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Strongly agreed. I once went to a sichuan restaurant with a Chinese friend and he asked for the "secret" menu. He ordered a bunch of things I'd never expected t
by fiblye 8y ago
Strongly agreed. I once went to a sichuan restaurant with a Chinese friend and he asked for the "secret" menu. He ordered a bunch of things I'd never expected to try before, like spicy pan-fried pork intestines.
It was incredible food. Literally the best I'd ever had. I made a habit of bringing American friends to this restaurant all the time, asking for the secret menu, and ordering things at random (because I couldn't read anything). Never was anybody disappointed and it became a weekly thing to go back and try new food.
The food was so good that it led to me going to China just to try even more authentic Chinese food.
I think there's this idea that Americans are afraid to try authentic foreign cuisine, but at least with millennials, I think it's the opposite. We grew up with TV shows about people eating "weird" food. We want to discover new things.