Poll of the Day > Do you like chinese food?

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Yeah, especially broccoli and beef and mapo tofu.
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Kung Pao beef, General Tso chicken, eaten with chopsticks. With Hot and Sour soup and crab Rangoon.
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yeah but i don't think chinese food will ever approach pizza or burgers or even italian food levels of popularity in america, maybe even mexican
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JebronLames posted...

yeah but i don't think chinese food will ever approach pizza or burgers or even italian food levels of popularity in america, maybe even mexican

Actually, I've seen some surveys online that place Chinese food at the top of the most popular ethnic foods in America (with Mexican food at number 2 and Italian food at number 3). Granted, it's Americanized Chinese food.
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Never had authentic Chinese food but I do enjoy the stuff we have here in the US

My favorite regional foods have to be Indian and Mexican though
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I do like most of the actual Chinese food. Note that China has a lot of different regions with a lot of different kitchens. Calling it Chinese food is like calling Italian, French, Spanish etc. European food.

I don't really like what Chinese restaurants sell in western counties. But it depends a lot on the country they sell it. They adjusted it to that countries taste.
In my country Chinese food means deep fried meat with sugary sauce. That's not for me.

Love me some spring rolls and dim sums
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I love the U.S. renditions of it that I've eaten. Though I'd love to tour China to sample the authentic cuisines and, if I had time, Pakistani/Chinese fusion in western China.
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no. can't stand the stuff cept maybe some of their chicken and even then its my lowest opinion on any chicken dish. I dislike most noodle based dishes that aren't tomato sauce based, or mac and cheese. and I just dislike the way asian food does veggies.
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I like American 'Chinese' food, but I've never had real Chinese food before so I can't really say.
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it's pretty good, not as good as pizza though. had some good chinese in a restaurant in san francisco. probably the most authentic i can get w/o going to china
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I enjoy Americanized Chinese food every now and then. I really like some actual Chinese food as well but a great deal is totally unapproachable to me. Stuff like congealed blood, chicken feet (which are both unappealing and seem really pointless to eat moreso than just being too gross), and sea cucumber I just don't want to take the effort to try and learn to enjoy.

It's one of my favorite ethnic cuisines.
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Only real Chinese food
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I am addicted to Chinese Food. I can barely go a ten days without it.

I actually just finished making Mongolian Beef.

Also lol at anyone that nasally says "well you know thats not authentic chinese food".
You think I want to eat peasant food? The Chinese food I love may have had roots outside of China but it was still pioneered by Chinese people and I fully accept that as Chinese food, yum, delicious.

No.
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Who doesn't

Yes my brother
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SomeUsername529 posted...

chicken feet (which are both unappealing and seem really pointless to eat moreso than just being too gross)

They're actually not that bad, I first tried them as a young kid specifically because of the "gross-out" factor of them. There's not really any meat on them, but the spicy sauce they cook them in is pretty good
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I just looked up some popular American Chinese foods.
Those are almost 100% different than what is considered Chinese food in my country (which is the netherlands). I do know some of the dishes (and some are good) but you can't order that in "Chinese" restaurants here. Chinese restaurants here serve Indonesian food, sometimes also Japanese food, and some made up local traditions usually involving lots of deep fried meat. (with a lot of sugar and MSG and some ginger to make it taste Chinese).
Foreigners are often (mostly pleasantly) surprised by the Dutch Chinese food. Except if it's a low quality place, there's a huge difference between places.

This was a fun read:
https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/ypxjmg/china-doesnt-understand-the-concept-of-american-chinese-food

Sarcasthma posted...

JebronLames posted...

yeah but i don't think chinese food will ever approach pizza or burgers or even italian food levels of popularity in america, maybe even mexican

Actually, I've seen some surveys online that place Chinese food at the top of the most popular ethnic foods in America (with Mexican food at number 2 and Italian food at number 3). Granted, it's Americanized Chinese food.

That's very surprising! I wonder if it would be different by region? People here in the South seem to ADORE Mexican food.
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benbeverfaqs posted...

I just looked up some popular American Chinese foods.
Those are almost 100% different than what is considered Chinese food in my country (which is the netherlands). I do know some of the dishes (and some are good) but you can't order that in "Chinese" restaurants here. Chinese restaurants here serve Indonesian food, sometimes also Japanese food, and some made up local traditions usually involving lots of deep fried meat. (with a lot of sugar and MSG and some ginger to make it taste Chinese).
Foreigners are often (mostly pleasantly) surprised by the Dutch Chinese food. Except if it's a low quality place, there's a huge difference between places.

This was a fun read:
https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/ypxjmg/china-doesnt-understand-the-concept-of-american-chinese-food

merica is good for mericanizing foreign foods. our mexican foods? yeah not truly mexican food either.
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Hell yes. I LOVE bourbon chicken! And stir fried vegetables and rice.

I once ate at this place in New York where the egg rolls were as big as burritos.
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good pork fried rice is my favorite

Yes. Favorites are Young Chow Fried Rice, Shrimp and Lobster Sauce, and Steamed Sole.
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synth_real posted...

SomeUsername529 posted...

chicken feet (which are both unappealing and seem really pointless to eat moreso than just being too gross)

They're actually not that bad, I first tried them as a young kid specifically because of the "gross-out" factor of them. There's not really any meat on them, but the spicy sauce they cook them in is pretty good

That's the thing. I've had beef tongue and chicken heart and stuff and they taste like beef and chicken respectively. I know chicken feet would taste like sauce and chicken but they just seem bothersome to eat given how little meat is there. Pigs feet are really popular here in Korea and I know they'd taste like pig but the idea of eating them and the way they look just puts me off.

Don't eat it often, but I like it when I do.
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SomeUsername529 posted...

synth_real posted...

SomeUsername529 posted...

chicken feet (which are both unappealing and seem really pointless to eat moreso than just being too gross)

They're actually not that bad, I first tried them as a young kid specifically because of the "gross-out" factor of them. There's not really any meat on them, but the spicy sauce they cook them in is pretty good

That's the thing. I've had beef tongue and chicken heart and stuff and they taste like beef and chicken respectively. I know chicken feet would taste like sauce and chicken but they just seem bothersome to eat given how little meat is there. Pigs feet are really popular here in Korea and I know they'd taste like pig but the idea of eating them and the way they look just puts me off.

Yeah, the feet are really for people who are fans of skin, especially when they cook them to be crispy.
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I love good Chinese food. Sichuan-style braised pork belly is amazing.

To be fair, at the place I like to go to, their kitchen is run by a guy who was born in the Sichuan province and trained at the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine, so it's pretty authentic and he knows what he's doing. The Sichuan poached fish is also really good and completely unlike anything I've ever had at an Americanized Chinese restaurant.