We saw dragons!  

This is the first time I've been that close to an event. I've seen them from the distance, but never so close. I think its a pretty good indication how large the Chinese population is getting in Austin. Funny thing is that I live in an area that's gotten very oriental, but I was all the way on the other side of town to see this!

austin was that way back in the early '60's. infact, the only chinese restuarant was actually run by a hispanaic family... it later became a mexican restuarant before it closed.

austin has be come very diverse, with lots of chinese, vietnamese, indian, greek, persian restuarants. I enjoy the different cultures, but have trouble with some food because of my food allergies

I am a Snake!

Down in Houston they have major areas that have become heavily toward one nationality. Where my friend used to live down there was, even 10 yrs ago when she died, becoming "Little Viet Nam."

Yes i know thats where i am in Houston...They have a lot of things downtown...I was up in the Hill country for a little over a year (Bander Texas) but now we are back home....

Typ-o Bandera Texas

I know Bandera, I've been to Bandera, pretty place.

I don't know about downtown Houston, I do know that the Alief area of Houston was where my friend lived and before that my former roommate & I went to a strip center that was all little Vietnamese places and she got a totally cool dragon from a little old man who made them out of clay in the center of an open area.

I don't know if I could eat it every day. In fact, we ate so much for a while that I got totally burned out on it and didn't eat it for almost a year.

It didn't help that the restuarant near our house had gone so far down hill and the other ones are further away.

I couldn't eat it every day. In fact I ate so much of it a few years ago that I got burned out and didn't eat it for something like a year. I've never burned out on Italian food. I think its because I could really only eat a few dishes of Chinese food that gave me the lack of varity that I can get with other style of foods.

I know what you mean. I can eat the chicken fried rice, egg rolls and egg drop soup sometimes and that is about it. I really don't care much for rice. That is my main problem. I crave alot of Mexican food though. I could eat Mexican food just about every day.

I don't do Mexican food. Gee, I wonder why....

Once in a while I'll crave something they only have at mexican restaurants and we'll go, but that's maybe twice a year...

Oh really? I could eat Mexican food every day. I love tacos and burritos and taco salad. Seriously, what is the reason why you don't crave Mexican food, seriously, LOL?

Austin is a big city. It is the 5th largest city in Texas and, about 15 years ago, my mom said that Austin was the size that Houston was when we moved to Texas (mumbley-mumble) years ago.