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Exactly. Chinese friends tell me "Chinese" food one finds in Chinatowns in western cities is heavily adapted to western tastes and nothing like what is eaten in
by sjtgraham 13y ago
Exactly. Chinese friends tell me "Chinese" food one finds in Chinatowns in western cities is heavily adapted to western tastes and nothing like what is eaten in China.
- mgkimsal 13y agoLast time I was in China, no one had ever heard of General Tso. From what I gather, he was a bloodthirsty tyrant, but made an excellent chicken.
- vinceguidry 13y agoI have a hunch that the 'Tso' is actually a corruption of 'sauce', meaning instead of being named for a military general, 'general' is the name of the sauce.
- yen223 13y agoGeneral Tso's chicken, like fortune cookies and Chop Suey, come from America.
- beachstartup 13y agoLOL
- hnriot 13y agoI suspect that the "Chinese" food here is adapted to comply with US law.
- aceperry 13y agoWhat laws are these? I find it strange to hear anyone claim that US laws determine what is made and sold as Chinese food. There are some laws regarding food safety, but they apply to all foods.
- mkching 13y agoThis is probably not what either of you meant, but until 2005, it was illegal to import sichuan peppercorns. This resulted in a lot of dishes missing a fairly important taste, even in otherwise authentic Sichuan restaurants. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan_pepper#US_import_ban http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan_pepper#US_import_ban
- beachstartup 13y agono that's just a ridiculous racist thought that you came up with on your own.
- beachstartup 13y agoI'm not talking about Chinatowns. those are ghettoes leftover from the 1800s
- rms 13y agoBut if you know how to order right, you can find dishes that are kind of like American dishes only vastly better. http://www.chinatouradvisors.com/UpLoad/Jiangsu/Suzhou/Food/Squirrel-Shaped-Fish-1.jpg http://www.chinatouradvisors.com/UpLoad/Jiangsu/Suzhou/Food/...