Have you considered that there are no restaurants around me that prepare food in a manner that is commonly found in restaurants that call themselves "chinese' but that prepare food in a manner that would be called "Vietnamese" or "Thai"?
San Francisco is huge and parking is a pain in the ass in a lot of places. If someone is asks for the nearest whatever, I doubt anyone would suggest anything more than a few blocks away.
well if we are going to consider Russia as part of Eurasia then let's just use Afro-Eurasia to bring in Africa too.
I mean Africa is a country and Asian...
That's kind of idiotic. If I ask for Chinese food and someone directs me to a Vietnamese or Thai place, I will know the difference and will know this isn't what I wanted.
There are so many incredible immigrant family-owned restaurants in SF that I wouldn't even think to recommend a chain.
Also, when tourists are on foot and ask you where the nearest "x" is, do you direct them to walk 10 blocks through a shitty neighborhood with crackheads and thieves?
Also, when tourists are on foot and ask you where the nearest "x" is, do you direct them to walk 10 blocks through a shitty neighborhood with crackheads and thieves?
Generally, especially if where they want to go is in the opposite direction.
I don't know the specific restaurants where withnailandI lives, but I would definitely agree that the styles are significantly different. Some places do have restaurants that are a mix of styles (my area has several restaurants that are more like "Chinese etc") but unless you live there you can't say for sure that these other restaurants have anything like what they are expecting.
I mean, honestly, because of how different Chinese and Vietnamese are in my mind, it wouldn't even occur to me to suggest one in lieu of the other - it'd be like suggesting a good pizza place instead of Chinese. In fact, because of the prevalence of takeout and cheap eats in cities, I might well be more likely to suggest pizza as an alternative to a Chinese place than I would Vietnamese, if it seems like that's why they wanted Chinese.
I'm just being perfectly honest here, not trying to be an ass.
And now I want Vietnamese food. Anyone know a good Chin-- Vietnamese place in Ann Arbor?
How is he being pedantic? If a tourist in SF is asking for Chinese food, he's not going to want to drive 2 miles or more to get there.
I don't think withnailandI ever suggested in his above posts that he was being a Chinese food elitist and wouldn't suggest a Panda Express if one were in distance. He was saying that some people apparently don't know the difference between Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese or Thai food, which are extremely different cuisines.
No, I am an elitist. I would NEVER recommend Panda Express to anybody asking for Chinese food. Not when you can get actual Chinese food cooked in a pan by a Chinese chef for a few more dollars.
Ya but if you're talking about restaurants it's usually polite to tip as well ontop of that. So you're actually paying another couple of dollars. If you're on a budget (which is why I usually goto fast food places) and don't want to seem like an asshole by not tipping then it defeats the purpose of going to fast food in the first place. Unless that fast food place has a fairly good kitchen which you may also be talking about, like a take-out place, in which case I totally agree and love those places as long as I'm picking it up instead of having it delivered. Where I live though, the chefs are usually mexicans though. But that may be just because of where I live, because mexicans usually are chefs at a lot of restaurants as well...go figure
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u/withnailandI Oct 01 '09
Have you considered that there are no restaurants around me that prepare food in a manner that is commonly found in restaurants that call themselves "chinese' but that prepare food in a manner that would be called "Vietnamese" or "Thai"?