"So you went to a Chinese restaurant with a bad wine list. Why are you
extending this to all "wine in ethnic restaurants"? "

Uh, can you show me where I extended it to all wine in ethnic
restaurants (other than in title- I'll do a disclaimer that ALL my
thread titles are by neccesity abbreviated)? Let's see, I specified
high-end restaurants with wine-friendly cuisine. . I mentioned Henry's
Evergreen , as an example of a place with an extraordinary list (I
could have used places Slanted Door, Tabla, or Cinnabar as other
examples).

I just think in a place where much care (and big bucks) are spent on
decor and waiters' outfits, with attentive European -style service,
etc. and where the majority of patrons are ordering wine, that someone
could do 15 minutes reading to see if there is a consensus of what
wines might match with their food.