Short Legs
Yesterday I ate lunch at a tiny Chinese style restaurant near where I live. It was one of those places with just a kitchen and a bar/counter with space for about 10 people. They have a little riser box underneath the counter to rest your feet on, and, would you believe it, the space between the box and the counter was so small I couldn't even get my legs in! I could kind of do it if I angled my legs to the side, put them in, and then twisted them upright, but that was with my heels sticking out and feeling like there was a piano on my thighs. I had to push my stool back so that I was sticking out into what little space there was behind me and bend forward to reach the counter. And I'm only 5'10"!
Question for the day: There are a lot of Chinese restaurants in Japan run by Japanese people, yet you don't really find Chinese restaurants in America (okay, in California) run by white people. Why is that?
Question for the day: There are a lot of Chinese restaurants in Japan run by Japanese people, yet you don't really find Chinese restaurants in America (okay, in California) run by white people. Why is that?
posted by Don at 1:03 AM
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I think this has to do with immigration. Japan currently has about 1.5% of its population as immigrants, where America is closer to 10% (and I am not sure if America's numbers count illegal immigrants, or immigrants who became citizens). Many more native people available to open restaurants and bars in America than in Japan.
I was surprised to see a white guy as a server (not chef - he was Japanese) at Sakana, a sushi bar down near Union Square. But he did speak passable Japanese.
Japan is still a very racist society w/very strict immigration laws. Third generation Korean-Japanese are still not allowed Japanese citizenship. Odd that Japanese-Americans, even after WWII persecution, are among the most assimilated people in America!
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