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This is the OP opinion...better Chinese food in texas over a long time immigrant city known as Chicago?
Chinese populations:
Chicago - 43,228
Houston - 29,429
Not a drastic difference considering Chicago is the 3rd largest metro & Houston is the 5th. If you took Houston & Plano for example it would equal Chicago's Chinese population.
This map from 2000 depicts more Chinese in the Houston area along with other metros within the Texas Triangle.
Last edited by Metro Matt; 09-25-2013 at 02:48 PM..
Not a drastic difference considering Chicago is the 3rd largest metro & Houston is the 5th. If you took Houston & Plano for example it would equal Chicago's Chinese population.
This map from 2000 depicts more Chinese in the Houston area along with other metros within the Texas Triangle.
Thanks for proving me right...along with those other words your written.
Thanks for proving me right...along with those other words your written.
At the end of the day it all boils down to whether you like eating your Chinese food in an urban (Chicago) or semi-urban (Houston) setting.
Chicago's Chinatown is old while Houston's is modern. I seriously doubt the 14,000 more Chinese people up there cook any better food, but the urban setting does tend to make it "feel" more authentic from an ambiance perspective. If anything, the Chinese seafood in Houston would top Chicago's given Houston is on the coast & Chicago is not. The access to fresh seafood is more readily available in Houston that's a no brainer.
Not a drastic difference considering Chicago is the 3rd largest metro & Houston is the 5th. If you took Houston & Plano for example it would equal Chicago's Chinese population.
This map from 2000 depicts more Chinese in the Houston area along with other metros within the Texas Triangle.
I'm SE-Asian born, lived in both cities being compared, Houston has better Asian foods with the exception of Indian. Chicago has the slight advantage there.
I'm SE-Asian born, Houston has better Asian foods with the exception of Indian. Chicago has the slight advantage there.
Thanks for clarifying that. I was posting city populations only. Yes, Houston does indeed have a much faster growing Asian community than Chicago & a higher percentage of Chinese immigrants in its suburbs.
When you consider Chicago's metropolitan area is some 3.5 million more than Houston's that 26,000 difference in Chinese population is a drop in the bucket. As a percentage, Houston has more Asians. In total number, Chicago has more but that's only because of reason stated above.
Thanks for clarifying that. I was posting city populations only.
Yeah, that makes sense then. Metropolitan Houston's Asian stronghold is Fort Bend County, Asian everything in terms of population is a high concentration there. Chicago's suburbs don't have a Sugar Land equivalent for the Asian population. The Midwest and the rest of the South with the notable exception of Fairfax County, VA (Washington DC/DMV) and Plano, TX (Dallas-Fort Worth/DFW) don't have anything for Asians like Sugar Land.
Chicago's a great food city but Mexican, Seafood, and Asian (with exception to Indian) are no where close to it's forte and it just so happens that Korean, Thai, Americana, Japanese, Mexican, Chinese, and Vietnamese happen to be my favorite foods of choice. Chicago's strengths are in other types of food, namely Italian and Polish cuisines and of course, Americana.
Last edited by Trafalgar Law; 09-25-2013 at 03:16 PM..
Possibly, but its pretty darn close. I think Chicago's authenticity comes from the fact its Chinatown is urban & Houston's suburban. The food is the same IMO. Neither city comes close to NYC, SF, or even LA.
Vietnamese food?
Nope, Chicago can't hold a candle to Houston no matter how you dice it.
Yeah, that makes sense then. Metropolitan Houston's Asian stronghold is Fort Bend County, Asian everything in terms of population is a high concentration there. Chicago's suburbs don't have a Sugar Land equivalent for the Asian population. The Midwest and the rest of the South with the exception of Fairfax County, VA and Plano, TX don't have anything for Asians like Sugar Land.
Chicago's a great food city but Mexican, Seafood, and Asian (with exception to Indian) are no where close to it's forte and it just so happens that Korean, Thai, Americana, Japanese, Mexican, Chinese, and Vietnamese happen to be my favorite foods of choice. Chicago's strengths are in other types of food, namely Italian and Polish cuisines and of course, Americana.
Especially with seafood, Houston is highly underrated. Its a coastal city by every definition of the word, Chicago is a wanna be coastal city that just so happens to be on a large fresh water lake where you won't find even the most basic of seafoods common in the Gulf states...crabs, oysters, & shrimp.
You're more likely to get fresh seafood in Houston, a 45 minute drive from the ocean where its caught & cooked in front of you than you are Chicago where it has to be flown in on dry ice 1,000's of miles from some place else.
My gf had shark fin soup (which is pretty rare these days no thanks to Obama's 2011 ban) in Houston's Chinatown the other day & it was very good she said. Its only outlawed in Liberal states like California, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, & Illinois.
Last edited by Metro Matt; 09-25-2013 at 03:40 PM..
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