sliced by hand, and taste real honest-
to-goodness Romanian-style pastra-
mi, which made one wonder how
one could have eaten anything else.
Slightly farther northwest, on Six
Mile Road, was a short of deli-gone-
cross-cultural place, known as Lou's
Finer Deli ... Here, the only thing
that resembled a New York-style
restaurant of this nature, was the
sauciness of the waitresses, who tend-
ed to tell you, rather than ask you,
what you were going to eat.
All in all, though, few delicatessens
in the country, including New York,
Chicago and Philadelphia, could
hold a candle with most of the delis
of hereabouts.
GOING OUT FOR Chinese also
took on vastly different meaning for
diners-out ... and local Oriental
restaurants did not ignore this
change ... From menus consisting of
relatively simple dishes altered to suit
Western tastes, the Chinese restau-
rants ... plus the Japanese, Korean
and others ... expanded their selec-
tions to accommodate their clientele's
continual spirit of adventure.
Also, the increasing availability of
homeland ingredients contributed to
the "new" style of Oriental dining
out in the Detroit area.
For a closer look at Eastern eating
in Detroit, one would have to start
with Detroit's Chinatown ... On
Cass, not too far from the Wayne
State University campus, was
Chung's, the grand old lady of fami-
ly-style Cantonese cooking ...
Chung's managed to maintain its
spotless and wholesome image over
the years ... and reasonable prices ...
at least partly due to its lack of a
liquor license.
Chung's was noted for its smiling,
soft-spoken waiters ... and a truly
fine almond boneless chicken ... And
for being the only Chinese restaurant
making its own egg roll casings ... It
was hard to find a dish here that was-
n't of dependably high quality ...
served in a setting of unhurried
warmth and cordiality.
In Livonia, Moy's allowed you to
take your pick ... The hostess asked,
"Chinese or Japanese?" when you
entered ... and escorted you to one
side of the room or the other accord-
ingly.
That relatively little attention was
given to the Chinese half of Moy's
was not all that surprising ... There
was, after all, no shortage of Chinese
dining spots in Detroit, and Japanese
restaurants were still unusual enough
to make one rate a mention.

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