If I recall, in the book it mentioned Al's son (not the junkie one who was made) opened an Italian/Chinese fusion joint with a Chinese guy, pretty funny concept if you ask me, I think it had a kinda funny name too. I remember reading in another book that Al was a bit of dick, in prison he supposedly went after some really weak guys.
When I lived in the Southwest there were Italian restaurants run by Italian people. But they would mix in hot chilies that were used in a lot of the local cuisine and cooking into food both as menu items, or by request. I thought they tasted good but I enjoy chilies and spicy food.
But you would see some restaurants like a restaurant that served both Mexican and Greek food, or one Chinese restaurant my friends and I would go to was owned by Chinese people but they had Mexicans working as cooks and they would make the Chinese food very spicy with hot chilies if you wanted it that way. They also knew how to cook traditional Szechuan cuisine.
