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Hank Rogers[_2_]

wrote:
> On Thu, 24 May 2018 09:15:05 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, 19 May 2018 05:12:34 -0400, Gary wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The Yelp reviews declare it the highly Americanized Chinese food
>>>>> typical of 95% of American Chinese restaurants. You've never had
>>>>> real Chinese cuisines such as Cantonese, Fujian, or Sichuan. Just
>>>>> that American stuff for the masses.
>>>>
>>>> Chances are that's all I've eaten too but I do love sichuan
>>>> dishes (and sweet and sour pork). If they make it differently to
>>>> please americans, they sure do please this american.
>>>>
>>>> My typical take-out order is:
>>>> - a sichuan dish like General Tso's chicken
>>>
>>> Not only is there not and never was a "General Tso" in any part of
>>> China, there's no such thing as a dish resembling General Tso's
>>> Chicken in any part of China. This dish is a purely American
>>> invention. It's often thought that it refers to a military leader
>>> named Zuo Zongtang, and he is from Hunan, not Sichuan. But you
>>> won't find anything resembling this dish in Hunan province, either.
>>>
>>> If you don't see a few dishes swimming in chile oil (it covers the
>>> top of the bowl by 1/4"), plates of cold and fatty mystery
>>> lunchmeat, FRESH whole sichuan peppers (green, not brown), AND
>>> several lamb dishes, then it's not a Sichuan restaurant regardless
>>> of what it claims to be.
>>
>>
>> I agree with all you said, Steve. I've probably never had
>> authentic Chinese food. But I do like what I can buy here. I live
>> in a tourist town that caters to americans. If I lived near a
>> large city that has a "china town" I could probably experience
>> some real chinese cuisine.
>
> I've been to the Chinatown in NYC often ...

*LIAR!*

No pic means yoose never ate food in chinatown, and yoose never had a
chinese friend.