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It doesn't really make a lot of sense. If anything, Chinese people have more credibility than white people when writing about Chinese food, not less. That is no
by Safety1stClyde 9y ago
It doesn't really make a lot of sense. If anything, Chinese people have more credibility than white people when writing about Chinese food, not less. That is not a new phenomenon either, since people like Ken Hom and Martin Yan have been doing it since the 1980s. Is she really claiming she was "bullied" for eating pig intestines? One minute she claims that everyone thinks Chinese food is cool, then the next minute she is complaining about how she gets funny looks for chewing on jellyfish heads.
- jwong_ 9y agoI definitely get this feeling. She means Chinese food is cool, but not when she's eating it. It's trendy when someone white picks it up (mostly because they're eating things that white people are accustomed to). It's because she's eating something that's more "authentic", which likely is less palatable. I know I make an effort to only share certain foods with people who aren't accustomed to actual Chinese food, because I get a lot of dirty looks when offering some dishes.
- Safety1stClyde 9y ago> I know I make an effort to only share certain foods with people who aren't accustomed to actual Chinese food, because I get a lot of dirty looks when offering some dishes. I have given Marmite to foreign students to eat, and they responded with a funny look or horror. Sorry but I can't work that up into some kind of anti-Britishism. Similar with the turducken issue, can she really be serious about working that into some kind of anti-Chinese prejudice?