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"Peppermint Patootie" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>> When we lived in NY we used to get Teriyaki chicken sticks. The kids
>> loved
>> them. I don't think they're authentic at all. Is Teriyaki even Chinese?
>> I
>> thought it was Japanese but I could be wrong.

>
> Japanese. Don't you see it in Japanese restaurants?


No. I don't see it because I don't go to Japanese restaurants. Or Chinese.
>
> One way to figure out if something is Japanese or Chinese is look at the
> number of syllables in the words. If there is more than one syllable,
> it's probably Japanese. If it's all words of one syllable, chances are
> it's Chinese. Korean can go either way.


Okay.
>
> Hence:
>
> teriyaki = Japanese (see also words ending in -yaki, -nabe, etc.)
> shumai = Japanese
>
> mu shu gai pan (moo shoo guy pan) = Chinese (chicken stirfry
> w/mushrooms)
> bao bing (bow bing) = Chinese (pancakes for mu shu ro)
> won ton = Chinese
>
> bulgogi = Korean
> kimchee or kim chi (fermented cabbage) = Korean


Okay.