Food poisoning from a bar? Dang, musta had a storm cloud over your head that night.
Tex-Mex and Cali-Mex are my fave multi-ethnic spots.
I was at my IGA this AM chatting with this nice young Mexican fella who was making sushi; and he kills it.
Duuude, even the unstoned can appreciate pizzadillas!
I’ve only eaten Peruvian food twice. Once in New England, the other in Spain. I think lomo saltado and a couple of other dishes owe their heritage to immigration from East Asia. Much in the same way as chicken tikka masala has become a British national dish (allegedly invented by a restaurant in Glasgow).
I am not sure Tex-Mex is multi-ethnic, at least as it pertains to this thread. It is the same food on either side of the border and that’s just a name given for the food of the region.
Not so much different in situation than Alsatian food or Basque cuisine.
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In the food industry this is an example of a Frankenstein food. The runaway success of Dorito tacos at Taco Bell spawned a mad rush to create others like breakfast sandwiches using pancakes instead of bread. Or mashed potato bowls, using that substance instead of rice.
Yes, I’m aware, as I make a few Peruvian dishes myself, including the beloved chicken & green sauce — which, of course, also has soy sauce as its ingredient.
It’s also been pointed out several times in this thread 
Had the OP’s phrasing been clearer I likely wouldn’t have used it as an example, as you’ll see in my follow-up comments.
Deviled eggs. Say no more. It was violent & fast.
Cheesecake Factory!
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Avocado spring rolls and a Chinese Chicken Salad. I’ve never ordered the cheesecake.
Similar in concept to the filled Staffordshire oatcake in the UK. Although our pancakes/oatcakes are thinner than yours so perhaps more wrap than sandwich.
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Obnoxious response…many cuisines roll that way anyway.
More group-oriented reply–
Can’t say I seek these types of places out, OTOH I have an Achilles’ heel for those vast GCC/Southeast Asian buffets.
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In NYC we have a ton of superb Indo-Chinese restaurants, which offer a fusion of Indian and Chinese food. It’s a cuisine that evolved from Chinese who immigrated to India and adapted their cuisine to the local tastes and popular spices. As such they tend to crop up in neighborhoods with large Indian populations where folks miss their familiar “Chinese” dishes that cannot be found at American-Chinese restaurants. Must try dishes: Kofta Manchurian Dry and Gobi Tangra Masala.
The now shuttered Queens Kickshaw in Astoria used to do a special fusion menu around Christmas based on the tradition of Jewish folks going out for Chinese because in years gone by those would be the only restaurants open on Christmas Day. Their dishes were a creative and well executed mix of traditional Jewish dishes with a Chinese twist. Think scallion potato Latkes with soy ginger dipping sauce.
The best example I’ve ever experienced of multi-ethnic cuisine that truly excelled was a Thai/Indian restaurant in Chiang Mai, whose name I unfortunately cannot recall. They had a full menu of both. The chef was Thai but had spent time in India as a disciple of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and to this day offered the best Indian food I’ve ever had anywhere in the world, along with the best mee krob I’ve ever tasted. So good that I actually delayed my departure by a number of days just so I could eat there a few more times.
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Regional Indian food is increasingly popular in the UK. Mumbai street food places always have a number of Indo-Chinese dishes on the menu - the likes of Gobi Manchurian, chilli chicken, Hakka noodles, etc
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Chandavki just posted this on IG. An American breakfast/Chinese place.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DEK3wgwv4vq/?img_index=1&igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==
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In Western Canada, it was mostly Chinese immigrants and Chinese Canadians who ran the Western Cafés until around the time that Greeks started immigrating and getting into the restaurant business. The Western Cafés served bacon and eggs, and Chinese food.
Even 100 person towns in rural Saskatchewan had a Western Café in the 1940s.
It’s an interesting history.
I used to eat at a Western Café called the Lido Café, on 10th St NW in Calgary, when I lived there 20 years ago. It closed in 2014.
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Queens Kickshaw–that brings back memories! I went to one of the Jewish Christmas parties and distinctly remember the hot mulled Manischevitz. (The heat and spices actually improved the wine and made it seem less sweet.) And there were a number of older Jewish ladies playing mah-jongg.
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Brisket, peameal bacon, Reubens, porchetta, cheese steaks, jerk chicken, and patties.
Here is the Jerk Chicken dinner tonight, and their veggie patty
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