European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Chin towns in he in Ltd state Ere finding new venues and new dishes above a restaurant in Flushing. N. V. Below ornamental fish caned gut at Tan. Is Laurants and Competition was Kwong said. Sora of Iho i cd res Lauralouis who came irom Taiwan and Hong Kong had Money to hire Good chefs and an aggressive manager Cal style and could Appeal to both inc wealthy chinese and non chinese the owners hired a variety of chefs some came from Taiwan and made local specialities like noodles topped with braised pork chops. Others trained in Hong Kong made exotic Scal Ood dishes and unusual dim sum in culinary terms the new China Lowns began to rival the old. To keep i hair Chela Content yet creative Many Reshaur aleuts made them partners. A chef who is a panne will Lake boiler care of the food and of the said Kenneth Yee. He owns the East River res Laurall in Flushing along with several other partners including two Chels. To keep Iho customers Happy Reshaur aleuts must serve tha familiar in addition to the exotic when Iho East Lake restaurant opened in Flushing a year ago its specially was seafood. This week ii began offering dim sum. Albert Lin. One of seven partners in the restaurant explained Iho change simply people asked Tor i. They Oil Enlil these new restaurants which scat zoo to �00. Claim As customers nol Only the chinese americans and others who live or work in Iho area but also the Middle class chinese immigrants who arrived in Large numbers beginning in 1965, with a relaxation of quotas set by the Hart Celler act of thai year. Today there Are More than a million chinese in the rated states As against 236.000 in the 19co census according to Kwong. Who wrote the new Chinatown a sociological study of new York s Chinatown. Aboul 30,000 chinese live in the Richmond Dis Ricl of san Francisco. According to Rita Bolo executive director of the Richmond District neighbourhood Community Center. She based her estimate on a 19b5 Survey taken from the 1980 National census 1388 to Monterey Park near los Angeles 15.000 of the cily s 61.000 residents Are chinese according to Margo whoe or lha area s planning administrator she based her figures on the 1980 census. The Flushing chinese business association is a bit less formal in is estimate of the local chinese population in december i9s6, to coupled the chinese names in Iho local Telephone said Henry Cheng a consultant to the association. In the area bounded by 14h Avenue. Francos Lewis Boulevard the Van Wyck expressway and Union Turnpike which encompasses it of Flushing and parts of Bayside and whiles one Trie association coupled about 60.000 chinese names. In 1985, me same group found 31 chinese restaurants within 20 blocks of Wain Stroelin 1987, there were 37." Cheng said. The new Chin towns no both similar to and dil Lerent irom the old Chin towns. Like the old Chin towns they Are self sufficient within i hair Bounds one can find chinese doctors lawyers Haird Moseis bakeries bookstores markets Banks photography studios and clothing shops. The Hoa Binh Market in Monterey Park is a 24,000-Square fool supermarket that oven has its own herbal shop ii is this sense of Community thai attracted immigrants like Jack Lin. To moved irom Taiwan to Flushing six years ago three years later to opened Flushing seafood. A Tish store i have he said explaining the allure of Queens and my customers arc chinese and Manhattan s Chinatown is Ino dirty and Tho two words dirt and noise separate the new China Lowns from the old a3 Kwong put in Tho no or Chin towns serve Iho Middle class the old i Chin towns the working class " the Middle class customers wan i spacious restaurants Complete with parking lots and clean bathrooms that serve Hong Kong Stylo Nouvelle cuisine. Tho chinese in Hong Kong have always considered fresh seafood a Moia luxurious varied and exotic food than meat said Alica Wong the executive manager of the family owned Hong Kong Flower lounge Roseau rank in Mil Feao Calif 30 Miles South of san Francisco. She said the lop seafood re Laurants in Hong Kong Oiler 15 kinds of Lish As Well As eel Iron abalone. Crab Snail Clam Turtle and Snake. In Hong Kong where her family owns sin Rosta giants. Wong said the Best executive cheats Ore paid solely to invent new dishes cacti month and the moment a dish is introduced it is copied by other chefs. Because of this Competition. Hong Kong cuisine has become the most elegant and varied chinese food available Moo Shu pork is an old Tash Onod chinese dish said Vicki Low. Who assists miss Wong cooking with Aab Roe is to discover the most up to the minute dishes Mahy chinese restaurateurs in America Send their cheats to Hong Kong each year. The shots who b
