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El D,

It's worth noting that the quality of most ethnic restaurants seems to be inversely proportional to both cost AND location. At least here in Phoenix, the best Mexican food is generally not only dirt cheap but in really shady parts of town (one example for the locals although not very cheap these days is Los Dos Molinos...rich Phoenicians take their lives and Lexuses into their hands rolling through the barrio to get to that place). Also, in LA I would bet that Koreatown has good ethnic food but I hear it's a shady area, etc.

So I'm not surprised that the mass-produced upscale Chang's isn't to your liking. I get a little defensive about them though because originated here in town before they went on to cookie-cutting locations all over the country (the initals stand for Paul Fleming, noted restaurateur who was also behind Fleming's steakhouse and other ideas).