a bacon-wrapped hot dog, w/ Mexican toppings, served on a bolillo bun.
Looks like you have proven the next sentence of my post:
“Midwest is about American Comfort Food, period. I am sure there is a stray immigrant somewhere in a city here an there that manages to stay in business being authentic, but they are insanely rare.”
My former father in law, the child of missionaries, grew up in China in the 1930s. As a result, he spoke Chinese like a native.
It was a pleasure going to Chinese restaurants with him. He would start speaking, their jaws would drop to see how well he, a white guy, could speak in Chinese, and we would get the ultimate in service thereafter.
He functioned as a translator when Deng Xiaoping came to the US Northwest in 1979.
I also once got to shake hands with the Dalai Lama, through him. Too bad that didn’t rub off!
“Midwest is about American Comfort Food, period. I am sure there is a stray immigrant somewhere in a city here an there that manages to stay in business being authentic, but they are insanely rare.”
I guess I have never thought of Chinese cuizine being a comfort food to Americans - that always seemed synonymous with Southern food. Unfortunately, those stray authentic restaurants are usually only found by word of mouth as they don't usually make it to social media apps like Yelp and such and most of the time they're not around for long once the health department hears of them. lol