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If you haven't already, try Indian style Chinese food.

by 99_00 11y ago

nwatson 11y ago
The Beef / Chicken Jalfrezi at Shalimar (in Tenderloin SF or in Fremont) dish is a Pakistani take on Chinese food, one of the best things I've ever eaten. I try to time my flights back to the SF Bay Area so I can swing by the Tenderloin location after picking up my rental car. I agree it's not something to miss.
kelukelugames 11y ago
It's India's version of PF Chang's except maybe even less related to Chinese cuisine. Indian people love Indochinese food. Chinese people hate it. Keep that in mind when you try it.
contingencies 11y ago
After living in China for a decade, I was quite amused to find food labelled as Chinese on a multi-month jaunt to southern India, where it seemed the only categories for food were "veg", "non-veg" and "Chinese". There were only a few dishes under the 'Chinese' classification, and the names seemed to have been stuck. However, quite interestingly, I did find three other examples of Chinese contact in South India. The first was Chinese cigarettes, super budget brands that are obviously export only, probably using the worst quality floor-sweepings from China's tobacco industry, which is centered on the province I live in, Yunnan, which happens to be the closest part to India as the crow flies, if you exclude Tibet. Secondly, bamboo-structure pivoted fishing nets[0] were fairly common on the Kerala coast, and particularly in Kochi. These were commonly acknowledged to have come from China. Finally, some locals told me that a traditional system of physical exercise endemic to Kerala had actually traveled to China with a monk and was the true basis for the Chinese system of Kung Fu.[1] I wouldn't write this theory off entirely, but it's not widely known and too close to Chinese national sentiment to discuss usefully in-country. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_fishing_nets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_fishing_nets [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_Asian_martial_arts#China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_Asian_martial_arts#...
zem 11y ago
which you can get in california! i've seen it in both the sf bay area and los angeles.
aptwebapps 11y ago
If you're not sure what you're encountering is Indian Chinese food, check if there is something called Cauliflower/Gobi Manchurian on the menu.

If you haven't already, try Indian style Chinese food.

by 99_00 11y ago

If you haven't already, try Indian style Chinese food.

The Beef / Chicken Jalfrezi at Shalimar (in Tenderloin SF or in Fremont) dish is a Pakistani take on Chinese food, one of the best things I've ever eaten. I try to time my flights back to the SF Bay Area so I can swing by the Tenderloin location after picking up my rental car. I agree it's not something to miss.

kelukelugames 11y ago

It's India's version of PF Chang's except maybe even less related to Chinese cuisine. Indian people love Indochinese food. Chinese people hate it. Keep that in mind when you try it.

contingencies 11y ago

After living in China for a decade, I was quite amused to find food labelled as Chinese on a multi-month jaunt to southern India, where it seemed the only categories for food were "veg", "non-veg" and "Chinese". There were only a few dishes under the 'Chinese' classification, and the names seemed to have been stuck. However, quite interestingly, I did find three other examples of Chinese contact in South India. The first was Chinese cigarettes, super budget brands that are obviously export only, probably using the worst quality floor-sweepings from China's tobacco industry, which is centered on the province I live in, Yunnan, which happens to be the closest part to India as the crow flies, if you exclude Tibet. Secondly, bamboo-structure pivoted fishing nets[0] were fairly common on the Kerala coast, and particularly in Kochi. These were commonly acknowledged to have come from China. Finally, some locals told me that a traditional system of physical exercise endemic to Kerala had actually traveled to China with a monk and was the true basis for the Chinese system of Kung Fu.[1] I wouldn't write this theory off entirely, but it's not widely known and too close to Chinese national sentiment to discuss usefully in-country. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_fishing_nets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_fishing_nets [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_Asian_martial_arts#China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_Asian_martial_arts#...

zem 11y ago

which you can get in california! i've seen it in both the sf bay area and los angeles.

aptwebapps 11y ago

If you're not sure what you're encountering is Indian Chinese food, check if there is something called Cauliflower/Gobi Manchurian on the menu.