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blake murphy[_2_]

On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:52:55 -0400, wrote:

> Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:
>> wrote:
>>> I'm no expert, but it seems to me the most popular Americanized
>>> Chinese dishes around here are General Tso's Chicken, Kung Pao
>>> Chicken, and Almond Chicken.
>>
>> None of those dishes are particularly Americanized since they were all
>> traditional Chinese dishes at one time. Some, like General Tso's chicken, have
>> become sweeter rather than the typical Hunanese sour aytl flavor. But
>> otherwise, they're prepared the same as ever.
>>
>> Orlando
>
> When we write about 'American-Chinese' food, we mean Chinese food
> altered to appeal to American taste, not completly new dishes created
> just for the American market. Americanized Chinese food tends to be both
> sweeter and less spicy than it would be in China. It is also often a
> simplified recipe that is used, and sometimes the ingredients are local
> substitutions rarely found in the original dishes. Thats American-Chinese.
>
> In this area (Fairfax, VA) we also have Korean-Chinese and
> Indian-Chinese restaurants, and I recall that upper Broadway in NYC used
> to have (and probably still has) Cuban-Chinese restaurants.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian

the cuban-chinese restaurants in new york tickled the shit out of me for
some reason. apparently when castro took over, a lot of chinese immigrants
in cuba got the boot and moved to NYC.

your pal,
blake