Comments on: My rant will rise again http://seattle.metblogs.com/2007/05/30/my-rant-will-rise-again/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:15:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: v http://seattle.metblogs.com/2007/05/30/my-rant-will-rise-again/comment-page-1/#comment-4589 v Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:55:47 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2007/05/30/my-rant-will-rise-again/#comment-4589 I don't understand the problem. The best Dimsum is always located in Chinatowns. Even in NYC and SF, you don't find good dimsum outside of the core Chinatown areas. You want Chinese restaurants with Chinese cooks and Chinese laborers to pack up and locate in a tony white district where rents are higher, labor scarcer, and foodstuffs harder to find? Not happening. I don’t understand the problem. The best Dimsum is always located in Chinatowns. Even in NYC and SF, you don’t find good dimsum outside of the core Chinatown areas. You want Chinese restaurants with Chinese cooks and Chinese laborers to pack up and locate in a tony white district where rents are higher, labor scarcer, and foodstuffs harder to find? Not happening.

]]> By: Liza http://seattle.metblogs.com/2007/05/30/my-rant-will-rise-again/comment-page-1/#comment-4588 Liza Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:54:52 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2007/05/30/my-rant-will-rise-again/#comment-4588 It's unfortunate you don't have any good Dim Sum places in your hood, but you can at least celebrate the awesome Korean cuisine you do have. Try Old Village Korean Restaurant on Aurora and 152nd. I live in Ballard and have neither good Chinese nor Korean food within 5 miles. (But I do have a decent Mexican restaurant). It’s unfortunate you don’t have any good Dim Sum places in your hood, but you can at least celebrate the awesome Korean cuisine you do have. Try Old Village Korean Restaurant on Aurora and 152nd. I live in Ballard and have neither good Chinese nor Korean food within 5 miles. (But I do have a decent Mexican restaurant).

]]> By: love dim sum http://seattle.metblogs.com/2007/05/30/my-rant-will-rise-again/comment-page-1/#comment-4587 love dim sum Wed, 30 May 2007 21:33:25 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2007/05/30/my-rant-will-rise-again/#comment-4587 There are good reasons why the Dim Sum places are in the ID and Kent. The main reason is that the north end is white, white, white. If you go into a Dim Sum restaurant down south you will see a healthy mix of Asians and Anglos. You may want Dim Sum and some of your friends as well, but are you enough to make up for the relative lack of Asian customers. A second reason is the relatively high rent in the North end. Dim Sum is fairly labor intensive, so you are asking folks to staff their restaurants at times when they must compete with brunches and other cuisines. Just take the bus to the ID. It is good to leave the hood. There are good reasons why the Dim Sum places are in the ID and Kent. The main reason is that the north end is white, white, white. If you go into a Dim Sum restaurant down south you will see a healthy mix of Asians and Anglos. You may want Dim Sum and some of your friends as well, but are you enough to make up for the relative lack of Asian customers.

A second reason is the relatively high rent in the North end. Dim Sum is fairly labor intensive, so you are asking folks to staff their restaurants at times when they must compete with brunches and other cuisines.

Just take the bus to the ID. It is good to leave the hood.

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