escaped from post-katrina for a few days, ostensibly for business, but really for my sanity. i finally found a place where the chinese food in the us tastes chinese, a little place north of the citycalleddoong kong lau haaka cuisine. the “haaka” were one of the nomadic tribes of china, and as such, they picked up “a little of this, a little of that” in their cuisine. but i especially enjoyed the regional dishes i hadn’t had since leaving china, like a variety of steamed dumplings, steamed fish with ginger and onion, and seafood hot pot. the restaurant is located at 9710 aurora ave north, in seattle, about 5 miles north of downtown. open 7 days til 11pm. one of my other criteria in selecting my dining places, as you know, is to look for the long established “diner”, and i was happy to visit two in the area. one was the “poodle dog”, which has been open on us 99 (the old main north-south highway on the west coast)…si