FYI. It's normal for chinese dish to serve with the head and tail of the duck/fish/goose/pig in a real chinese restaurant. It's a good omen/fortune thing. Don't knock it if you are not familiar with other culture.
I just had the opportunity to visit China over the last 2 weeks. For all you "authentic" chinese prophets out there, it cant get more real than that...lol
The food they serve in restaurants is mildly put "disgusting". I used to love duck and seafood till I saw a duck wide-eyed head in my dish and fishes's with nothing on them except the scales and the head. It was like 2 weeks on the Bizarre Foods show. With the unpalateable meat on offer, we decided to go vegan in the hopes of scoring some delicacies. Well it was just raw seaweed in this and that.
So next time you knock against American pseudo-chinese food, think of the billions of unfortunate people there, eating this crap all their life!!! I also found the reason why chinese folks stuff their face at all-u-can-eat buffets here all the time.
Nope.It's definitely not Chinese food but would we agree it's Asian cuisine?
FYI. It's normal for chinese dish to serve with the head and tail of the duck/fish/goose/pig in a real chinese restaurant. It's a good omen/fortune thing. Don't knock it if you are not familiar with other culture.
wtf...
Frankly I think it's funny that americans freak out when they see any hint that the slabs of meat in their dish came from an actual animal.
I'm sorry you had an unpleasant dining experience, but it's not really representative of Chinese cuisine. Unlike in the US, where pretty much food from anywhere is "average", quality of food in China varies wildly depending on where you go. You can hit up a restaurant opened by some migrant workers who just decided to open up shop even with no background in food preparation (country food sucks BTW), or you can go to somewhere with decades of reputation, or fine restaurants that are $$$.
That said though, I don't mind americanized chinese at all. It can be pretty tasty.
Yeah... all food in America, no matter where you go is "average quality" We have no high end restaurants anywhere.... not to mention local ma-and-pa shops that are fucking fantastic. ALL HAIL AUTHENTIC CHINESE FOOD!!!
I love PF Changs. Obviously it's not authentic Chinese food, but so what? Also, expensive? I was just talking to a buddy of mine the other day about how cheap it was. We went out to grab some dinner, got 2 appetizers, 2 sides, 2 entrées, and drinks for like 72 bucks with a solid tip. Really not bad at all.
Dude... you need to stop eating at amusement park restaurants. Arby's here for 2 large meals is like $14 tops. With tax.Yeh, when freaking Arby's costs damn near $20 for a large combo each for my wife and I, $70 at a sit down restaurant with drinks and appetizers doesn't seem that bad.
FYI. It's normal for chinese dish to serve with the head and tail of the duck/fish/goose/pig in a real chinese restaurant. It's a good omen/fortune thing. Don't knock it if you are not familiar with other culture.
Dude... you need to stop eating at amusement park restaurants. Arby's here for 2 large meals is like $14 tops. With tax.
I wait for the sale deals anyway. Been liking that steakhouse sub, which in combo form (small though, which is fine with me) is $3.99 + tax.I think they have re-worked their pricing a bit. But year ago a large sandwich combo was upwards of $8.00 a piece. Change one of the drinks out for a Jamocha shake and you were pushing $20 after the 10% sales tax we have on restaurants around here. This was just your typical run of the mill Arby's. Each region has it's own pricing. So I'm going to guess that IL region is much higher than Alamaba.
I think he meant that there is more of a baseline in America that food doesn't tend to dip under.
Isn't real Chinese food just a bowl of rice? Maybe a bean sprout? Why go to a restaurant for that?
Besides, if I'm going to eat authentic Chinese, it better be made with real Chinese people in it.
I love PF Changs. Obviously it's not authentic Chinese food, but so what? Also, expensive? I was just talking to a buddy of mine the other day about how cheap it was. We went out to grab some dinner, got 2 appetizers, 2 sides, 2 entrées, and drinks for like 72 bucks with a solid tip. Really not bad at all.