Western Chinese food is not the same in the West! I’ve had Chinese food in Norway, Denmark, UK, USA, and Australia; sure, they all serve sweet & sour, but you will not find honey chicken in Norway (fuck I miss that shit from Australia!).
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dustyData@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Chinese food is a hard one to compare to. Since western Chinese food is not entirely Chinese and more a Cantonese fusion that was invented in new York then exported worldwide. Its main feature being adapting local ingredients to the same base template. So it is always different depending on the region. In China it is considered a form of western fast food and not at all traditional.
P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Akasazh@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Dutch Chinese food is a bizarre mix of Cantonese and Indonesian dishes. As well, we colonized Indonesia.
There was this folk singer who loved Chinese food, so when he visited china he took the menu from his home town restaurant, which had the dishes written in Chinese.
Which is a clever thing to do, in itself, but the Chinese restaurateur in China knew almost none of those dishes