Lee Wah Moultonboro

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by map

It’s funny last month I was craving Chinese takeout since we have never had any decent Chinese food since living here and we decided to try them, but no one answered the phone and then we found out they weren’t open. I guess they are only seasonal?

Anyway after reading this thread I guess we won’t bother. I really miss the great Chinese restaurants we had back in our small town in NY. I am so surprised there isn’t a decent Chinese restaurant for takeout in Laconia or Gilford or Meredith. (we live in the Weirs)

Even back in Mass where I live, many of the good ones closed during Covid and never reopened. The ones that did reopened faced a backlash of Chinese hate.
Seems like there aren't as many Chinese restaurants as there were before Covid.

[TomC]

Originally Posted by Biggd

...snip...The ones that did reopened face a backlash of Chinese hate

That's interesting... never thought about that angle, probably since I never associated what we call "Chinese" food in the US with the genuine ethnic Chinese...

[MeredithMan]

Originally Posted by Biggd

Even back in Mass where I live, many of the good ones closed during Covid and never reopened. The ones that did reopened faced a backlash of Chinese hate.
Seems like there aren't as many Chinese restaurants as there were before Covid.

Your comment about Chinese Hate is real, as sad as that is, and I recently learned this through my neighbor's experience. My next door neighbors in Bedford are Chinese and own several Asian restaurants in that area. Several weeks ago, my doorbell rang one afternoon and two Bedford police detectives were there. They asked me if I had heard or seen anything unusual at the neighbor's house the previous evening. I said that I hadn't and asked what was going on, and the detectives said that the neighbor's house had been broken into, but that this was a targeted attack and there was no threat to the neighborhood. They said that there is a known group of crooks in the northeast that target Asian restaurant owners because they are typically away from the house for many hours at a time at the restaurant and typically have large sums of cash in the house. Who knew? And how disgusting.

We don't know them that well, but several times each summer, they'll just come over and ring the bell with a bunch of veggies from their garden and we get the big hug like we've been life-long friends. They are super-nice people and the whole thing just boggles my mind.