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I've been wanting to try Chinese-Mexican food ever since I learned about it. The US border patrol was originally created to keep the Chinese laborers from coming up through Mexico. As a result, many Chinese immigrants found themselves stuck in northern Mexico in the early 1900's, and some decided to open restaurants. Today, Mexicali alone has over 200 Chinese restaurants, many of which serve Chinese-Mexican fusion. Every combination I've heard of sounds amazing.

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There was a place called Dos Chopstix in Pflugerville (just north of Austin). When I first saw it it seemed like the stupidest thing ever.

Then I looked up the menu and it looked pretty good. I never wound up going before it closed, after just 1 year in business, so it may not have been so great after all.

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As a side note, Austin also has Chi'lantro, which has awesome Kimchi Fries, and some other food that is kind of hit or miss.

I think the key to a Fusion Restaurant is having a small, unique menu, not just "some stuff" from each cuisine.

NYC has fast food Tex Mex joints run by Chinese. It's not Chinese-Mexican fusion, but it is something. They even make their own tortillas fresh: http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/02/nyregion/where-east-meets-...

its also common to see chinese-latin food, like cuban/chinese or trinidadian/chinese, especially in places like harlem and brooklyn.

There's also a large Chinese community in Panama (about 5% of the population), with a similarly interesting fusion cuisine.

I believe that Peru has the largest Chinese population (over a million) in Latin America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Peruvians

1493 has some explanations for this, i.e. silver, but mostly guano

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1493:_Uncovering_the_New_Wor...