Ferrari Mailing List: CHINESE FOOD---NO FERRARI CONTENT

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Regarding these comments,

> Greetings F-people!
> 
> Having been in China six different long stays
> and currently living in Chinatown in Houston,
> I have been exposed to lots of Chinese delites.
> Actually better Houston restaurants can get to
> about 90% of mainland quality. Probably the 
> difference is due to freshness of ingredients?
> Of course there are exceptions. Yao Ming's is
> the worst expensive Chinese restaurant in town.
> And avoid all the buffets! You really have to go
> to the mainland to get duck heads, rooster heads,
> live silkworms,etc or great drinks like fermented 
> mare's milk, etc. I used to wonder who eats the 
> conventional parts of the animals? Unfortunately
> pig rectum soup, chicken feet, etc can be found 
> here and there. But all in all, I have had no 
> Chinese food that tastes bad or made me sick 
> (except once). Its just that certain items are 
> difficult appearance wise.
>  Enjoy
>  Dale

Agreed!  Not being native to Houston, I was introduced to this part of town by 
the Chinese and Taiwanese co-workers at Noble Energy.  REALLY good food once 
you get over the names and look of some of the more 'interesting' bits.

-rick / in north Houston (out just south of Tomball)