Thoughts on American Chinese food?
>>20429229It's good because it removes the dog meat from the authentic recipes. Third world recipes need the White Westerner touch to make their dishes edible.
Is good.I like it about as much as authentic but when I want the one, the other just won't scratch the same itch.
cheap guilty pleasure coreevery chinese restaurant also has a secret chinese menu for chinese people
beats authentic nine times out of nine
>>20429229delicious, I prefer it at malls. usually less chance of stringy meat and they pack those styrofoam well.
>>20429229"Mmm, good."
I think it is terrible because American Chinese food made by places like Panda Express and Chinese-Americans use cultural appropriation to steal culture from real Chinese people. How would you feel if you were Japanese and you went to a Chinese restaurant and discovered that they were putting MSG on their food?
>>20429355>Panda Expressevil and should be avoided>MSGbased and should be used on everything, white pepper too
>>20429282>every chinese restaurant also has a secret chinese menu for chinese peopleNot true at all. You are clearly retarded and never been to a Chinese restaurant.
>>20429360>based and should be used on everything, white pepper tooI'm not saying MSG is bad, but rather that it was invented by the Japanese, and the use of it by foreigners is as much a form of cultural enrichment as is the use of the N word by white people, even though I'm pretty sure Latin was never an African language.
>>20429380>never been to a Chinese restaurantplease
it used to be better in higher priced suburbia choices where white meat was used copiously, and a canton steak came out sizzling on a hot plate, and soup wasn't some canned thing.If there is in fact a secret menu, and the patrons are chinese too, it may alright>>20429355>use cultural appropriation to steal culture from real Chinese people.no one Chinese cares about any restaurants cooking food or if it's authenic
>>20429380He's referring to the rats and roaches at the bottom of the deep frier.
>>20429395unironically every restaurant is like this unless you're eating at some rich steakhouse or country club
>>20429388>no one Chinese cares about any restaurants cooking food or if it's authenicOh, and I'll bet you think Asian people eat at Panda Express! Ha! Next you will tell me that Americans eat at McDonald's! Your ignorance proves that you are a newfag.
I enjoy it when it's done well with quality ingredients and meticulous preparation, but unfortunately it's rare to find a joint that does, the places that take their food seriously are catering to either actual chinese, or the >muh authenticity crowd
>>20429402>I enjoy it when it's done well with quality ingredients and meticulous preparationAncient Chinese Secret: monosodium glutamate, high fructose corn syrup, and sodium chloride can make even garbage meat cooked in gutter oil taste good.
>>20429410None of those items are inherently wrong, it's more about the meat quality and the freshness of the vegetables and the care in preparation, but as I'm typing this I realize you're just looking for a pretext to shitpost so my bad for responding like an autism patient
>>20429229I love it
>>20429414>but as I'm typing this I realize you're just looking for a pretext to shitpost so my bad for responding like an autism patientYes, and no. The main things that people find desirable in foods are protein, sugar, salt, and fat. Actual nutritional value is a bonus. Sometimes people just want some cheap shit to fill up their bellies because they can't afford anything better. Of course, nowadays it's a lot harder to use that rationale to justify eating fast food or going to restaurant unless you are so autistic that you can't cook at home.
>>20429229The highest tier of slop, some might argue it isn't slop at all. Absolutely delicious
>>20429355>cultural appropriation>Chinese8/10good bait
>>20429380Wife is Chinese and orders things not on the menu all the time. Also the specials only written in Chinese on the walls of some Chinese restaurants aren't on the English menu.
I wonder if some Chinese people get jobs at Panda Express so they can steal the recipes so they can pretend that they are good cooks when their friends and family visit...
Aren't American Chinese restaurants somewhat popular in China, at least as a novelty?
>>20429471>Aren't American Chinese restaurants somewhat popular in China, at least as a novelty?That's like saying McDonald's is popular in the USA as a novelty. I mean, granted, their modern day reinterpretation of the eggs benedict is absolutely ingenious, but...
>>20429471On a trip to Shanghai I saw a Taco Bell complete with a miserable looking employee in a large sombrero. A shitty panda express could be somewhere in China just for the laughs.
>>20429487I know they tried to bring Taco Bell to Mexico multiple times and failed each time
>>20429493>I know they tried to bring Taco Bell to Mexico multiple times and failed each timeI can imagine the problem is that local Mexican shops were willing to sell their food at lower prices. I mean, in all reality, Taco Bell in Mexico is like having Walmart in the USA. That's not quite right, since Walmart actually does sell food at decent prices. Maybe it would be more like if the only stores in the USA sold food that was completely unaffordable to 96% of American citizens.
>>20429355>Chinese family-owned business sells Chinese-American fusion dishes>this is cultural appropriation
>>20429355>cultural appropriationReddit, go back there
>>20429282>go to panda express>order shark tripe soup with crushed dried sea cucumbers and pangolin tongue>kid behind the counter makes fun of my awful spanish
>>20429420BasedOrange chicken is my go to also
>>20429420Looks good
>>20429380Eh... it kind of is. I'm >>20429251I speak middling Mandarin Chinese so it's not exactly helpful with most Chinese restaurants abroad (Cantonese and Fujianese mostly in my area) but it does help in getting some things that aren't regular menu items, if they can accommodate for it.I'm sure that even if you don't speak Chinese, you can get some things made special if you know what to ask for.
