Do you eat real chinese food?

[stracing]

Do you really know what to order at a chinese restaurant?

I'm asking this because it got me curious whilst having dinner at a chinese restaurant. Unusually there were a lot of caucasian customers this time round. Funny thing is that most of them aren't eating real chinese food. I think most don't realise that they are eating food that are added to the menu just to suit their tastes. I always tell people that they're only eating food that is only cooked by a chinese. Actually when i order something more authentic, they get a bit squemish and it isn't from monkey testicles or deep fried scorpions!

Same thing happens with Italian restaurants. An Italian friend said there were only a handful of authentic Italian restaurants in Sydney. Most are modified to suit aussie tastes.

[Evo]

I think Swear and Sour is a chinese thing and I really don't like eating that kind of stuff. Sweat tast on meat or chicken is a bad Idea.. Couple of days ago I ate Chicken with some kind of Orange flavor on top.. Let me tell you that I'm not going to go to that resturant again..

Well to answer your question if I go to a Chinese restaurant I ususally order Fried Rice with chicken or Vegetable. I don't even bother looking at the menu because I know nothing their I like :mrgreen: ...

Hey I'm wondring if you ever tried Arabic food or Indian.. That's the only type of resturants that I usually eat anything because I know it is usually spicy or Super Spicy hehehe. :mrgreen:

[Ian_yamaue]

Chinese, I'm not sure anymore.... Italian food yeah, I ate the authentic, and it rocks, and so does the Arabic and so does the Indian... I'm completely addicted to curry, my grandfather brough it from India when he was Imperial Navy Officer in WWI we still have one original receipe of a sort of soup he learn overthere...

[dingo]

The only Chinese food I eat is McDonalds cooked by one. ;)

[saadie]

well its good that they modify the taste .. dad once had turtle soup ... you can imagine what he did after finishing it ... when he was told that it was turtle soup :| ....
since i was born in china .. i like chinese food .... excpet for those weird dishes like testicles monkey brain snake turtles shark ughh ..... :roll:

[RC45]

Well - this "westernized" chinese menu is thanks to the many Chinese immigrants who opened restaurants, and then themselves called spring-rolls, fortine cookies and flied lice "chinese dishes".. ;)

It's not like westerners invented them :P

[Skaala]

I've been to China... and I can tell you the food is TOTALLY different. Only coincidence? the 'china-style roasted duck' :? In these chinese restaurants over here... as said, they offer 'chinese inspired food, addapted to the occidental taste', but not the real one :D For instance, the 'spring roll' does not exists in China... and here it's one of the moest famous dishes :P

And the same goes for many of the italians... :roll:

But the funniest thing of them all are the japanese restaurants, with chinese cookers... :roll: :P

Same here.. the food in China rocks.. Over here most of the Chinese resturants is owned and staffed by Vietnamese people... LOL

[RC45]

They just said "Vietnamese" on their immigration form so they could get political asylum.. ;) :P

[nthfinity]

i've never been to an authentic chinese resturant, but i have been to authentic Indian, Lebonese, Korean, German, Spanish, Dutch, French resturants... i lived in a strongly Italian community... there are several very Itlaian resturants in Grosse Pointe that are very good...

but authentic chinese... i've never been to it... i dont think i'd want to be :lol:

[twboy1999]

i eat authentic chinese food everyday :P :lol:

[ZfrkS62]

i've eaten authentic chinese, yes :P :mrgreen: oh..you meant actual food...

i have eaten at a restraunt in Seattle that was right in the middle of the International District (read: Asian Central) and owned by a Chinese couple who knew enough english to get by and the food there was not nearly as greasy as these other knock off places are. Especially the buffet places. I just can't eat there anymore.

It was there i had roast duck for the first time, and after that, chicken was just bland.

[5vz-fe]

i eat authentic chinese food everyday :P :lol:

Umm......I don't think Chinese should answer this question LOL

[Toronto]

Well - this "westernized" chinese menu is thanks to the many Chinese immigrants who opened restaurants, and then themselves called spring-rolls, fortine cookies and flied lice "chinese dishes".. ;)

It's not like westerners invented them :P

part true, chop-suey and chow mein are dishes that where made buy 'white' railway working buy frying up the left overs, and serving it to the chinese workers. they loved it, and called it their own, now served on menu's nation wide

but chicken balls, lemon chicken, egg-rolls, etc... are made up by them (chinese)

[AlienDB7]

Same here.. the food in China rocks.. Over here most of the Chinese resturants is owned and staffed by Vietnamese people... LOL
Interestingly, most Japanese or Korean restaurants here are owned/operated by Chinese or Taiwanese people :roll:

[graywolf624]

dad once had turtle soup
Some people here eat that.. ITs not that bad, Ive had it before.


there are several very Itlaian resturants in Grosse Pointe that are very good...
Sounds familiar.. My home town = mushroom capital of the world. Mushroom houses are all owned by italians.. They have side businesses in eateries. I always get authenic italian. My chinese is pretty authentic thanks to the Taiwanese owned eatery down the street and my two Chinese friends.

[Evo]

dad once had turtle soup
Some people here eat that.. ITs not that bad, Ive had it before.

How does that tast.. :?

[ZfrkS62]

dad once had turtle soup
Some people here eat that.. ITs not that bad, Ive had it before.

How does that tast.. :?

If it's like almost anything else, chicken

[stracing]

Well - this "westernized" chinese menu is thanks to the many Chinese immigrants who opened restaurants, and then themselves called spring-rolls, fortine cookies and flied lice "chinese dishes".. ;)

It's not like westerners invented them :P

True, but imagine when they first arrived and served monkey brains? i don't think many chinese restaurants would have appeared.

the thing with chinese, when they goto a zoo, they don't appreciate the animals, instead they think of way on how to cook it. :lol:

[graywolf624]

How does that tast..


If it's like almost anything else, chicken
Sounds about right..
I also like squirrel, rabbit, and Aligator(non wild for legal reasons).
I know 2 people that love deer brain and heart(I like some deer but not that)..

Hell even sushi is weird when you think about it.. But its all meat at the end of the day.

[ae86_16v]

I am Chinese. . . so yes :) .

[novass]

Ill eat anything. I had a good friend that was Japanese and another that was Chinese growing up, when I stayed over at their houses, I had to eat whatever it was they were cooking. I see it as kind of a blessing cause now I can eat anything no matter where I am and if I have never had it, ill try it.

[AlienDB7]

Ill eat anything. I had a good friend that was Japanese and another that was Chinese growing up, when I stayed over at their houses, I had to eat whatever it was they were cooking. I see it as kind of a blessing cause now I can eat anything no matter where I am and if I have never had it, ill try it.
Time to apply to the show Fear Factor? :mrgreen:

[novass]

Ill eat anything. I had a good friend that was Japanese and another that was Chinese growing up, when I stayed over at their houses, I had to eat whatever it was they were cooking. I see it as kind of a blessing cause now I can eat anything no matter where I am and if I have never had it, ill try it.
Time to apply to the show Fear Factor? :mrgreen:\

I thought about it LOL

[Stikz]

You guys should try Hakka Chinese food, its the best "chinese" food i've eaten. Its a little spicier and more flavourful than authentic chinese food. If there's anyone who lives in scarborough here, they'll have heard of Federick's which is pretty much the number one chinese food place east of toronto.

[Toronto]

is that Hakka Chinese food, the indian/chinese food place in scarborough?
my friend has told me about it

[Stikz]

is that Hakka Chinese food, the indian/chinese food place in scarborough?
my friend has told me about it

yeah, its on brimley and ellesmere, expect a wait if you go on a saturday or friday night, but it really is worth the wait, the chili chicken is the house specialty. :D

[SFDMALEX]

Ok so what are some authentic Italian and Chinese dishes? Just so I know what to get next time I go out to eat.

[Toronto]

is that Hakka Chinese food, the indian/chinese food place in scarborough?
my friend has told me about it

yeah, its on brimley and ellesmere, expect a wait if you go on a saturday or friday night, but it really is worth the wait, the chili chicken is the house specialty. :D

i don't cross the DVP that much, more of a core kinda guy, but i know some people out in scar. so i will have to try it in the near future