> On Mar 3, 9:44 am, "abianc...@my-deja.com" my-deja.com>
> wrote:
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>> Ha very predictable RAK, I know you will say that because you are
>> always so ignorant!!! No, DinTaiFung's food is 100%% Chinese food.
>> They were brought to Taiwan by those people following KMT retreated to
>> Taiwan in 1949. Unlike Zagat, NYT's recommendation is based on good
>> food but not on decor or service. And remember the best Chinese food
>> can only be found in Hong Kong, Taiwan, now also in mainland China.
>> Oh well, I dont think you understand it because you have no taste on
>> food at all you dont know what good food means except reading
>> pricing. Good food does not have to be expensive, oh well, I dont
>> think you understand it.

>
> As I was responding to PeterL, the site states, "In DinTaiFung, the
> average dining duration for one table is about 40 minutes. The massive
> amount of orders often resulted in customers receiving the wrong
> orders." Yeah, must be a Chinese thing!
>
> And Zagat ratings are on a 30-point scale, covering food, decor,
> service, and cost - it's the entire package that counts. Just like
> cars - you don't want just horsepower and torque, but what about
> handling (slalom)? Drifting (max angle)? Braking (brakepad distance)?
> Cornering (g)? Others will care more about price, safety, elegance
> etc. but people do rate things based on the whole package.
>
> But I agree with you. Sometimes a very expensive and elegant
> girlfriend (Japanese food) *can*, at least theoretically, at least in
> some circumstances, be less, hmmmm, "satisfying" than a cheap
> prostitute (Chinese food) where foreplay is inactivated, where
> turnover is maximized --- just like where you have to rush dining in
> just.....40 minutes at your DinTaiFung!
>
>
>

>> On Mar 3, 9:24 am, "RichAsianKid" hotmail.com> wrote:

>

>>> On Mar 3, 2:45 am, "abianc...@my-deja.com" my-deja.com>
>>> wrote:

>

>>>> Simpleton RAK has always told people that expenive food must be good
>>>> food or good food has to be expensive. How embarrassing!!! Since RAK
>>>> worships Japanese and anything related to Japan, then what Japanese
>>>> say must be the bible for RAK. So maybe he can learn how to
>>>> appreciate good food from his beloved Japanese. Here is one example:

>

>>>> "Before long, almost all of Japan had heard about the famous Taiwanese
>>>> DinTaiFung restaurant.
>>>> Japanese tourists to Taipei increased, arriving like pilgrimages, to
>>>> taste the authentic foods of DinTaiFung. Since then, there have always
>>>> been long queues, full of Japanese tourists, waiting for their chance
>>>> to taste the famous "steamed dumplings"."

>

>>>> Now, RAK, here is the link to one of DinTaiFung restaurants in Taipei,
>>>> its decoration is not much better than McDonnald's but DinTaiFung has
>>>> become a must visit place for Japanese tourists to Taiwan. You see,
>>>> good food does not have to be expensive even your beloved Japanese
>>>> know it!!!

>

>>>>http://www.dintaifung.com.tw/eng/index.htm

>

>>>> BTW, RAK, DinTaiFung restaurant was on NYT's 10 best restaurants in
>>>> the world in the 90s.

>

>>> Few comments:

>

>>> 1. First this is in Taiwan, so it's Taiwanese food, not Chinese! Even
>>> if you say this is Chinese food, funny how it takes Taiwanese to do
>>> things right! Mainland Chinese just suck.

>

>>> 2. Tourists have different tastes. People visiting Singapore will like
>>> to have local Singaporean cheap street stalls/street food which are
>>> world famous, but that does NOT mean that it's haute cuisine, or that
>>> you'll bring your loved one for your 25th wedding anniversary, or
>>> conduct formal international business meetings over etc. Likewise with
>>> Japanese tourists - in fact tourists often deliberate want to go to
>>> try out local flavors, and since most tourists are from wealthier (1st
>>> world) countries they want to try out third world experiences
>>> (Incidentally doesn't this show that the Japanese and Taiwanese are in
>>> bed together? Isn't that 'sweet'? Japanese and Taiwan (unlike China)
>>> are friendlies) -- which is why countries which are favorite travel
>>> destinations (quoted by yourself before) are disproportionately third
>>> world, including China being one of the top 10

>

>>> 3. Likewise, one of RichAsianKid's fav foods is actually the Burger
>>> King Chicken Sandwich. That does not mean he'll go out on a special
>>> date on Burger King or celebrate birthdays or parties there. In fact
>>> he likes to brag about it because it's cheap and low class

>

>>> 4. NYT is usually just one food critic's opinion, Zagat surveys in the
>>> US are widely respected and broadcasted in signs outside and inside
>>> some restaurants (a chalkboard often states "Zagat rates our [fill in
>>> the blank] restaurant as one of top 10 in this city!") because they're
>>> based on over 250,000 opinions. And Japanese gave Chinese a knockout
>>> in 2006:

>

>>> Japanese vs. Chinese: Among the key trends this year is the rise of
>>> Japanese food, which clearly isn't just for Californians anymore. In
>>> fact, sushi restaurants lead the Top Food and/or Most Popular lists in
>>> Boston ( Oishii ), Charlotte ( Niko ), Chicago ( Mirai Sushi ), Dallas
>>> ( Tepo ), Denver ( Sushi Den ), Las Vegas ( Nobu ), Long Island (
>>> Kotobuki ), Los Angeles ( Matsuhisa and Katsu-ya ), Miami ( Matsuri ),
>>> New York ( Sushi Yasuda ), Portland ( Saburo's ), San Diego (Sushi
>>> Ota), San Francisco ( Sushi Ran ), Seattle ( Nishino ) and Washington
>>> D.C. ( Makoto ), among others. On the other hand, *fine* Chinese
>>> dining, once the leading Asian cuisine in the U.S., seems to have
>>> stalled, with **not even one** Chinese restaurant reaching the Top
>>> Food
>>> Rankings.

>

>>> 5. And yes, when it comes to price, the most expensive restaurant in
>>> the US serves Japanese food, the most expensive restaurant in the
>>> world is in Tokyo, serving Chinese, wooops, big typo there.... no,
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