[palo verde]

loddy, maybe out west doesnt have good chinese food
till you get to the coast?

kathy and andysmom, but if loddy spent his whole life in Texas he might not know what real chinese food tastes like?

[Kathleen]

Loddy might not miss Chinese food. He has Tex-Mex and *gasp* barbecue.

[andysandmikesmom]

Up in Tacoma, where we go for our Chicago style meals, a few blocks down there is a huge Asian section of town, with grocery stores, touristy type stores, and loads of restaurants...I think its mainly VietNamese....we have never gone to the restaurants, but have it on our list of places to go...

We have lots of great Chinese restaurants, along with Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese and Japanese, simply because so many of them immigrate here from Asia, and many remain in this area, rather than going to other parts of the country....

The various ethnic communities are already in place, which makes it easier for them to integrate in, and they are really quite successful...they start many different businesses, one of the main ones being restaurants...they also are very successful up at the Pike Street Market, the woman making some of the most beautiful quilted items I have ever seen....

Seattle, and Tacoma, to a lesser degree are really international communities, and have the restaurants to show for that...makes for goooood eats...