Girls of this generation

[gregsan]

niko2x wrote:

Be careful greg, your wife is behind you with a rolling pin! LOL! But you all are right about canto. It sounds very harsh compared to the "shwa shwa shwa"-ness of mandarin. My other half is always wondering why when i talk to my family, it sounds like we are arguing...

Nah...she's fine. Sometimes she jokingly asks me why I didn't marry a Japanese girl....but she doesn't care. She likes Japan too.

BTW...it's funny because when we go to Japan, people try to talk to her thinking she understands (and/or IS Japanese). Then she always turns to me to see if I can translate at all, since she doesn't speak at all (I only speak a little).

[bmwracer]

gregsan wrote:

Nah...she's fine. Sometimes she jokingly asks me why I didn't marry a Japanese girl....but she doesn't care. She likes Japan too. BTW...it's funny because when we go to Japan, people try to talk to her thinking she understands (and/or IS Japanese). Then she always turns to me to see if I can translate at all, since she doesn't speak at all (I only speak a little).

Heh, that was like that when I was in Hawaii: walking down the strip in Honolulu, restaurant people were trying to suck me into their restaurant by speaking Japanese and I would say "Huh?" Then they would turn beet red with embarrassment...

[gregsan]

bmwracer wrote:

Heh, that was like that when I was in Hawaii: walking down the strip in Honolulu, restaurant people were trying to suck me into their restaurant by speaking Japanese and I would say "Huh?" Then they would turn beet red with embarrassment...

It's kind of like now when I go to sushi restaurants in our neighborhood. Sometimes, I try to say some things in Japanese (O-cha, Arigatou...). Sometimes it seems like the waitress might not be Japanese at all (oftentimes Korean or Chinese) which is kind of embarassing.

[bmwracer]

gregsan wrote:

It's kind of like now when I go to sushi restaurants in our neighborhood. Sometimes, I try to say some things in Japanese (O-cha, Arigatou...). Sometimes it seems like the waitress might not be Japanese at all (oftentimes Korean or Chinese) which is kind of embarassing.

I hear ya. Unless I'm absolutely sure, I stick with the English, else it looks like I'm trying to hard...

[gregsan]

bmwracer wrote:

I hear ya. Unless I'm absolutely sure, I stick with the English, else it looks like I'm trying to hard...

Yep.

[niko2x]

gregsan wrote:

It's kind of like now when I go to sushi restaurants in our neighborhood. Sometimes, I try to say some things in Japanese (O-cha, Arigatou...). Sometimes it seems like the waitress might not be Japanese at all (oftentimes Korean or Chinese) which is kind of embarassing.

well, that's not neccesary a faux pas. you figure if you open a JPN restaurant, at least expect some JPN patranage, so therefore expect to be spoken in the culture of your restaurant. I'd have to say the majority of the JPN restaurants here in metro dc area is owned predominately by koreans. Even if a white dude opens a chinese restaurant, i'd expect the owner to speak some sort of chinese.
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[gregsan]

niko2x wrote:

well, that's not neccesary a faux pas. you figure if you open a JPN restaurant, at least expect some JPN patranage, so therefore expect to be spoken in the culture of your restaurant. I'd have to say the majority of the JPN restaurants here in metro dc area is owned predominately by koreans. Even if a white dude opens a chinese restaurant, i'd expect the owner to speak some sort of chinese.

It makes sense that they should...but I don't think many do...

I guess they should be more embarassed than me huh?!!

[niko2x]

gregsan wrote:

It makes sense that they should...but I don't think many do... I guess they should be more embarassed than me huh?!!

yep. thats why when we do go out to JPN places we make sure that it's owned by JPN. That should same with KRN and CHN places. Nobody knows the food/culture better than the ones that are actually from that place. I wouldn't expect a CHN to know enough about JPN food/culture to open up a JPN restaurant....waitaminute (that don't include you BMW, LOL!) But you know what i mean.
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[gregsan]

niko2x wrote:

yep. thats why when we do go out to JPN places we make sure that it's owned by JPN. That should same with KRN and CHN places. Nobody knows the food/culture better than the ones that are actually from that place. I wouldn't expect a CHN to know enough about JPN food/culture to open up a JPN restaurant....waitaminute (that don't include you BMW, LOL!) But you know what i mean.

That's funny...but around here in SoCal...OFTENTIMES the cooks are hispanic regardless of the restaurant. There's a famous Taiwanese Dumpling restaurant in Arcadia, near where I live (Din Tai Fung - http://losangeles.citysearch.com/profile/11429958/). It's always busy and the waits can be 1-2 hours when they get really busy. They have a big window in the kitchen so you can see them making the dumplings. Most of the guys in the kitchen making the dumplings are hispanic. Granted though, I'm sure they're under a "master" chef who's Taiwanese and the hostess and waitress staff are all pretty much Taiwanese. It's still pretty funny though!

[bmwracer]

niko2x wrote:

yep. thats why when we do go out to JPN places we make sure that it's owned by JPN. That should same with KRN and CHN places. Nobody knows the food/culture better than the ones that are actually from that place. I wouldn't expect a CHN to know enough about JPN food/culture to open up a JPN restaurant....waitaminute (that don't include you BMW, LOL!) But you know what i mean.

Heh.

Interestingly, there's a buncha sushi restaurants in our Koreatown here and some are pretty good... I think there's some Japanese influence in Korean restaurants, 'cause there were/are a lot of Japanese in Korea...

[pcmodem]

gregsan wrote:

That's funny...but around here in SoCal...OFTENTIMES the cooks are hispanic regardless of the restaurant.

LOL!!! That is so true!

MY GF and I have been studying this for a year... no matter what the cuisine, except for sushi chefs and bartenders, the cooks at all restaurants in CA are predominantly Mexican.

Even at a relatively expensive restaurant like Kuleto's in the SF Bay Area, where we blew $73 each recently on a birthday dinner (excluding drinks), the cooks at that joint were ALL Mexican:
http://www.kuletos.com/

Over near where I work is a trendy Taiwanese joint called Jujubi, the cooks are also Mexican:
http://www.ocliw.com/things/pearlTeaReview/jujubiCafe

Even at my favorite ramen restaurant in San Diego, Chopstix, while the ladies who own and run the place are from Japan, the cooks are Mexican:
http://sixth.ucsd.edu/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpBB_14&file=index&action=viewtopic&topic=502&forum=10&3



As long as they can cook.
-PCM


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Wow, we've gotten off-topic!

[MixxDreamer]

bmwracer wrote:

Heh, that was like that when I was in Hawaii: walking down the strip in Honolulu, restaurant people were trying to suck me into their restaurant by speaking Japanese and I would say "Huh?" Then they would turn beet red with embarrassment...

lol same with me when i shop @ mitsuwa, they'd automatically talk to me in japanese
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[ballistic88]

Girls of this generation, huh? what are we on now again? was it still X or are we on to double 'Zz' now? anyhow, I guess the exception these days would be the traditional type... funny thing is, whenever I run into older clients at my office, they seem to have this strong urge to pawn off their daughters, grand daughters, etc. to me. The one thing they all have to say to 'sell' their matchmaking intention is that the girl is 'traditional'. Once even, this particular client tells me her niece was 'submissive'... uhmmm, how exactly do I respond to that? Anyway, you see my point... I think.

[kyouki]

ballistic88 wrote:

Girls of this generation, huh? what are we on now again? was it still X or are we on to double 'Zz' now? anyhow, I guess the exception these days would be the traditional type... funny thing is, whenever I run into older clients at my office, they seem to have this strong urge to pawn off their daughters, grand daughters, etc. to me. I think.

why would they want to 'pawn' their daughters to u?.. hmm.. u must be the most desirable eligible bachelor.. keke..

ballistic88 wrote:

Once even, this particular client tells me her niece was 'submissive'... uhmmm, how exactly do I respond to that? Anyway, you see my point... I think.

"submissive? hehe..

btw, is there such thing as traditional guys?.. what makes someone traditional anyway
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[ballistic88]

kyouki wrote:

why would they want to 'pawn' their daughters to u?.. hmm.. u must be the most desirable eligible bachelor.. keke..

Hehe... I think it's only cause I look harmless... .. but no, I really don't know. I think it's just more the fact that since I'm an investment consultant by trade, my clients want to show their appreciation by adding to my harem...