Comments on: Opposite Sides of the Fen https://www.saltshaker.net/20180123/opposite-sides-of-the-fen Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:43:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: dan https://www.saltshaker.net/20180123/opposite-sides-of-the-fen#comment-259868 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:29:21 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=23881#comment-259868 You know, I just had a thought while getting ready for my day’s adventures. Considering the room at Royal China, it’s all set-up for banquet tables, and the people who’ve been there each time I entered, were always in large groups. With the exception of two booths for four, every other table in the place is a huge round table for 8-12 people. I wonder if it’s less a “non-Chinese” thing than a “we don’t take anyone except groups” thing. Which still seems stupid from a business perspective.

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By: dan https://www.saltshaker.net/20180123/opposite-sides-of-the-fen#comment-259867 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:09:08 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=23881#comment-259867 In reply to Ken.

Years ago, I had similar experiences out in Koreatown at some of the Korean restaurants. But, there, it was a fairly insular community (at the time, now it’s been “discovered”, along with Korean food), and it’s out in a part of town that few folk from the ostensibly nicer parts of the city venture. But this place is right in the heart of Puerto Madero – tourism central. It just seems like all they want are Chinese tourists and locals though. Who knows – I’d only tried to go there at lunchtime, and it’s been near empty each time. At dinnertime it may be a different scene.

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By: Ken https://www.saltshaker.net/20180123/opposite-sides-of-the-fen#comment-259866 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:04:14 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=23881#comment-259866 Wow! That’s the craziest restaurant story I’ve ever heard. How can someone have a Chinese restaurant in BA and detest non-Chinese people so much?

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