What's the deal with American Chinese food lately?

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a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

I was goign to say something but then I realized I haven't gotten chinese takeout in years and the only really good chinese restaurant within miles closed down years ago

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a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

actually the last good chinese food I had was from a japanese restaurant which is pretty lol

# ¿ Aug 30, 2014 22:14

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Real hurthling! posted:

best chinese is schizishwan or however those spicy bastards spell it.

mapaul tofu and double fried pork belly with capsicum please right the gently caress now.

yeah the restaurant that was near me that closed down a few years ago was szechuan. i miss it so much :qq:

# ¿ Aug 30, 2014 22:28

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Big Beef City posted:

Me too! All those corn, bean, and squash combinations! Mmm Mmm! The Three Sisters, I call 'em. I love injun food too!

buffalo stewed with chokecherries on frybread.... mmm

# ¿ Aug 30, 2014 22:30

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Big Beef City posted:

Can I ask a question?

I like Szechuan dishes. When I order them, I pronounce it "Shesh-wan" is that even close to what I should be saying? I guess I kinda put a really soft (eh) in there like "Shesh-(eh)wan", but it's barely distinguishable.

Is that anyway near right? DOes literally anyone on earth know this?

it's two syllables and the fitrst one sounds like a sneering Australian saying "sir" and the second is pretty much just "chwan," try to think of someone saying "don't you wanna" fast and pick out that middle part

e: sorry that my explanation is obtuse but it's really hard to find analogues :qq:

a hole-y ghost fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Aug 30, 2014

# ¿ Aug 30, 2014 22:38

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Big Beef City posted:

Why is it anglicized as 'Sz' then rather than 'Sr'

i have no idea. the alternate way of spelling it is Sichuan. it's like some Hungarian came in to spell it for us or something

and no there's no real "r" sound in it

e: yeah sorry for the confusion I said that because the "i" in sichuan sounds like the "i" in the way australians say sir. I couldn't really think of any other examples of that sound in english

a hole-y ghost fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Aug 30, 2014

# ¿ Aug 30, 2014 22:46

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Peven Stan posted:

Serious reply: A lot of those places were run by first gen immigrants who rode the boat over in the 60s and have now retired and sold it to the viets coming over now to run. Viets are literally ruining "chinese" food

hmm is it ironic that the last vietnamese restaurant i went to was totally chinese owned & operated then?

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 00:11

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Y-Hat posted:

similarly, go to any japanese restaurant and there will be chinese people working in the kitchen

nah where I am it's all koreans and mexicans (for the most part it's japanese americans in the front tho)

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 00:14

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

what IS general tso's chicken, anyway?

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 00:53

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

whip posted:

Fried breaded chicken in a sauce.

well yeah but what sets it apart from any other kind of americanized chinese chicken

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 01:03

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Effectronica posted:

it's a sugary form of hunan-style cooking. the dish itself isn't very popular in china because it's too sweet.

garlic, shallots, and in an expensive place they'll put chili peppers in it

cool, thanks anime man

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 01:13

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Frostwerks posted:

i really like water chestnuts and idk if that's "allowed" or not. it just seems that they're good at soaking up whatever background flavors are present and gathering it in a delicious crispy puck of what i assume is starch. They're really good and make me happy.

them are good

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 02:55

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Bobcats posted:

korean food is loving hard times please recommend dishes other than kimchi soup and that thing where you cook your own loving bacon in a restaurant

dolsot bibimbap can be really good

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 07:30

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Timid posted:

which was prolly owned by a korean

as far as I could tell it was all white people working there

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 07:39

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

whip posted:

Actually I just hate the sour food from Southeast Asia like prahok and fish sauce. It smells and tastes like hell.

lol

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 23:25

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Hobohemian posted:

I don't think I have ever met somebody in my entire life that does not like Chinese people. It must be a white thing, because Blacks, Latinos, and Asians do not shy away from Chinese places even a tad bit. American Koreans are kind of racist though.

a lot of Southeast Asians will eat Chinese food and enjoy Chinese stuff (because it's everywhere in Asia) but resent/dislike Chinese people for a few reasons.

In a lot of countries, like Indonesia, the Phillippines, Vietnam to some extent, and a bunch of others, there is a heavy historical Chinese influence and Chinese people own a lot of the businesses, financial institutions, and have a heavy presence in the media.

Chinese immigrant communities also tend to be very insular, helping fellow Chinese business owners and workers a lot but shutting out others.

This, combined with often poor treatment of workers of non-Chinese descent by Chinese business owners and other people (hiring natives as, say, maids or whatever), as well as the perceived appropriation of local culture by Chinese people, leads to a lot of resentment and anger towards Chinese people in general. Actually, the anti-Chinese sentiment in these areas seems, to me, similar to anti-Semitism. In some countries it's really bad. In Indonesia, for example, there's what is essentially a government-sponsored mob which commonly extorts and kills (well, "disappears") Chinese business owners.

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 23:34

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

maybe anime man can add/correct some of that I dunno

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 23:35

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Effectronica posted:

that's about it, but one of the things is that chinese migrants have somewhat more power than jews ever did because they didn't get the full brunt of state oppression (for example, they provided a ridiculous sum of money to the KMT and communists in the second world war) so it's more complicated than a lot of anglo/euro ethnic relationships

yeah true

e: anime man, are you asian too? whats your ethnicity

a hole-y ghost fucked around with this message at 23:42 on Aug 31, 2014

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 23:39

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Hobohemian posted:

I learned some things today. Go figure.

you learned some things from gbs which is even less likely

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 23:46

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 16:04

a hole-y ghost: May 10, 2010

Effectronica posted:

im white but i know a couple malaysians and filipinos well

filipinos are funny because they're like the opposite of chinese in some respects, once they realize you're filipino they want you to help them in some way rather than offering you help.
for example if you go to a Chinese restaurant and are Chinese occasionally they'll just be like "you don't have to pay, it's cool" whereas if you go into a store and the owner's Filipino and you are too, they'll expect you to buy a lot of stuff but not give you a discount or anything.

# ¿ Aug 31, 2014 23:49

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