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| - Am I a snob about Asian food? Yup. Can't help it. I grew up in NYC, where Chinatown has real Chinese people. I lived for a decade in San Francisco, which has arguably the best Asian food in the US. I had a Korean girlfriend who was attending the culinary institute, and I happily volunteered to be her guinea pig (yeah, for her cooking too). And I spent a lot of years traveling all over the US and Europe, so I'm sufficiently jaded.
I also have to say, I've tried lots of restaurants since moving to AZ four years ago, and I've come to the conclusion that, just as the Germans can't do decent Mexican food, AZ suffers a dearth of decent Asian restaurants.
That said....Fate is pretty good by AZ standards. Put it in SF and it wouldn't last a week, but here, it stands tall. The atmo is funky to the point of trying-too-hard. I like the support-yer-local-artist concept, sure. I like the rustic, we're too cool for carpeting decor. But fer chrissakes, would it kill you to slap a coat of paint on the walls, or sand down the splinters on the floor?
Sure, I'd eat there again....but I'd rather just grab a good Asian fusion meal when I'm out of town.
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