The Financial Collapse of 2001 and Beyond

To: The Jack of Hearts who wrote (89856)	5/6/2012 10:34:24 PM
From: arun gera	of 100720

>influx of Hakka Chinese ex India> They are a very small community starting out of Tangra in Calcutta. (maybe just a few thousand are left in Calcutta). Their primary profession was tanning, and for some time indian-chinese restaurants and beauty parlors. But now in India every restaurant in the corner carries indian chinese food. en.wikipedia.org The business has gotten competitive and like other middle class indians, the Hakka chinese have sent there representatives to the western world for better fortunes. Family connections have brought them to NYC and Toronto areas. I know a few here in New Jersey and they have relatives in Tokyo that they visit regularly. -Arun

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To: The Jack of Hearts who wrote (89859)	5/6/2012 10:58:54 PM
From: arun gera	of 100720

>Just a few thousand puts a restaurant on every block ?> In 1970s there were under 5 chinese resturants in each of big indian cities. And many of these were founded by relatives of Tangra chinese from Calcutta. But those few restaurants created the taste for indian chinese food in those cities. Over the decades, indian restaurants copied the indian chinese menu and now it is part of every corner restaurant. >It is interesting though as there were basically no Hakka restaurants here just a few years ago.. and no pork is not common in Chinese restaurants here until these appeared.. now they they are popping up all over..> Part of the reason is that indians prefer the Indian-Hakka-chinese food compared to the food at regular chinese restaurants. So the increase in hakka chinese restaurants may reflect growing indian immigrant population. -Arun

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