Favorite Chinese Food?
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When we lived in CA we used to love to eat all kinds of Asian food. But for Chinese there was a small family restaurant not far from where we lived in Long Beach, that made a dish I ate many times called Zha Jiang Mian. Basically meaning fried sauce noodles, using ground pork stir fried in fermented soybean paste topped with fresh raw slivered veggies like cucumbers or carrots over wheat noodles. I was so simple, but so good!
Here in rural MS Chinese seems to be rather run of the mill, but not totally bad.
Here in rural MS Chinese seems to be rather run of the mill, but not totally bad.
In the Netherlands most Chinese restaurants serve Indonesian food (Indonesia is a former Dutch colony). So my pick would be Babi Ketjap
Hands down my favorite American Chinese food is Hot and Sour soup. That being said, I find it incredibly difficult to find good hot and sour soup. The only place even close to local to me where I will order is a 35 minute drive adn deserves its own digression
If you're ever traveling through Florida via I-75 the first major town you'll come to is Lake City. Do yourself a favor and get off of the highway and check out "Fu King Chinese." Its amazing. My family has been eating there since before I was born (so more than 33 years currently) and the food is delicious. They have, hands down, the best Hot and Sour soup I've ever tasted. Balanced heat, sour with depth of flavor (as opposed to pour white vinegar), and a velvety gem-clear stock. Super tasty. Their West Lake Style Duck is another highlight of the menu.
The best food I've had that may be authentic is the Sticky Rice at my local Dim Sum restaurant. Super good and served in some sort of banana, bamboo, or palm leaf.
If you're ever traveling through Florida via I-75 the first major town you'll come to is Lake City. Do yourself a favor and get off of the highway and check out "Fu King Chinese." Its amazing. My family has been eating there since before I was born (so more than 33 years currently) and the food is delicious. They have, hands down, the best Hot and Sour soup I've ever tasted. Balanced heat, sour with depth of flavor (as opposed to pour white vinegar), and a velvety gem-clear stock. Super tasty. Their West Lake Style Duck is another highlight of the menu.
The best food I've had that may be authentic is the Sticky Rice at my local Dim Sum restaurant. Super good and served in some sort of banana, bamboo, or palm leaf.
Sad to say my favorite Chinese food isn't Chinese at all. Chop suey and chow mein. Reminds me of when I was a kid. I've eaten some authentic Chinese food (that which wasn't made with some part of some animal I wouldn't eat if I were starving) and it was either so spicy I couldn't breathe, or smelled and tasted gross.
That about sums it up Shutterbugg. Northern Chinese food is a lot more subtle and won't leave your backside feeling like Mt St Helens. That said, the frustrating thing about Chinese restaurants is that there are almost always two menus. There's the one they hand you and there's the one they don't unless you know the secret handshake.
And don't go in there with your chest puffed up just because you had these 4 years of Mandarin in college and have a minor in the history of the Tang Dynasty. You'll get the same crab rangoon as every other blonde haired, blue eyed, fanny packer in the dining hall.
Go in with a Chinese person with a cousin that knows the guy who delivers meat to the kitchen and you'll experience a different culinary world. Barring that, might as well go to the Sushi bar. At least those guys just want your money.
And don't go in there with your chest puffed up just because you had these 4 years of Mandarin in college and have a minor in the history of the Tang Dynasty. You'll get the same crab rangoon as every other blonde haired, blue eyed, fanny packer in the dining hall.
Go in with a Chinese person with a cousin that knows the guy who delivers meat to the kitchen and you'll experience a different culinary world. Barring that, might as well go to the Sushi bar. At least those guys just want your money.
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