As a result, Chinatowns and Chinese food in the U.S. American Chinatowns like New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles were established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by immigrant villagers from rural southern China. Once again there is a logical explanation.
The other fact which you may wonder about is that most of the restaurants are located in outlying suburbs rather than core city Chinatowns. She was very geographically correct in listing restaurants from all over the country - and was crucified by the commentators, who knew that few of the 50 best Chinese restaurants in the United States were outside of California and derided her selections which included fewer than 10 California restaurants. In contrast, more wealthy/professional Chinese settle in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas, and they demand, and can afford, a higher quality of Chinese food.Ī comment I heard the other day was even more blunt - the person said New York Chinatown food reminded him of post-World War II San Francisco Chinatown food, which is as big of an insult as it sounds. An interesting episode demonstrating this point is the fact that the food writer who originally interviewed me recently also did a " 50 Best Chinese Restaurants in the United States" feature for CNNGo. Part of the issue is that while New York City does have a continuing influx of Chinese immigrants, their influx is more of the working class ilk, and heavily weighted towards Fujian province, not a culinary mecca. On the other hand, New York has relatively little Hong Kong influence, and I like to describe its Chinese food as being mired in the 1990s. But few of these other regional restaurants reach the elite level.) (Not to say there aren't a lot of other different Chinese regional cuisines represented in our restaurants here. If you look to see where in the United States you see the greatest Hong Kong influence, it's Los Angeles first and San Francisco second. And most of the evolution starts in Hong Kong, where food obsession is the norm. Furthermore, the great thing about Chinese food is that it continues to evolve and improve.
Virtually all observers, particularly Chinese themselves, agree that the best Chinese food comes out of Hong Kong. I've been to all 50 states and eaten at 300 Chinese restaurants in New York City alone. However, that is absolutely not the case.
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