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 city called doong 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 7daystil 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