For the record, ketchup is sweet as fuck. Delicious. And sweet. So is bbq sauce.
Comment on Who makes those terrible sheet cake things that every Chinese buffet has?
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 year agoIn America in particular we use a ridiculous amount of sugar in everything. People used to eating Chinese food – like, the kind they eat in China – in my experience are typically unprepared for it. I worked for a Chinese restaurant for a while and my boss, who was Cantonese, tried and subsequently declared a wide array of American foodstuffs to be completely inedible due to being too sweet. Including stuff we don’t think of as being “sweet,” like ketchup.
I’d doubt the horrid sponge cake you find at the Chinese buffet is actually related to any imported Chinese confection, but it’s probably made according to the sensibilities of whoever is running the place. Especially if they ever plan on eating it themselves. (You laugh at this prospect. And yet: one of my boss’ favorite things to do on the rare holidays we were closed was to go to other Chinese restaurants that weren’t.)
vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
oolio@feddit.de 1 year ago
But is shouldn’t have to be, ketchup without any additional sweeteners, apart from the natural sugar from tomatoes, is really good.
howrar@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Heck, even just plain tomato puree is really good if they’re made with good tomatoes.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I just rub great tomatoes on my fries.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s all that corn syrup and (if you’re lucky,) molasses
rar@discuss.online 1 year ago
Had clients from CJK countries, can confirm. First complaint is everything being too sweet or salty, and second complaint is the rice being undercooked for their tastes… and also salty.