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Ethnic Restaurants – What to Eat and What
to Avoid
With
today’s massive cultures in our country, it is almost impossible not to
see several ethnic restaurants in today’s towns. Block after
block of one ethnic food group after another are choices we have the
luxury of today with so many ethnic groups within our country. No
matter where we go in our country, we have choices of restaurants,
cafes and coffee shops to choose from with most of them
ethnic.
The immigration policy lately has been eruptive, but we are a wonderful
example of being the melting pot of the world. We see this in the small
“cities” within the big cities throughout the suburbs of where we live.
Food areas are clearly defined; many of them in the inner
suburbs, and many are clearly ethnic, drawing from different cultures.
Tables and chairs sit outside in patios as compared to the old world of
being inside; we have outdoor food areas that are similar to those in
other countries.
When an ethnic restaurant is found, try to
avoid fried, high sodium/sugar foods and processed foods because of the
high grease content that is high in animal fat, and
preservatives. If you must eat flesh, stay with broiled or
baked
fish. Steamed or baked vegetables, along with tossed salads,
are
the chosen side items that are considered safe in most ethnic
restaurants today. Bring your own dessert (raw
chocolate
treat), or wait until you get home.
Many large cities have
combined sight-seeing tours with walking tours en masse that visit
these ethnic food courts. People and tourists visit areas that allow
them to enjoy different foods and surroundings. Normally, these
tourists or visitors would never venture into some of these areas to
eat different food types. But the walking tours have opened up avenues
of experimentation and adventures of new countries within the old...
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