Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just to add another viewpoint regarding Asian food westernised for different markets. Here on the eastern seaboard of Australia the older type gluggy unadventurous style Chinese dishes for Westerners have very largely faded away long ago as people became more cosmopolitan. Thai came along, of course and Japanese. Some Japanese in particular that is very popular and everyday is the sushi train type of eatery. The biggie for me though is wonderful Vietnamese. Clear delicious stocks, clean flavours, and as much chilli as your personal threshold can cope with. With Vietnamese immigrants came the French colonial influence as well, which is very positive for bakeries. I never thought of Ruark as recommending Chinese restaurants. I guess that comes from reading all of his African adventures. Cheers Hoppy Who is now hungry and waiting for lunchtime. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Nick Roberts Sent: Wednesday, 13 September 2006 06:23 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: OT Chinese Food Have to say I don't agree with that at all. Far too much of the "Chinese" food I've had in restaurants is awful, and what we've said about lack of a single Indian cuisine of course counts for Chinese food. The only places I've ever really enjoyed Chinese food wherever I've chosen to eat were in Hong Kong and Malaysia and Singapore - for the rest, the odd place is acceptable, but all too many serve a pale pastich of whatever they're aiming at. IMVHO. However, in general I prefer to always choose the local cuisine, and I can't recall the last place where that wasn't such a good idea. Nick ----- Original Message ---- From: Thinkofcole@aol.com To: lug@leica-users.org Sent: Tuesday, 12 September, 2006 6:22:02 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: OT Chinese Food On the negative side, when the Chinese restaurant owners left Cuba after Castro and opened all over Manhattan, their Cuban food was --and is -- terrible and their Chinese food was -- and is --worse... On the positive side, years ago when Robert Ruark, the author, wrote for The New York Journal American, I believe, he said that wherever he traveled, he could always be sure of an acceptable meal at a Chinese restaurant...While they vary widely, of course, I adopted a similar system and have rarely been disappointed... regards, bob cole _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information