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Living in Quebec and eating Banh Mi is entertaining to think about. A fusion Vietnamese-French dish that has now been brought to another former French colony by
by monkeybutton 5y ago
Living in Quebec and eating Banh Mi is entertaining to think about. A fusion Vietnamese-French dish that has now been brought to another former French colony by Vietnamese immigrants.
Hakka cuisine is also interesting since it is originally Chinese-Indian but now that people have brought it to Canada I guess the kind we get here would qualify as Chinese-Indian-Canadian.
- bobthepanda 5y agoWhat do you mean by Hakka cuisine being Indian? Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup in China. Did the ones in Canada come via India or something?
- yorwba 5y agoI had the same question, which led me down a Wikipedia rabbit hole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakka_cuisine#Hakka_cuisine_in_South_Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakka_cuisine#Hakka_cuisine_in... Apparently there was a large wave of Hakka immigration into India, where they developed a kind of fusion cuisine, which they brought with them when later moving to Canada.
- wenc 5y agoI discovered Indian Chinese food while living in the Toronto area and it was mind blowing. I love the Manchurian chicken dishes but I particularly enjoy the vegetarian Hakka stir fry. It has all the comforting qualities of a Chinese stir fry but is spicy to boot. Interestingly I’ve noticed that most patrons of Hakka restaurants are South Asian, not East Asian, which means more latitude to deploy stronger spices.
- didntknowya 5y agoHakka is not Chinese-Indian. The Hakka ancestors who went to Canada might have Indian links but that's a very obscure subset of the Hakka clan and definitely not representative of it.
- op03 5y ago...and in Chinese restraunts in India they usually have 2 chop sueys on menu. American Chop Suey (red sauce) and a Chinese Chop Suey (white sauce).