jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
And go 4/22/2012 7:32:12 PM |
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Pok Fly Lie 4/22/2012 7:33:09 PM |
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cat 4/22/2012 7:33:19 PM |
Fumbler All American 4670 Posts user info edit post |
Rice porridge with fermented cabbage
I'm 3/4 chinese and 1/4 khmer. I actually prefer thai and vietnamese foods over chinese.
Like rice noodles with fish sauce and other junk:
Or banh mi
[Edited on April 22, 2012 at 7:40 PM. Reason : ] 4/22/2012 7:34:51 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
Beef and broccoli 4/22/2012 7:38:07 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148241 Posts user info edit post |
^ 4/22/2012 7:39:11 PM |
Fumbler All American 4670 Posts user info edit post |
beef and broccoli is boring 4/22/2012 7:41:33 PM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
^ So what's the deal with Americanized Chinese food? From what I understand it's got a lot more sugar than real Chinese food, but is there anything you can get at a generic Chinese place in America that's more or less authentic? 4/22/2012 7:43:22 PM |
E-Dawg All American 8309 Posts user info edit post |
General Tso's Chicken
America. We take your native dishes and inject them with freedom. 4/22/2012 7:47:34 PM |
jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
^^ I, too, would like to know this 4/22/2012 7:49:06 PM |
freshmonkey HULK SMASH 3870 Posts user info edit post |
Kung Pao beef 4/22/2012 7:52:25 PM |
BJCaudill21 Not an alcoholic 8015 Posts user info edit post |
beef and broccoli chicken and broccoli moo goo gai pan 4/22/2012 7:54:47 PM |
Fumbler All American 4670 Posts user info edit post |
Anything not double fried is getting close to authentic. Most stir fried dishes are authentic. A lot of chinese people eat various clear broth soups and basic stir fried vegetables with a little meat. Real chinese food can be bland. Well, not really blad, they just have few ingredients.
That's baby bok choy with a little garlic.
Chicken with ginger.
It's funny how much food I post on facebook.
[Edited on April 22, 2012 at 8:01 PM. Reason : ] 4/22/2012 7:55:20 PM |
jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
kung pao?
anything with a pound of roasted peanuts in it is dumb AND gross 4/22/2012 7:57:56 PM |
th3oretecht All American 15539 Posts user info edit post |
I dunno about "real chinese food" but I like:
sweet/sour chicken/pork lo mein with lots of vegetables/meats sesame chicken egg foo young 4/22/2012 7:59:00 PM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
I had this black bean chicken dish in some hole in the wall in DC's Chinatown that was the bomb. 4/22/2012 7:59:40 PM |
Fumbler All American 4670 Posts user info edit post |
Black beans (fermented soy beans) are used a lot. Other things I remember from my childhood are braised pork with black beans or steamed flounder with black beans, ginger, and cilantro.
[Edited on April 22, 2012 at 8:03 PM. Reason : ] 4/22/2012 8:02:48 PM |
jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
^ that sounds amazing 4/22/2012 8:05:12 PM |
merbig Suspended 13178 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Real chinese food is rather bland." |
I disagree with this assessment. I haven't had Vietnamese food or really Thai food either. But the Chinese food I had in China was anything but "bland." Granted, I was over there for 6 weeks and I looked out as many places as possible to eat. I didn't get to have any "home cooking."
I loved Dan Chao Fan, Baozi and pretty much any dish that had duck in it . I unfortunately didn't really learn the names of most dishes I had. I personally look forward to going back this summer for a few weeks, and am looking forward to eating more chinese food (hopefully some of it home cooked this time too).
Like I said, I have never really had Vietnamese or Thai food, so perhaps it might be "bland" compared to those country's foods. But I wouldn't consider Chinese food bland, especially compared to many dishes that are traditional to European countries (although German food is pretty God damned om nomalicious, but I think Chinese food beats it).
[Edited on April 22, 2012 at 8:10 PM. Reason : Ok. Didn't see the edit. I guess you meant Chinese food is "simple?"]4/22/2012 8:09:34 PM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
4/22/2012 8:14:00 PM |
Fumbler All American 4670 Posts user info edit post |
After thinking about it there's a lot of stuff I haven't eaten in a long time (since going to college). My mouth is starting to water. I wish my mom had written down all her recipes.
Ok...to answer:
Quote : | "^ So what's the deal with Americanized Chinese food? From what I understand it's got a lot more sugar than real Chinese food, but is there anything you can get at a generic Chinese place in America that's more or less authentic?" |
For the most part anything in a chinese restaurant that wasn't fried then stir fried again with some sort of sauce is fairly authentic. The thing is there's a lot of [good] authentic chinese food that isn't on the menu in most chinese places around here. If you go to a chinese place in some chinatown then you'll find those things. Try some braised meats or soups and that'll give you an idea of what chinese food really tastes like.4/22/2012 8:15:34 PM |
ncstateccc All American 2856 Posts user info edit post |
4/22/2012 8:18:35 PM |
jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
^^ Yea, I see the people that work in the chinese places eating rando shit that's not on the menu all the time
But I can never figure out how to get them to make it for me. I ask and they act cueless
[Edited on April 22, 2012 at 8:19 PM. Reason : ] 4/22/2012 8:19:10 PM |
tchenku midshipman 18577 Posts user info edit post |
authentic chinese food
go to Grand Asia Market off of buck jones and bring cash 4/22/2012 8:20:17 PM |
Fumbler All American 4670 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Like I said, I have never really had Vietnamese or Thai food, so perhaps it might be "bland" compared to those country's foods." |
Yes
Quote : | " But I wouldn't consider Chinese food bland, especially compared to many dishes that are traditional to European countries (although German food is pretty God damned om nomalicious, but I think Chinese food beats it)." |
Yes
Quote : | "I guess you meant Chinese food is "simple?"" |
Yes
You're completely right. Bland, in the grand scheme of things, isn't the right word. I guess that's just what came to my mind first because I grew up eating a lot of thai, vietnamese, and khmer food too (my parents lived in cambodia so they eat a lot of southeast asian dishes).
^That's good advice. I haven't eaten there but it smells like real chinese food to me lol
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ctnz71 All American 7207 Posts user info edit post |
Meow 4/22/2012 8:23:46 PM |
Fumbler All American 4670 Posts user info edit post |
^My dad says cat tastes horrible. He says dog is way better but both are far behind chicken, beef, pork, snake, or just about any other livestock. 4/22/2012 8:27:11 PM |
jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
lol 4/22/2012 8:28:40 PM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
^^ 4/22/2012 8:34:18 PM |
Roflpack All American 1966 Posts user info edit post |
I like the chicken nuggs. 4/22/2012 9:01:55 PM |
Netstorm All American 7547 Posts user info edit post |
Horse > cats, dogs. Horse be some good shit ya'll. 4/22/2012 9:03:26 PM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah, you can't beat the french fries at a chinese place. 4/22/2012 9:03:27 PM |
Krallum 56A0D3 15294 Posts user info edit post |
I used to like General Tso, and klaty told me to get the general tso from Akari express and i've been sick ever since
I'm Krallum and I approved this message. 4/22/2012 9:04:06 PM |
tacolu Suspended 1136 Posts user info edit post |
Szechuan Chicken 4/22/2012 9:04:18 PM |
bottombaby IRL 21952 Posts user info edit post |
i don't know if it is authentic, but i love sesame chicken 4/22/2012 9:28:50 PM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
I was watching a TED about regionalized chinese food, and they showed the chinese guy who invented General Tso's Chicken what the American version looked like and he was totally disgusted 4/22/2012 9:31:13 PM |
piddlebug ow 2293 Posts user info edit post |
I only ever get sesame chicken and crab rangoon....
I personally prefer Japanese. 4/22/2012 9:33:00 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148241 Posts user info edit post |
Szechuan Wontons
4/22/2012 9:36:56 PM |
jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
^ 4/22/2012 9:38:01 PM |
APCrook All American 1447 Posts user info edit post |
Fumbler you have recipes for any of those things? 4/22/2012 9:38:33 PM |
Fhqwhgads Fuckwads SS '15 20681 Posts user info edit post |
Pu Pu Platter 4/22/2012 9:39:56 PM |
Fareako Shitter Pilot 10238 Posts user info edit post |
Hot and sour soup and crab rangoons 4/22/2012 9:42:10 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148241 Posts user info edit post |
obligatory
4/22/2012 9:58:22 PM |
LaserSoup All American 5502 Posts user info edit post |
Mandarin House that used to be at Cameroon Village has a chicken noodle soup that was pretty damn awesome...now they're gone 4/22/2012 10:04:50 PM |
dinoantncsu Collector of Gnomes 422 Posts user info edit post |
general tso 4/22/2012 10:08:33 PM |
Fumbler All American 4670 Posts user info edit post |
^^^^^^^^&^^^OMG NOM
Quote : | "Fumbler you have recipes for any of those things?" |
The pics I posted? Which one do you want? There's nothing special about them. I don't know how to make the pickled carrot/daikon, my mom made that, but it's just vinegar, sugar, and salt at some unknown quantity.
[Edited on April 22, 2012 at 10:14 PM. Reason : and the pickled cabbage is out of a can]4/22/2012 10:13:17 PM |
yuffie_chan All American 4898 Posts user info edit post |
I am kind of addicted to Garlic Broccoli
[Edited on April 22, 2012 at 10:19 PM. Reason : and spring rolls. Spring rooooollsssssssss~] 4/22/2012 10:18:42 PM |
kdogg(c) All American 3494 Posts user info edit post |
These are tacky.
I prefer these over the others:
4/22/2012 10:25:33 PM |
dinoantncsu Collector of Gnomes 422 Posts user info edit post |
^haha 4/22/2012 10:37:05 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148241 Posts user info edit post |
fried rice with beef, chicken, shrimp and pork]
4/22/2012 10:43:35 PM |