Here’s one reason I enjoy working in Jersey City’s Journal Square: One of the best meals is from the dumpy-looking pizza joint, “Three Guys from Italy,” which is run by Latinos. Next door is a burrito joint touting authentic Mexican grub, which is run by… a couple of Chinese women.
I asked the women why they don’t cook Chinese food, and they just shook their heads. Their burritos are pretty good, and huge, like Qdoba’s.
Next door to the building where I work is the “Korean Deli” which is run by Koreans with Latino employees. Do they serve any Korean food? Of course not… their steam buffet, which is stocked from morning on, includes a couple of Chinese items like fried rice and barbecued chicken, but they serve up a whole lot of other food. Once a week I get a breakfast sandwich there: Pastrami, egg and cheese on a kaiser roll for $3.
Sure beats an Egg McMuffin!
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1 Nikkeiview Blog » Blog Archive » In search of good Asian food // Jul 27, 2006 at 11:06 pm
[...] Not that an Asian can’t make a good burrito (I wrote about two Chinese women who cook up some righteous burritos). And let’s face it, Latinos are far and away the ones who come to your teppan-yaki table at Benihana these days. [...]
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