Getting [spicy] vegetarian foods in restaurants and Deli's

[Guest guest]

> I know at some of the Chinese restaurants there English is a bit broken and I

am never

sure if they understood what I was asking or not...they always say " no, no

chicken " and

when I ask about what they cooked it is they again repeat the same mantra. LOL

 

<siggghhhh>Chinese restaurants really get a bad rap, don't they. This makes me

very sad.

And I think that attitude is perpetuated because of 'broken' English and the

distinctive

accent being somehow perceived as either funny or annoying or both. Actually, if

they say

'no chicken' they probably mean no chicken. That should be reassuring, not

suspicious. It

has closed now, but we had a Chinese restaurant very close to us a couple of

years back

and they were very very reliable - and no, there was 'no chicken' in the cooking

liquid!

 

Best, Pat