Well this is interesting....

I was browsing the website of The Cosmopolitan (supposed to open in December), and in their restaurants section I found one called "China Poblano." The description includes this: "An entirely new concept from the innovative Chef José Andrés, showcasing his personal take on Las Vegas Chinese and Mexican cuisines."

The first thing that came to mind was "café de chinos!" These are small restaurants, mostly in the central parts of downtown Mexico City, which serve homemade chinese and mexican food, owned and operated originally by chinese immigrants and now by their descendants.

Of course for all I know this new restaurant is something different, not just chinese and mexican side by side, but I just had to laugh at the "entirely new concept" in the description :)

one of Jay Leno's recent shows in his 'headlines' part of the show, one of the headlines, (in this case an advertisement), was from a mexican restaurant advertising a 'special on chinese food served all day!' i guess it's not a misprint after all.

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... but I just had to laugh at the "entirely new concept" in the description :)

Even burger joints get described as an entirely new concept and burgers have been around since ancient Rome.

Las Vegas is ALL hype. A press release for a restaurant in a not yet open casino resort. Its par for the course in a town that blares Live Nude Girls, Loose Slots, Win, Win, Win, coins dropping, lights flashing, sirens blaring and the words jackpot and millions emblazoned everywhere.

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Even burger joints get described as an entirely new concept and burgers have been around since ancient Rome.

Sure, but you can come up with new things now and then, even a new kind of burger.

I don't think mexican and chinese cooking are complimentary, but maybe you can use elements of one in the other. Take traditional jewish cooking, like gefilte fish. In Mexico you'll find it served, in houses, with tomato sauce and strips of poblano peppers. That kind of thing.