Nov 2, 04 07:36 AM
Mao Food.
I went to this Sichuan joint on St. Mark's Place, Grand Sichuan--
Apparently all these Sichuan places around, Empire Sichuan, etc., are not actually serving Sichuan cuisine, but an ersatz American version. This was the genuine article. The food was tasty. But that's not the most interesting thing to me.
I'm told that there is a cuisine movement in China based on what Mao liked to eat. And so, on the menu at Grand Sichuan, there was a section entitled MAO FOOD.
There was also a photograph in the restaurant's foyer: Mao surrounded by what seemed to be a gang of international exchange students; Africans, South Americans, and Europeans. It wasn't a formal photo; they were surrounding Mao haphazardly, like a picture from a field trip on the steps of the Natural History Museum. The caption said: Mao has many friends around the world.
Posted by Mike at November 2, 2004 7:36 AM
