Japan Earthquake

solarz said:

That's funny. I know of at least one Japanese sushi restaurant that put up a sign saying that they have not imported any food ingredients from Japan after March 11.

Since the local Canadian press almost never mentions any radiation danger from Japan, I can only surmise that the majority of that restaurant's clientele must be Korean and Chinese.

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I guess this is another footnote of the saying: 无知是福 Ignorance is a blessing.

I believe the proper phrase is "Ignorance is a bliss"
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solarz said:

That's funny. I know of at least one Japanese sushi restaurant that put up a sign saying that they have not imported any food ingredients from Japan after March 11.

Since the local Canadian press almost never mentions any radiation danger from Japan, I can only surmise that the majority of that restaurant's clientele must be Korean and Chinese.

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it's a turnoff when you walk into one of those and you hear the sushi chef cussing about the japanese people while speaking mandarin or something. it's quite the same as seeing a black man cook chinese food, or a chinese man performing iroquois tribal dance --- it's not quite the right feeling as you'd get from seeing an heritage/culture being performed from the respective primary ethnicity. (no racisms intended!!!)

solarz said:

That's funny. I know of at least one Japanese sushi restaurant that put up a sign saying that they have not imported any food ingredients from Japan after March 11.

Since the local Canadian press almost never mentions any radiation danger from Japan, I can only surmise that the majority of that restaurant's clientele must be Korean and Chinese.

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You can't really make that conclusion, you can only conclude the clientele is non-Chinese if food is bad but the restaurant is thriving, if the food is good then it's kinda hard to tell because many white people have refined their taste buds, at least in Vancouver.

airsuperiority said:

it's a turnoff when you walk into one of those and you hear the sushi chef cussing about the japanese people while speaking mandarin or something. it's quite the same as seeing a black man cook chinese food, or a chinese man performing iroquois tribal dance --- it's not quite the right feeling as you'd get from seeing an heritage/culture being performed from the respective primary ethnicity. (no racisms intended!!!)

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It used to be a real turnoff for me because I thought it totally ruined the atmosphere, though now it doesn't really matter.
Sushi is not rocket science(well it won't be a problem even if it was), it's fairly easy for Chinese chefs to pick it up, the taste is the same no matter the ethnicity of the cook.

xywdx said:

You can't really make that conclusion, you can only conclude the clientele is non-Chinese if food is bad but the restaurant is thriving, if the food is good then it's kinda hard to tell because many white people have refined their taste buds, at least in Vancouver.

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No I'm saying the clientele must be mostly Chinese and Korean because local Canadians probably aren't very aware of radiation concerns from Japanese exports. Plus, there are lots of Chinese and Koreans in that are.

Personally, I prefer Korean sushi restaurants, they tend to be cheaper but taste just as good!

solarz said:

No I'm saying the clientele must be mostly Chinese and Korean because local Canadians probably aren't very aware of radiation concerns from Japanese exports. Plus, there are lots of Chinese and Koreans in that are.

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Don't worry TUP and me got your point. (Isn't this kind of OT happens here day by day while nothing wrong with people's English?)

And thanks TUP.

xywdx said:

You can't really make that conclusion, you can only conclude the clientele is non-Chinese if food is bad but the restaurant is thriving, if the food is good then it's kinda hard to tell because many white people have refined their taste buds, at least in Vancouver.



It used to be a real turnoff for me because I thought it totally ruined the atmosphere, though now it doesn't really matter.
Sushi is not rocket science(well it won't be a problem even if it was), it's fairly easy for Chinese chefs to pick it up, the taste is the same no matter the ethnicity of the cook.

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correction: SOME white taste buds. (again no intended racisms). a joke i often bring up in front my friends would be, white people's definition of "good chinese food"/chinese food that they know about, has never been anything other than lemon chicken, sweet and sour pork, chow mein, and chop suey. story goes on: what on earth is chop suey anyways? it took me YEARS to even find out what on earth that stuff is. it didn't sound like any dish that i know of neither even if i attempt to translate the name. since after all we've never heard of it in hk, so i had this "mystic quest" to find out what on earth it is.. through the internet. i wasn't even a bit amused when i find out it's not even some real chinese dish.

there's a sushi takeout done by vietnamese people at cambie and 41st in vancouver, and sometimes i go there merely to fill my stomach up(each piece is huge).(i won't go there if i want some serious food) one time i saw a white customer inside telling the shop staff that he thinks that place has the BEST sushi in the entire city and would recommend everyone there. i mean like, SERIOUSLY?

anyways...
with that said, so-called food experts labelled the century-old eggs as the grossest food ever. it made me wonder if they're the same people as those who said china still uses swarming tactics with ww2 weaponry..(don't know what they're talking about)

all these examples reminds me of those people who graffiti random "chinese" characters and ended up having something on their body that either doesn't make sense or completely embarrassing. to us it's funny because their lack of understanding of the other culture had created comical incidence.

solarz said:

No I'm saying the clientele must be mostly Chinese and Korean because local Canadians probably aren't very aware of radiation concerns from Japanese exports. Plus, there are lots of Chinese and Koreans in that are.

Personally, I prefer Korean sushi restaurants, they tend to be cheaper but taste just as good!

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for some reasons i can still accept koreans making sushi, although it's not as authentic in that atmosphere. anything outside of japanese or koreans, i can't even take it seriously. oh yea i'm talking about ALL those all-you-can-eats out there all over vancouver, which are mostly run by chinese, and most, if not all, sucked (cough cough richmond sushi)

airsuperiority said:

for some reasons i can still accept koreans making sushi, although it's not as authentic in that atmosphere. anything outside of japanese or koreans, i can't even take it seriously. oh yea i'm talking about ALL those all-you-can-eats out there all over vancouver, which are mostly run by chinese, and most, if not all, sucked (cough cough richmond sushi)

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Apparently, Sushi is a traditional Korean food. At least that's what the Korean Student Association people told me back in college. They were selling sushi at a Korean food festival.

Oh and "century-old eggs"? Is that 啤蛋? That's certainly an acquired taste.

solarz said:

Apparently, Sushi is a traditional Korean food. At least that's what the Korean Student Association people told me back in college. They were selling sushi at a Korean food festival.

Oh and "century-old eggs"? Is that 啤蛋? That's certainly an acquired taste.

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yes it's 啤蛋, although i honestly certainly think there's a lot more disgusting food out there.