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>
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:36:53 -0600, Gloria P wrote:
>
> > George wrote:
> >>
> >> Usually they simply brought a pot of tea without asking. Now you need to
> >> ask I think simply because so many people are into soda. I don't
> >> understand New England being bland. You can certainly find cuisines
> >> other than Cantonese in New England.
> >
> > Thirty-forty years ago (except in Boston's Chinatown) it was all
> > Cantonese all the time.
> >
> > gloria p
>
> but thirty-forty years ago, if you wanted something foreign or 'exotic'
> chinese or italian was about it in most places, unless you wanted to spend
> the big bucks on french.
>
> there was a szechuan place that opened in d.c.'s chinatown in the seventies
> that made a big splash. (damn good food, too. sadly, gone now.)
>
> your pal,
> blake

Yeah - now it's the Italian restaurants that are the high priced and the
Indian et al lower priced.