In a message dated 1/25/2007 7:47:06 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
ride3843@ride.ri.net writes:
Is there a good restaurant there that you can recommend?
Try Joyful House.
Karen
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life, music and cats.
Albert Schweitzer
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Great choice!
Also, for dim sum, try Ping Pang Pong (not in Chinatown - in the Gold Coast but really authentic and they don't discriminate against non-asians the way some of the other dim sum places do).
Lainie
krallison416@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 1/25/2007 7:47:06 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
ride3843@ride.ri.net writes:
Is there a good restaurant there that you can recommend?
Try Joyful House.
Karen
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life, music and cats.
Albert Schweitzer
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Being asian and not speaking Chinese is often worse than being a non asian at many Chinese Dim Sum places. They assume because that you are asian looking that you speak Chinese, regardless of the fact fact that you are not Chinese, or your grandparents came to this country over 100 years ago, so you do not speak the language. Just something to keep in mind.
Lainie Wolf <lainiewolf702@yahoo.com> wrote: Great choice!
Also, for dim sum, try Ping Pang Pong (not in Chinatown - in the Gold Coast but really authentic and they don't discriminate against non-asians the way some of the other dim sum places do).
Lainie
krallison416@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 1/25/2007 7:47:06 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
ride3843@ride.ri.net writes:
Is there a good restaurant there that you can recommend?
Try Joyful House.
Karen
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life, music and cats.
Albert Schweitzer
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Lindsay Nishiki wrote:
Being asian and not speaking Chinese is often worse than being a non
asian at many Chinese Dim Sum places. They assume because that you
are asian looking that you speak Chinese, regardless of the fact fact
that you are not Chinese, or your grandparents came to this country
over 100 years ago, so you do not speak the language. Just something
to keep in mind.
I'm really pushing OT, but I hope I'll be briefly indulged. My most
unique Dim Sum was when I was in Hong Kong for 4 nights on a layover
before returning from a 3 week vacation. (This was 3 years before the
administrative changeover in the 80's)
One day I ambled into a 7 story restaurant for lunch. The restaurant
was almost entirely patronized, floor after floor, by businessman and
I was the only non-Asian to be seen. They didn't seek out the tourist
crowd and I didn't have the benefit of subtitles.
Women (who averaged about 68 in age) pushed carts amongst the tables,
calling out their wares. They would serve up items as requested and
stamp the patrons card. Suffice it to say I sat clueless for near 5
minutes before blindly motioning a cart over. Of course, I hadn't the
slightest idea what was going to be served up. (After signalling once
or twice that I wanted to take a peak into a cart, only to find that I
still didn't have a clue, I abandoned that tactic.)
The order in which I enjoyed my selections was unique, to put it
mildly. About the 3rd item into the meal a moist sweet cake had been
set before me. I stared at it blankly for a couple minutes, wondering
exactly how I was going to tackle it, absent a fork. I finally just
started hacking away at it with my chopsticks, provoking a broad smile
and rapid nods from the server.
- Harry