.
--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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