I See Chinese People!

[miltownkid]

I don't know if race or cultural upbringing have anything to do with culinary skills.

I'm guessing nothing, but it has more to do with perceived skills than actual.

I have a feeling that if you could somehow duplicate this EXACT boat of Sashimi:



Then serve it here:



with this chick:



After that, serve it here:



with this chick:



Do it 10 times at each location and see how people rate. I think you would find that people would generally say it tasted better at the Japaneasy looking spot.

It's only human nature to think Sushi from a Japanese person is going to be better than sushi from Mexican. Subconsciously people must think the likelihood of the Japaneasy dude learning the Sushi game from some kind of Sushi master is higher.

[bobl]

I would like to say it has no bearings race wise. Its more to do with personal interest in what type of cuisine the chef has.

I agree totally.
It's all in the passion that you put into it.

I have met some great Chefs here in Taiwan, doing Western cuisine, and I have met some real fakers.

[bobl]

Miltown, you bring up a good point,
If your a white or black American dude doing great Sushi, hide in the kitchen and let some Asian looking server bring it to the table.
I'm sure that neither of the Chef's I mentioned served much food at the table.

[bababa]

I live in Saskatchewan. Per capita, we must have the highest concentration of Chinese in North America. Or at least it seems like it, sometimes.

Heh heh heh...there are only 37 East Asians in Saskatchewan according to Statscan, but you must keep running in to them all the time.

Please! I'm in one of the computer labs at the University of Saskatchewan right now. There are more than 37 East Asians right here.

[rousseau]

I live in Saskatchewan. Per capita, we must have the highest concentration of Chinese in North America. Or at least it seems like it, sometimes.

Heh heh heh...there are only 37 East Asians in Saskatchewan according to Statscan, but you must keep running in to them all the time.

Please! I'm in one of the computer labs at the University of Saskatchewan right now. There are more than 37 East Asians right here.

Yep, Saskratcheywan is just crawling with Chinese. I never saw any when I was there, but that must have been a fluke.

2001 census: Saskratcheywan total pop: 978,935
Chinese pop: 8,085 (admittedly a few more than 37, it's true)
Percentage of Chinese per total population: 0.825%

2001 census: Ontario total pop: 11,410,045
Chinese pop: 481,505
Percentage of Chinese per total population: 4.220%

2001 census: British Columbia pop: 3,907,735
Chinese pop: 365,490
Percentage of Chinese per total population: 9.353%

Without spending the time to search for the stats, let me just guess that New York and California also have fairly high percentages of Chinese residents. Now, I haven't given actual definitive proof in hard numbers that their concentrations are higher than Saskratcheywan (which surely "must have the highest concentration of Chinese in North America"), but if I were a betting man I think I'd place a couple of 20-dollar bills on that action.

I'm thinking Saskratcheywan might be in the running when it comes to combines and tractors, though.

[Shanghai Chek]

Yep, Saskratcheywan is just crawling with Chinese. I never saw any when I was there, but that must have been a fluke.

2001 census: Saskratcheywan total pop: 978,935
Chinese pop: 8,085 (admittedly a few more than 37, it's true)
Percentage of Chinese per total population: 0.825%

2001 census: Ontario total pop: 11,410,045
Chinese pop: 481,505
Percentage of Chinese per total population: 4.220%

2001 census: British Columbia pop: 3,907,735
Chinese pop: 365,490
Percentage of Chinese per total population: 9.353%

rousseau believes census stats. And they're over half a decade old

[rousseau]

rousseau believes census stats. And they're over half a decade old

Interesting. So the latest census stats aren't a good barometer to go by? Let's hear your alternative. Does it involve anecdotal evidence from a not very perceptive and/or intelligent person in a university library claiming that Saskratcheywan has the highest concentration of Chinese in North America?

Are we really going to get into a heated discussion about how multitudinous Chinese people are in Saskratcheywan? If so, let's also discuss old Jewish neighbourhoods in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Better get into soul-food cooking in Trois-Rivieres, while we're at it. And a detailed synopsis of the long history of Norwegian emigration to Oaxaca would be scintillating, to be sure.

[Shanghai Chek]

Interesting. So the latest census stats aren't a good barometer to go by? Let's hear your alternative.

There is none, don't you know that? Nice to know you believe your government. Cute.

(insults and backseat moderating deleted)

Actually, bababa is one of the few posters I will read without fail. SHE always seems straight and is always accurate.

Back on topic, when the recent wave of Eastern European immigrants started to arrive in the U.K., it was the urban working classes who first felt its effects. Do you think the census stats from 1 or 2 years previous reflected that? Do you think illegal immigrants answer or even receive census questionnaires? I love the middle classes

[redandy]

This is going to sound really stereotypical, but I'm thinking on a November day at any major University Library in North America, one can probably find at least 37 East Asians.

Please! I'm in one of the computer labs at the University of Saskatchewan right now. There are more than 37 East Asians right here.

[rousseau]

This is going to sound really stereotypical, but I'm thinking on a November day at any major University Library in North America, one can probably find at least 37 East Asians.

Please! I'm in one of the computer labs at the University of Saskatchewan right now. There are more than 37 East Asians right here.

A point I forgot to mention, but you got it: large masses of East Asians in university librairies are a continent-wide phenomenon, save maybe for Bob Roberts "University."