Suzie Wong. Suzie Q. Lazy Suzan.
All the S’s in stereotypes. All boils down to a round table full of shared dishes, each could easily meet your dai;ly cholesterol quota.
Half roasted duck, half chicken ginger etc….
Hong Kong cuisine, served in Herndon (VA).
I thought about Nixon’s trip to China, and how many shared dishes he tasted then.
Now, we got Huawei branch in Herndon selling Symantec data storage equipment.
And Haier dorm fridges, well situated inside American campuses.
Right when Hollywood lamented the great days of “Emperor” (Gen MacArthur), the other empire has made inroads here, one dish at a time.
For here or for here?
It’s best to have it “for here” for these sorts of dishes (and fried rice to go).
Kids chowed down the rice, eyes glued to the I-pad’s screen.
(I-pad perhaps made in China also).
There you have it: the consequences of Ping Pong diplomacy (Ford exported – “ping” – cars to China, and Chinese goods “pong” back).
Those who trade tend not to fight (Bastiat’s Principle).
When we got here in the mid-70’s, there hardly was any “chinese” grocery stores. Now, several Lotte supermarkets are found in Loudoun Co.
Hyundai and Kia are sold side by side with Fiat and Audi.
Chinese buffet and American buffet. No ordinary Sunday.
Follow the money. Use all your resources. Cook up some secret sauce. Suzie Q, Suzie Wong, but be not Lazy Suzan.
Hard work and hard-earned money.
It’s all here, even in times of Sequestration.
Yes. There will be challenges in brand acceptance. Who wouldn’t! Ever heard of the horse-meat scandal in the UK and IKEA?
The story of WTO has many chapters, and each with its own sub-plots, full of conflicts. But in the end, let’s say 50 years from now, we hope to see a more humane and harmonious society around that same table, sharing dishes. Well, if India and China don’t go at each other in a contest for supremacy.
Thang Nguyen 555 