Chinese nostalgia

Remember the old 80s chinese restaurants?....the ones with red and white table cloths...food with way too much ketchup in it....tacky decorations all over.....? I went to one of those over the weekend....it's just so strange to find them still around...albeit in very select areas but it just made me so nostalgic! I remember when we used to go there as a family.....my father would always be the one ordering...he'd know exactly what everyone would like. I really miss those days....and I miss him....I miss not being able to know him....I'm certain that he would be able to guide me out of the mess I'm in now. I don't go to such places because of the food....I go there for the nostalgia.....I go there because I feel a connection with the past....with happier times.....