I'm pretty much in L.A., where the selection of Asian food is very good. I'm from Tennessee, though, where it isn't so good.

Columbus, Ohio. With a major Honda manufacturing facility close by and Ohio State University, I think we have a reasonably good selection of Asian restaurants here. But I suspect this is relative. Good for a medium-size midwestern city, but maybe not so good compared to the more urban left and right coasts. :)

Born in Sydney, Australia, schooled in the U.S. of A. Lived in Los Angeles for 19 years before crossing the "pond" and now am in London. For those of you in L.A., feel very VERY fortunate you have such a diverse Asian cuisine at your disposal...truly, places like the San Gabriel Valley, and out by Walnut/Diamond Bar, and down in Torrance and Westminster are one of a kind. Southern California is a MECCA of Asian food.

London, on the other hand, leaves much to be desired in that sense. "Chinese" food consists of generic Cantonese rice and noodle dishes, and dimsum. Japanese food is expensive, as is Korean, and they are just getting Vietnamese in. But think _stripped down_ menus. Generic. You won't get your stand-alone specialty ramen or noodle house here. You won't get soon dobu houses. Hawaiian plate lunches? 24-7 Hong Kong cafes? Forget it. They can't even get boba tea right here. I'm so bored of the Chinese food here but it's all they got, and wonder why no one bothers to get a bit more experimental. I am guessing the gwai lo can't hang...

i lived in san francisco until last year, when gary told me the town wasn't big enough for the two of us.

korean food in seoul is awesome. ^_^ fire chicken, upscale galbi, homemade dubu specialty joints that serve kongbijee, all veggie temple-style bibimbap, any of those mushroom hot pot dishes that end in them frying rice in the concentrated soup dregs. and thanks to globalization and a wave of migrant workers, there's pretty yummy indian in the more working class district with all the nepali workers. bad thai, expensive vietnamese, and we've never found good sushi here (though that may be because i can't afford to go to the swank int'l chain hotels). the korean-chinese food is like american-chinese food in that it resembles nothing that i've ever seen in a chinese restaurant in a city with a chinese american population, but is damn tasty anyway.

>>Gary wrote: I'd say the majority of folks are from the Bay Area<<

Yup, from the Bay Area - East Bay that is *giggle*. Lots and alot of "yummy in my tummy" Asian Cuisine. Vietamese, Japanese, Chinese, Hawaiian (Rice Plates), Taiwanese, Indian, Thai... and so on.`Then there is your side of the bay (talking a quick BART ride away) and there's even more to choose from. Weeeeeeeee!

I still live in Dublin, CA, with Mom.

Pretty decent selection of Asian restaurants here, considering we're so suburban. We now have two tapioca places (wow!), my favorite being the independently-run Cafe Tapioca.

San Diego you can get about any type of asian food you want. you can even go to the asian markets and get your seafood fresh, where your white friends can trip out and poke at the live crabs with tongs.

Hi,

I'm from South Eastern Ontario. My parents are Filipino and my brother and I were born here in Ontario.

Leticia

SF. I like the Chinese food here, but I've had better Vietnamese cuisine in France...

Gary, I echo your praise on the selection of Asian restaurants in SF. I live here too and the sushi here's great...korean, indian...etc etc...plus, the chinese food here is actually really authentic. I mean, if you want the chop suey, sweet and sour pork type of stuff, there are those too, but there are quite a few authentic places here; both formal dining and casual.