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If I were in Italy or Paris or Tokyo, I wouldn't look for an American restaurant. I would look for the local cuisine.
Yes, but if you're a Chinese person from China staying in Flushing, it would make sense to find the best Chinese restaurants around and eat in them. So IMHO it makes no sense to assume a Chinese person won't want to look for good Chinese food -- especially if they are staying in a neighborhood full of really good Chinese restaurants. Also, sometimes people get homesick for their own food and don't want foreign food the whole time.
I am applying what I know about Chinese travellers (to Europe) from an article I read in the New Yorker. Of course it may not be true of every Chinese visitor's experience or interest, but it seemed to me they weren't too happy with the prospect of eating western breakfasts every day, and they did go to Chinese restaurants in Europe.
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The boat docked [along the Seine in Paris] and we headed to dinner, walking through the crowds and din of the city for the first time. Karen hugged Handy’s arm, their heads swivelling. We followed Li into a small Chinese storefront, down a flight of stairs, and into a hot, claustrophobic hallway flanked by windowless rooms jammed with Chinese diners. It was a hive of activity invisible from the street, a parallel Paris. There were no empty seats, so Li motioned for us to continue out the back door, where we turned left and entered a second restaurant, also Chinese. Down another staircase, into another windowless room, where dishes arrived: pork braised in brown sauce, bok choy, egg-drop soup, spicy chicken
In the same way that I feel sorry for Americans in Europe eating American, or French people in Latin America eating French, I would feel sorry for Chinese people in America seeking Chinese. In Anne Tyler's The Accidental Tourist, Macon Leary writes guidebooks for people who want to feel that they never left home. Dommage. Que lastima.
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Yes, but if you're a Chinese person from China staying in Flushing, it would make sense to find the best Chinese restaurants around and eat in them. So IMHO it makes no sense to assume a Chinese person won't want to look for good Chinese food -- especially if they are staying in a neighborhood full of really good Chinese restaurants. Also, sometimes people get homesick for their own food and don't want foreign food the whole time.
I am applying what I know about Chinese travellers (to Europe) from an article I read in the New Yorker. Of course it may not be true of every Chinese visitor's experience or interest, but it seemed to me they weren't too happy with the prospect of eating western breakfasts every day, and they did go to Chinese restaurants in Europe.
In the same way that I feel sorry for Americans in Europe eating American, or French people in Latin America eating French, I would feel sorry for Chinese people in America seeking Chinese. In Anne Tyler's The Accidental Tourist, Macon Leary writes guidebooks for people who want to feel that they never left home. Dommage. Que lastima.
Well, I would feel sorry for anyone who stayed in Flushing for a week and didn't at least attempt to eat at one of the best Chinese restaurants there -- no matter what country they're coming from.
lol guys believe it or not, I am Cuban-American (meaning of MeiGuo Guba Ren) but I have a love for Chinese language and culture, as well as Japanese, and yes I would consider eating anywhere in Chinatown
Also, a fun spot if you have a few hours and are into jazz is the Louis Armstrong House in Corona, Queens Louis Armstrong House Museum - Visiting
Eat amazing tacos not too far from there at Tortilleria Nixtamal.
Also, yelp.com is a great resource for finding restaurants and stuff to do in your immediate vicinity.
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