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Well,placed before me was a disgusting thin liquid with chunks of tomato in it.”Manhattan clam chowder” I was told.

Heh, when I was a kid, I don't think anyone (native) in California had ever heard of Manhatten style clam chowder. As far as I knew, there was only one kind of clam chowder (what I now know is Boston style), which I loved. I have relatives on the east coast, so one time visiting some of them, I was at a restaurant and ordered clam chowder, thinking that, on the east coast, the clam chowder must be more authentic and thus even better. When they put the Manhatten clam chowder in front of me, I looked at it and said, "Hey, I ordered clam chowder!" Manhatten style sucks.