Authentic Chinese food is much healthier, with more vegetables, less meat. In addition, they use much larger variety of meat (no, dog is not that common, but yes to chicken, beef, pork, duck, rabbit, frog, snake) and larger variety of vegetables, many of which can't be found in the US. American Chinese food is greasy, loaded with msg, salt, sugar, etc. You'll never see a first generation Chinese order general tso's, chicken and broccoli, and other popular American Chinese dishes in Chinese restaurants, because they know it's nasty. There are also way more fried items in American Chinese restaurants. In China, some regions never eat fried. One responder above said that all the Chinese restaurants in the US aren't Chinese owned, but this is untrue. All the Chinese restaurants in my area are Chinese owned. The problem is they change the dishes to make them more suitable to American tastes, so they aren't going to be authentic. If you ever want to try somewhat more authentic dishes, you can try asking the owner/manager of the restaurant what they would suggest. Sometimes these restaurants have a separate menu for Chinese customers.
The differences are so much! Chinese food in America is nothing like real Chinese food! Much more meat and oil, vegetables used are different. Chinese have vegetables that Americans have no English words for.
I can't even begin to explain the difference! I do remember that when in America, I asked all these Chinese places can you speak Chinese? No, we are from Korea, Japan, Viet Nam, or Thailand.........no Chinese. Americans have a standard Chinese food menu, but it has no real Chinese food on it?
Eggs rolls? My favorite in America! No where in China! Seems that only Koreans in America makes egg rolls?
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Okay, let's be honest! The Authentic Chinese food may taste better, has more vegetables...but if you eat it you better make sure they don't have a cage full of freaked-out cats or dogs in the back. Not to mention any assortment of endangered/protected species, Pangolin, Civet Cat, Panda, Tiger, Spectacled Bear, Monitor Lizards, Snakes or just anything rare and beautiful. Making Poachers very happy and well off, killing our world's exotic fauna. These links below state that this may be the reason for the SARS epidemic!
So THAT is the real difference between Authentic Chinese & American.
I wish that Asian culture (& other cultures too) would stop this slaughtering the last vestiges of our Animal Kingdom!!
Does it taste better if it's the last one left??
There's this place here in Van Nuys called Sam Woos BBQ, sounds like a dive joint but if it's true that it's a good sign if the patrons are all or mostly Chinese then this is the place! First of all I should mentioned the dishes beat the heck out of American Chinese. They have dead ducks in the window (I know they're Peking duck) and the homemade noodles are the BOMB! The soups are so different (their specialty), no msg (monosodium glutamate). I think there are over 20 soups. You know, the real deal type of Chinese is totally different. Not those spaghetti-type noodles, all different kinds...Odun, mung bean & it goes on forever. Broth homemade and fresh vegis always & tea on the table. No fortune cookie for authentic...that's American Chinese. And I agree with baby-face avatar, American is so oily. Not healthy.
I find Chinese food in other countries to be similar to Cantonese style cooking which does use a lot of meat.
Which maybe down to the fact that Hong Kongers which immigrate to other counties a lot easier than mainland Chinese people can.
I hate to say it find authentic Chinese and non-authentic Chinese food way both way to greasy for me.....
I just wished I had an oven and grill *sigh*.......
accodring to a friend has been to US, he said American Chinese food is greasy, much more greasier than authentic Chinese food, and salty, less veggies more meat.....
He said it's gross, he doesn't think it's Chinese food any more.
More vegetabel and ingredient are needed to cook Chinese food. The following are the ways to cook traditional Chinese food:
http://www.chinatravel.com/facts/chinese-food/
Chinese food in North America=fake. There are no such things as big crabs in Chinese food in China. You go for the meat, in China, you go for the paste.
Chinese food in China=real
Chinese Food in America has more meat, fewer vegetables, and different vegetables. some common Chinese ingredients aren't readily available everywhere in the US.
Authentic Chinese food is waaaaay healthier! Too healthy for Americans, obviously, so they had to grease it up and add a generous dash of msg...
Authentic Chinese food is way better.
I think the only difference is that chinese food in the US sucks.
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