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Not sure if I understand foo's statement that the better Asian restaurants are in the suburbs, maybe I just don't believe that - logic would say that if you want better examples of these foods, you go to the ethnic enclaves where the restaurants are more free to serve their cuisines without having to add apologetic menu items like tiramisu and sweet and sour for takeout. If anything, you'd think they're doing that in the suburban strip malls.
In areas where there aren't enough of an ethnicity to make a significant ethnic community, (think Kansas City, or Alabama, Indiana, something like that) they just put their restaurants anywhere (often the suburbs, since it's cheap everywhere) and serve, say, Korean food to Koreans or Vietnamese food to Vietnamese customers, but operate by making their money on fried rice and crab rangoon, maybe even having 'China' or 'Chinese' 'Garden' 'Palace' or 'Jade' in their name, lol. That's what I think of when I envision Asian restaurants in suburbs.
In areas where there aren't enough of an ethnicity to make a significant ethnic community, (think Kansas City, or Alabama, Indiana, something like that) they just put their restaurants anywhere (often the suburbs, since it's cheap everywhere) and serve, say, Korean food to Koreans or Vietnamese food to Vietnamese customers, but operate by making their money on fried rice and crab rangoon, maybe even having 'China' or 'Chinese' 'Garden' 'Palace' or 'Jade' in their name, lol. That's what I think of when I envision Asian restaurants in suburbs.