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A Study On The Culture And Cultural Setting

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Minority Paper While I was on my missionary trip in Los Angeles, California, my group and I went to this informal Cajun style restaurant ran by all oriental employees. The name of the restaurant is The Boiling Crab located in Garden Grove, California on Brookhurst Street. We visited the restaurant on July 14, 2014 from 8 pm to10:30 pm, which was on a Monday night. The weather was around 60 degrees and windy around the time of sunset. The interior had a twist of modern and rustic look to it that kind of reminded me of Logan’s or Famous Dave’s, but was full of oriental staff and customers. I had a fun time experience such a different environment and cultural setting. In my reflection, I will be talking about reactions, my feelings and future development. When we finally got to go into the restaurant after waiting outside from about an hour, the smell was of Cajun spices that reminded me of Louisiana when I went there during the 8th grade for personal reasons. The atmosphere was of alien origin due to the entire restaurant being full of oriental people. Our waitress was of Korean descent, if I can recall, and the majority of the customers were also of Korean descent. My reaction at first, was wow that 's a lot of Asians! I couldn’t believe that we, the mission group, was going to be the minority in the restaurant at the time. When we entered the restaurant, a majority of the customers looked up and had this look of why are they here. In my mind, I believe they

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