Freed: Quebec's language cops stripped character from my favourite Chinese eatery

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Freed: Quebec's language cops stripped character from my favourite Chinese eatery
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What next? Requiring translations of Chinese\u002Dnamed dishes, so \u0027chow mein\u0027 becomes \u0027Chow Blvd. Saint\u002DLaurent\u0027?

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“There was no point taking up so much wall space with bigger French,” the manager said. “Those are dishes Quebecers and Canadians don’t like, but we Chinese love them.”Article content“You know: pork neck, jellyfish, fish maw , chicken-with-bones where you eat the whole thing. Also rice porridge,” added the manager, grimacing, “but I don’t like that either.”

Now that they’re classified differently, perhaps more zealous language inspectors are using a magnifying glass, emboldened by Bill 96? Or maybe their crackdown was simply because of an anonymous customer complaint, also encouraged under Bill 96. Who knows? Nervous, he told the inspector they all communicate in French. So lately, the staff speak quietly in Cantonese when it’s busy, in case any inspectors or cranky customers drop in.“None. We don’t have any non-Chinese employees. If you go to a Chinese restaurant and see Caucasians in the kitchen, maybe you think to yourself that’s not such a good Chinese restaurant.”Article content“I told him if the inspectors ever come by and visit the kitchen, just pretend you’re mute.

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