What I learnt eating at 8,000 Chinese restaurants

Image source, Courtesy of David R.ChanImage caption, David R .Chan Many people in America love Chinese food, but David R Chan is perhaps in a league of his own. Mr Chan, a 72-year-old former tax lawyer based in Los Angeles, claims to have dined at nearly 8,000 Chinese restaurants across the US and counting. Each is archived in a spreadsheet that he has maintained for four decades, along with thousands of restaurant business cards and menus. If one visits a Chinese restaurant per day, it would take more than 20 years to reach his current count - 7812 restaurants. From…