Lambowner
(Lamb Owner)
August 29, 2018, 1:41pm
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As if Houston’s Chinatown weren’t already world class:
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Huh, surprised at its location in Houston. I wonder if they’ll have a little restaurant at lower prices like the CIA or other cooking schools.
Lambowner
(Lamb Owner)
August 29, 2018, 3:17pm
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That would be great! It appears the teaching will be via internet, but I guess there is a physical location for the students to attend.
Beijing is playing catch up to Bangkok:
I just don’t associate cooking schools with being in Houston. More like NYC or Napa.
sck
August 29, 2018, 6:23pm
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Is there a big Cantonese population in Houston?
Lambowner
(Lamb Owner)
August 29, 2018, 8:21pm
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I don’t know abut specifically Cantonese, but we have a large Asian immigration, which I assume includes many Cantonese. Our Chinatown is sure large and has hundreds of restaurants and food outlets.
https://www.visithoustontexas.com/blog/post/an-outsiders-guide-to-houstons-chinatown/
Chinese Americans are Americans of Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute a subgroup of East Asian Americans which also constitute a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans have ancestors from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, as well as other regions that are inhabited by large populations of the Chinese diaspora, especially Southeast Asia and some other countries such as Australia, Canada, France, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United King
By demographics, Houston is technically in the top 20.
But if we’re going with wiki:
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese among other varieties, is the third most-spoken language in the United States, and is mostly spoken within Chinese-American populations and by immigrants or the descendants of immigrants, especially in California and New York. Around 2004, over 2 million Americans spoke varieties of Chinese, with Mandarin becoming increasingly common due to immigration from mainland China and to some extent Taiwan. Within this category, approximately one third of re Acc...
Looks like a higher % of Hokkien is spoken in Texas. So no idea.
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