We don’t even have pokemon restaurants in the Midwest, that trend hasn’t made it’s way out here yet.
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More fish is probably the most noticeable difference, but they tended to copy “Indian” dishes (most of which were invented for the palates of the Raj) as they often had the word Indian in the restaurant name.
It’s a shame because in a previous incarnation I helped produce (ie typeset on an early Mac) a Bangladeshi cook book, and one recipe for mutton curry was absolutely delicious. I’d make a big pot of it on Sunday and take it to work most of the week.
I didn’t bother mentioning any of this when I was accused in another thread here of being racist because I said the smell of delivery food might annoy neighbours, thinking only of the local takeaway here which is fish and chips. LOL
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
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Hey man Minneapolis has some. I’ve eaten at one of the Hawaiian places but I didn’t get poke, I’m a simple man give me my loco moco, chicken katsu, mac salad and I’m happy.
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I think that’s exactly what happens. Ownership and formats of those places change constantly. One day they’re selling pork fried rice, then it’s closed for a month, and then it reopens with a new look and it’s selling tuna rolls. Maybe it changed owners somewhere in there, maybe it didn’t. Nobody really knows because the restaurant industry can be very opaque, and nobody really cares because it’s just some storefront in the strip mall selling takeout.
This hurts to watch.
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I know, right? I’m not sure I could do that badly if I tried.
Yeah, outside of the cities every Ontario Chinese restaurant looks like this:
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There was a “Chinese Buffet” in my small town that offered Sweet and Sour Pork, Lo Mein, Miso Soup, Teriyaki Chicken, California Rolls, and Kimchi. It was like the Cheescake Factory of “Asian” food.
There are several of them in my area. When I was broke kid in Denver there was a place that had “$1.00 scoops” for takeout and it was enough to eat a few meals off of. God knows what was in there.
In Western Washington it’s hard to find a Chinese place but you can’t swing a dead cat and not hit a Teriyaki place…
I swear I saw a place that said “26¢ Scoops” somewhere in the middle of nowhere. I was like wtf is that and it was a Chinese buffet.
Our local city Chinese buffet shop 
its not the best, but not the worst either… Good for a Friday after work, or was lol.
A bit of tangent, but I remember Chino Latino being a great S. American/Asian fusion restaurant in Minneapolis. I haven’t been there in over a decade, so not sure if it still exists.
Scientists are learning more and more about the mysteries of wombat poo.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/how-do-wombats-poop-cubes-scientists-get-bottom-mystery
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reminds me of some undergrad labs I took that did not go well.
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3 Days too late but I couldn’t pass up the chance to link to this absolute classic.
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where do you live? this absolutely happens in flyover country
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It did still exist until COVID came and it shut down for good a few months ago. It was right in the heart of Uptown which is the fresh out of college to late 20s hotspot. I don’t think I ever ate but I did a little drinking there.
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My mortgage experience with Wells Fargo was…about what you’d expect dealing with Wells Fargo. Never again, ever, for anything.
NYC has a number of Chinese-Spanish restaurants.
Is it still considered “fusion” when 1/2 the menu is typical Chinese and the other half is standard Latin food?