On Mon, 09 Sep 2013 21:33:37 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 9/9/2013 9:25 PM, sf wrote:
>
> >>
> >> As I said in a previous post, I have tried several Japanese restaurant
> >> and was disappointed at each of them. I was anticipating delicious and
> >> interesting food and they all let me down.t had nothing to do with race
> >> or culture, just the soggy, greasy tempura and other substandard offerings.
> >
> > Clearly they don't know how to cook because it should be none of the
> > above.
>
>
> They were Japanese restaurants with Japanese staff. Granted, there is no
> Japanese community to speak of here, but these places try to cater to
> Japanese tourists. If they don't know how to cook Japanese food, I don't
> know who would. This was not even a matter of some of them not being as
> good at the others. It was edible, but not very good.r

Honestly, Dave... that means NOTHING. I remember looking into the
kitchen of a well known seafood/Italian restaurant and only seeing
Chinese cooks way back when I was a twenty something. I also know
that my favorite "sushi" restaurant today has Mexican/Hispanic cooks &
wait staff (along with Japanese). I haven't asked for a background
check, so maybe they just look and sound Japanese... but AFAIC, good
food is what counts. Ethnicity means nothing in the kitchen or for
that matter: customer contact (unless there's a lot of BS'ing
involved).

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.