[who_would_fardels_bear]

There used to be a bunch of decent Chinese restaurants near where I live and work. All the good ones moved to Monterey Park where the concentration of Chinese Americans is the highest.

The remaining restaurants are horrid. And they don't even have Chinese cooks.

I guess I can go to Panda Express which has the advantage that the food turns over very quickly and tends to be fresh if not authentic or particularly interesting.

[mylife]

My local Chinese employed Mexican cooks, and local Mexican employed Chinese cooks..

Go figure.

[Qilin]

I don’t know about eating Chinese takeout for Christmas, but I have to admit that when I was in grad school my wife and I almost always went to Indian food buffets for Thanksgiving. It actually worked out pretty well because my wife is not a very good cook and I don’t really care for turkey very much.