date:Mar 20, 2014
Americanized despite some efforts to please the taste buds from China.
At Chalin's, a restaurant that serves largely Sichuan food on the Connecticut Avenue near Van Ness, waiters would show Chinese patrons a different menu with food they believe only Chinese would enjoy, especially in terms of the spicy level.
At the Sichuan Pavilion on K Street, Yi Dong, who was originally from Shanghai but has lived in the US for more than 20 years, was reminded by the head waiter that some of his orders