Capt. Frank Hopkins wrote:

I live on Julington Creek Harry About halfway between the bridge and Bayard.

Harry Krause wrote:

Capt. Frank Hopkins wrote:


Here is s pretty good recipe. Hometown cookin from Mandarin FL.



Mandarin has the best Chinese restaurant in NE Florida. You live in
Mandarin?








I know that area well, or at least I did until we moved away some years
ago. You know the Chinese restaurant I mean...the one on the right as
you head towards the Creek...in the nice little strip mall with the
beautiful live oaks? The shrimp and asparagus is delightful.
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Unfortunately, the chinese restaurant is gone, and replaced by a rather
large shopping center. But, others have opened. I went to Wasabi's for
sushi tonight. It was great.

You would not believe the changes in the last 5 or 6 years. A growth
rate of 600%!

CF

Harry Krause wrote:
Capt. Frank Hopkins wrote:


I live on Julington Creek Harry About halfway between the bridge and Bayard.

Harry Krause wrote:


Capt. Frank Hopkins wrote:



Here is s pretty good recipe. Hometown cookin from Mandarin FL.



Mandarin has the best Chinese restaurant in NE Florida. You live in
Mandarin?








I know that area well, or at least I did until we moved away some years
ago. You know the Chinese restaurant I mean...the one on the right as
you head towards the Creek...in the nice little strip mall with the
beautiful live oaks? The shrimp and asparagus is delightful.

"Capt. Frank Hopkins" wrote:

Unfortunately, the chinese restaurant is gone, and replaced by a rather
large shopping center. But, others have opened. I went to Wasabi's for
sushi tonight. It was great.

You would not believe the changes in the last 5 or 6 years. A growth
rate of 600%!

My last duty station in the late '80s was a ship out of Mayport, and lived in the
Jax area for several years after. My favorite place was Chang's Mongolian BBQ down
at Jax Beach, but there were a lot of good restaurants. THe area was growing
incredibly fast then and traffic & crowding was getting intolerable. I'm not sorry
I moved away (for one thing, I met my wife here) but it is sad to see this
happening to so many nice areas (including here).

Regards
Doug King

Hi Doug, Chang's Chinese is still around and has expanded to 3
locations. Jacksonville and surrounding area has quintupled in size
since the 80's and the population topped the million mark in '96.

There is a "new" mall at the intersection of Southside Blvd. and
Phillips Hwy. (US1) in which opened a Bouca De Beppo, Italian
restaurant. Mighty tasty food. The city government passed a vote "The
Better Jacksonville Plan" and is re-building older infrastructure, and
adding a great deal of new stuff.
The old Veteran's Memorial Coliseum has been torn down and the new 12,00
seat "Jacksonville Arena" has been built in its place. It opens in a few
days with an Elton John concert. The memorial wall was saved and is a
permanent fixture of the sports/entertainment complex.
New parks and boat launching ramps are under construction all over the
city. You will recall the nightmare trip into Mayport Naval station if
you had to make a north turn from Atlantic blvd. This has been remedied
with a dedicated overpass which flies from Atlantic to Mayport Rd. There
is also a new expressway "Wonderwood expressway" which will connect into
Mayport Road from north of Regency Square. Most of it is a long bridge.
295 is now a loop around both sides of the city, the southern/eastern
portion designated 9A. It sports an impressive bridge (Dame Point
Bridge) and more than 75 overpasses. I can now go from Mandarin to the
Beaches in less then 20 minuets. A trip which once took over an hour and
was 20 miles longer.

I have some live rivercams on my website if you wish to have a look.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~aartworks/stjohns.html

Regards,
Capt. Frank

DSK wrote:

"Capt. Frank Hopkins" wrote:


Unfortunately, the chinese restaurant is gone, and replaced by a rather
large shopping center. But, others have opened. I went to Wasabi's for
sushi tonight. It was great.

You would not believe the changes in the last 5 or 6 years. A growth
rate of 600%!


My last duty station in the late '80s was a ship out of Mayport, and lived in the
Jax area for several years after. My favorite place was Chang's Mongolian BBQ down
at Jax Beach, but there were a lot of good restaurants. THe area was growing
incredibly fast then and traffic & crowding was getting intolerable. I'm not sorry
I moved away (for one thing, I met my wife here) but it is sad to see this
happening to so many nice areas (including here).

Regards
Doug King