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Old 03-21-2012, 07:39 AM
 
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American FactFinder

Well, according to the US census:

New York Area:

Chinese: 657,015
Japanese: 48,487
Korean: 218,764
Taiwanese: 23,359

Total East Asian: 947,625

Los Angeles Area:

Chinese: 459,318
Japanese: 148,929
Korean: 334,329
Taiwanese: 59,373

Total: 1,001,949

San Francisco Bay:

Chinese: 560,896
Japanese: 70,151
Korean: 73,588
Taiwanese: 29,741

Total: 734,376

If there had to be a #3 for East Asian food, I'd choose San Francisco Bay outright. So really, its between NYC and LA.
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Old 03-21-2012, 07:55 AM
 
Location: Crooklyn, New York
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American FactFinder

Well, according to the US census:

New York Area:

Chinese: 657,015
Japanese: 48,487
Korean: 218,764
Taiwanese: 23,359

Total East Asian: 947,625

Los Angeles Area:

Chinese: 459,318
Japanese: 148,929
Korean: 334,329
Taiwanese: 59,373

Total: 1,001,949

San Francisco Bay:

Chinese: 560,896
Japanese: 70,151
Korean: 73,588
Taiwanese: 29,741

Total: 734,376

If there had to be a #3 for East Asian food, I'd choose San Francisco Bay outright. So really, its between NYC and LA.
Geez...NYC has 140,000 more Koreans than the SF Bay Area. But I thought SF was the Asian capital?
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Old 03-21-2012, 11:03 AM
 
Location: where u wish u lived
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Geez...NYC has 140,000 more Koreans than the SF Bay Area. But I thought SF was the Asian capital?
Hmm, can't help but to notice how you 2 are always in agreement, and always posting at the same time, makes me wonder
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Old 03-21-2012, 12:00 PM
 
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Hmm, can't help but to notice how you 2 are always in agreement, and always posting at the same time, makes me wonder
If you're implying we're the same person, we're not..and that constitutes a violation of City-Data Terms of Service to accuse me of that. However, I'll let it slide.

More importantly, why hasn't the huge number disparity between SF and LA/NYC been adequately addressed? Why do people on here continue to insist that SF has better "Asian food" and continually put down NYC in a category that most people in the Northeast feel that it's strong at?
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Old 03-21-2012, 12:12 PM
 
Location: Crooklyn, New York
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How about Jamaican-Chinese, Guyanese-Chinese and Trinidadian-Chinese ("Chinee") food? You can really only find these in NYC and Toronto.
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Old 03-22-2012, 09:04 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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San Francisco, New York, Boston
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Old 03-22-2012, 09:22 PM
 
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San Francisco, New York, Boston
Lol Boston has some of the worst Chinese in the country, the only place that was decent was kowloon and even then it was overpriced
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Old 03-22-2012, 10:25 PM
 
Location: Metro Phoenix
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Lol Boston has some of the worst Chinese in the country, the only place that was decent was kowloon and even then it was overpriced
New Asia is wicked good, as are Buddha's Delight... even out in Bedford, closer to my parents, there's a good spot called Great Wall. Not as great as the stuff out here, but on the whole, pretty damn good.
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Old 06-23-2012, 12:34 AM
 
Location: Springfield, Ohio
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David Chan, who has eaten at over 6,000 Chinese restaurants in 50 states, rates the top 10 Chinese restaurants in the United States.
All ten are in California (and he provides a pretty good explanation of why):

The Best Chinese Restaurants in America: Are They All in California? | Asia Society
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Old 06-23-2012, 01:50 AM
 
Location: In the heights
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It's pretty much SF, Los Angeles and NYC as the only real contenders in the world when you're talking about the metro (which should be the main point of contention). If you're talking about the city solely, then probably NYC with SF close behind. LA is great, but most of its great chinese food is outside city limits in San Gabriel Valley and to some degree Orange County.
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