Someone nicely tell me to go home and eat a healthy dinner instead of picking up Chinese food

@bijouxbroussard maybe if I stuck to the steamed vegetables, but I don’t 🥲

@bijouxbroussard Living in San Francisco, you probably underestimate the amount of lousy "Chinese food" that is available elsewhere, loaded with sugar.

@DrWatson That’s true. SF boasts the first Chinatown in the U.S., and there are a few places favored by Chinese when they’re looking for homestyle dishes. Of course there’s also the stuff for tourists, but it’s different.

@bijouxbroussard

I have eaten in Chinatowns in San Francisco (don't ask me for restaurant names -- it has been a long time!), New York, and Boston.

After experiencing those, Panda Express just doesn't cut it! lol

There used to be a truly awful one near us in Minnesota. Years ago, I was puzzled when the Chinese student we were sponsoring kept raving about it. Finally, one time we went there with him. He asked to speak to the owner. The two of them had an enthusiastic conversation in Chinese, after which food appeared on that table, the likes of which I had never seen at that place before!

Afterwards, he once went there with a friend when the owner was not present. As he put it, "When the owner isn't there, it sucks!"

My favorite Chinese restaurant in Boston, which sadly is no longer there, was called...."The Golden Gate!"

@DrWatson My aunt and uncle have moved away from Boston, where I'm from and they always say, I can't find Chinese food as good as home! I have an awesome place not from me and am very grateful. I've never been to The Golden Gate! Sad it shut down.

@Coralmist

It's been a long time since I have been in Boston (I was there for college.) I remember Chinatown as being very small. I'm glad there is still good Chinese food to be found in the city!