after hiking the great wall, we didn’t eat at california beef noodle king usa – we ate at kfc. and it was good.
it’s finger licking’ good!
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california beef noodle king usa.
at the entrance of the great wall of china, there are some restaurants, one of which is the popular fast food restaurant in china called california beef noodle king usa which was started in mainland china by a chinese american in 1988.
my chinese friend told an amusing story about growing up wondering how americans could be so good at making noodles, looking for the chain on his first visit to the states and discovering that there were, in fact, no california beef noodle king’s in the usa! for whatever reason, the founder, mr. lee thought the california connection would be perfect for the restaurant brand. i’m a bit bummed that we didn’t ever eat at the restaurant that cnn says is one of 8 foreign fast-food chains worth a taste, but hi. ho.
according to wikipedia the restaurant changed its name to “Mr. Lee” but i saw many restaurants with the old name around shanghai and beijing. i’m guessing the name change is in advance of international expansion.
320/365. tentacular.
at the mediterranean exploration company in portland, oregon. hiiiiiiiiighly recommended.
165/365. walk-in cooler at madison sourdough company.
[ wait for it ]
day 3860: 27/365 – hangman.
passing time waiting for food by playing hangman. i couldn’t begin to tally how many rounds of the game we’ve played over the years. odin *almost* stumped us with “OJ”?! must have been glucose deprived.
at the dogpatch, oggling a menu and pondering fair use.
after a long day of seeing lots of sights around the upper peninsula of michigan we found ourselves at the dogpatch restaurant in munising with very 4 hungry kids and 3 adults. nobody could figure out why it had a cartoon theme or why all the cartoons on the walls and the menu was filled with mock-southern language that was difficult to decipher. all the adults and kids were confused.
eventually, i dug deep in my memory and remembered the dogpatch was the setting for li’l abner which ran from 1934 until 1977 which gave some important context. but who under the age of 40 even knows or identifies with li’l abner? why is there a li’l abner themed restaurant in munising? was al capp a fan of the area? are the owners relatives? do they have rights to use the images for commercial gain. there’s an interesting history to the franchise ownership and rights li’l Abner and wikipedia claims fair use when using excerpts which leads me to believe it’s not in the public domain.
and, what is up with the menu? PRINCESS MINIHAHASKIRT?
the food was adequate, but the service was horrible which seems to be the consensus on the foursquare tips.
focuses.
i was next door to the the just burgers & more in escanaba, michigan and wondered about their name. i can understand that maybe over time being “just burgers” wasn’t enough and they needed to provide more variety and wanted to change their name, but doesn’t “more than just burgers” make more sense?
in the many, many times i’ve been to esky, i’ve never eaten there so i comment on their food. maybe next time.