On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:17:36 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

> They don't serve crab/cheese won tons in Chinese restaurants over here.

The only time I hear about that stuff is here on rfc, so it's being
served somewhere - but not where we eat. I was wondering if that
"crab rangoon" stuff posters always gush here about is the crab/cheese
won ton in question.
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> I guess we're not American enough.

Probably not. I thought General Tso's Chicken was strictly NYC until
someone tried to show what an idiot I was and posted that it was on a
menu in a restaurant an hour away. Now I see that it's in the hot
food section of the deli in my supermarket... I like it! It's not hot
enough for me, but it would send Ophelia into outer space.

> The Panda chain just added these
> items to their menu. Cream cheese is kinda goofy in Chinese restaurants.
> My guess is that it is served in trendy Asian fusion restaurants but for
> most traditional places, it's won ton backwards - not now!
>
> One thing that is served in every Chinese restaurant over here is cake
> noodle. I love that stuff although you won't find it in any Chinese
> restaurant in China or America, only Hawaii. I do not know why this is
> so. No matter, it will be served in the rest of the US sooner or later.

I have my likes too. Actually a lot of likes; but your cake noodles
immediately brought up an image of sizzling rice soup... something
that can only be fully appreciated in a restaurant at the moment when
they slip the rice into the bowl of soup at the table.



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