Series: Food Map of Detroit-1970 What replaced the favorites as of 2018

Food Map of Detroit 1970's - what replaced the favorites as of 2018
 is a result of looking at a reddit-type site called Detroit Yes!

Someone started a thread about restaurants they had gone to- mostly ones that were around in the 60s and 70s.  I recall having a senior year lunch with my graduating high school class at Chin Tiki. Some of us were legal and got bombed. I was only 16 at the time,and I had access to a station wagon so I drove down the Lodge , got off near Wayne State University and sang I Am Woman with my classmates.   (By the time we had this event we were all sick of the song) Even though I attended WSU I never could afford to eat away from home. Chin Tiki was definitely out of my price range.  Apparently Muhammad Ali, Joe Dimaggio  and Streisand hung out there.                                             
Here is what Wikipedia states about Chin Tiki

" It was a tiki-themed supper club, nightclub and banquet hall established in 1967 in Detroit, Michigan and closed in 1980, later demolished in 2009.The restaurant was famous for being a film location for Eminem's 8 Mile."   

http://www.menstattooideas.net/tiki-tattoos-for-men/

The 2018 equivalent is not trying to do a faux polynesian feast. 


Hawaiian pizza and black ink
does not count...Polynesia is not Asian,really-so there is no equivalent...

   But if you are serious about Asian Food -head out to Madison Heights 
https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/offal-ly-good-chinese-barbecue/Content?oid=7629330 

thanks to  Detroit Metrotimes December 6 2017 -this excerpted profile by Tom Perkins

"At Liang's Oriental Barbeque — located in one of Madison Heights' many strip malls that contain a variety of Asian eateries — that tradition is on display in the glossy whole hogs, ducks, and chickens hanging from hooks above the counter, and the chewy beef belly, intestines, and other offal simmering in gravy steam pans.

One of the great bummers of eating in Detroit is that we lack much in the way of diversity and — debatably — authenticity when it comes to Chinese food and the cuisine of most other Asian countries. There's a lot more to Chinese cuisine than Sichuan or Cantonese, and Liang's is a rare departure from the Midwestern American-Chinese to which we're accustomed."  

Well! I can not wait to go here!  It reminds me of my old neighborhood on 8th avenue in Sunset Park Brooklyn I am so missing crispy ducks hacked and put with some dumplings for breakfast for under $5. Tea was free... Cuisine tended to be Northern Chinese - Congee, Dumplings stuffed with turnips and bits of pork, spicy omelettes...

picture courtesy of Vice Magazine contributor

Barclay Bram amazing article on crispy here 

https://munchies.vice.com/en_uk/article/nzp7qm/eating-three-roast-ducks-15-duck-feet-25-duck-hearts-a-duck-brain-and-several-duck-livers-in-beijing

                                                                                                                                                      near Old Redford Theatre

  

Back in the 60's  and 70's Cantonese ruled  The equivalent in 2018 is other parts of China.Like Sichuan 

Again quoting Detroit Metro Times food writer Tom Perkins  there is Sichuan - that other province on the coast

"The term "Chinese food" covers a lot of turf, but perhaps the most familiar wing of the country's cuisine is that from the Sichuan province. An Americanized take on Sichuan (then called "Szechuan") spread around the country in the 1970s before restaurants on the coasts started serving more authentic and traditional dishes in the 1990s. Unfortunately for Detroiters, little of our Sichuan cuisine evolved. So when we eat the province's food here, it's often only a hint of the real thing."  

I admit I am spoiled having spent  time in China (real chinese food is not like American chinese food )

 I am so tempted to catch the flight at DTW direct to Beijing. In the meantime I am heading to the suburbs of Detroit to get my fix. Hope  Mongolian Dumplings (Borts)

are the next trend here...otherwise I need to revisit  Roosevelt and 74th in Queens

.Sichuan is  near Hong Kong (purple)

Trizest -Sichuan    

33170 Dequindre Rd   

 Sterling Heights

 586-268-1450 

If you miss the "Chinatown" that was part of Cass Corridor catch this :

In  2017, Jeff Li, Zhanying Hu, along with Paul Gaines founded Detroit Chinatown LLC. The company is working with Detroit government, Chinese government and investors to construct a new Chinatown in the city limit of Detroit. The cost estimation of the project is 350 million USD. The new Chinatown is planned to complete by 2022.