Taking American-style Chinese food to China
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ธ.ค. 2014
- The U.S. is home to more than 40,000 Chinese restaurants, but what's in your local take-out order bears little resemblance to the many types of cuisine in China. Now, two Americans are taking American-style Chinese east to China. Seth Doane reports.
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I sort of thought the reporter was going to buy some Chinese food in the US, pack it on ice, fly it to China, reheat it, and serve it to Chinese people.
you are not the only one ROFL
OMGz1122 same 😂 lol
Yep same here
Exactly. Americanized Chinese food is not bad in term of taste.
I think most westerners would be more familiar with Cantonese style dishes originating a lot further South in the Guangdong region. China is a very diverse nation made up of different ethnic groups/languages and cooking cuisines. You shouldn't look at Chinese food as Chinese food in general (cooked all over China) it should be broken down to it's regional settings, Like you do with Italian, Indian, French, Spanish etc...
i don't think so. chinese food is the same on the east coast and south coast
North and south are roughly divided by Qin Mountains and Huai River in the main land. Since a large portion of coast is located south to the mountains and river, food preferences are quite similar from most of part of east to south coast. Places northern would prefer salty and some other stuff. If go farther west, more spicy things await.
By Italian, do you mean Roman? Milano? Tuscan? Sicilian? Etc?
By Indian do you mean Gujarat? Mulu? Punjabi? Etc?
@@unknown_Noname451 Punjabi because that's the Indian word I associate with Indian food
Leek pancake and fried porkchop on rice cakes sounds delicious, why don't we have that made at the "Chinese" restaurants here? I have seen scallion pancakes at Japanese restaurants . . . I would say those two examples would be very palatable to Americans.
damn you should write a blog about it
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Ask a good Chinese restaurant for the things they normally don't serve to Western/white Americans. You'd be surprised by what you can get if you ask.
I once order an EXTREMELY spicy curry at a Thai restaurant when I asked the waitress for the spices they don't normally serve. She turned out to be the wife of the chef and co-owner. I got the spiciest thing they offered, she didn't even let her husband cook it in their house.
Many Chinese/Asian restaurants will have things not on the regular menu that they would be glad to serve you when asked.
try an authentic Chinese restaurant, you will find those types of dishes (the selection depends on which regional cuisine they cook). Best way is the Chinatowns, especially in major cities, the ones frequented by Chinese customers. Here in the New York there are plenty of those types of restaurants
Shanghai is not the right spot to take that test, people tend to be more acceptable for exotic food.
+titanhovey It's not a test, it's a real business, they set up there because they WANT people to accept it.
A safe bet also.
The sky is the limit when your parents have money.
This is like going to America and then market Chinese-style western food (Durian Pizza anyone?) to Americans.
Is that wrong? I would love to try American-Chinese food.
pizza is italian
Isn't durian southeast Asian?
It’s already happened with Korean style corn dogs
I have watch several videos about "Americanized Chinese Foods" & I observed that the majority of dishes are popular & widely eaten here in the Philippines in restaurants, in family meals & special occasions.
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Now we need to bring this Chinese interpretation of American-Chinese food back to the US :D
China has such rich food diversity that southern dishes is different from northern or western part of China. It is still a dish with noodles or rice or whatever, but the way of cooking is different from places to places.
Yeah sadly many Chinese especially those whom aren't in tune; mainly the ones in America are unaware of this since other regions like South East Asia and the UK has a better mix of dialect group cuisine instead of just Cantonese and because of the media lumping the whole of China as just China, implying they are all the same throughout.
shalom1948hellyeah My comment never denied anything of what you said and was actually lambasting the co-owner of the shop (and possibly any others out there with the same thought) for not acknowledging that - for China's size there are sure to be other cuisine around China not just 'Taishanese' labelled as all-China, instead he claims they don't have this or that in the whole of China when he found none in Shanghai. I know the famous slogan of the 8 types of cuisines, however there are even more, just because the tourism websites or government don't state them doesn't mean exactly that; what of the Hakka cuisine, even within a province like Guandong where the Teochew is unknown to many and inFujian we see that the Fuzhounese cuisine is different from the Southern Fujian where the western Fujian is largely ignored. Not only that, many people comparatively know the '4 main types of cuisine' because that was the phrase marketed to public before; now that number turned 8 and sometimes you get the occasional 11 culinary cuisines.
Northwest China Han who has been there since the Han dynasty and Northeast China Han is under the north China cuisine category (Beijing all the way to Heilongjiang) have not been categorise as such, yet, like many others provinces not included into the generalisation project that apparent doesn't have a cuisine or place under their neighbours. Also, I wouldn't go as far as to say China is comprised of multiple 'civilisation' since that is technically untrue rather the discrepancy is mostly due to abundance and vernacular like any other country since even small distances reflect different specialties in food. Lastly, I wouldn't touch a lot on the history about the Qing but the Northeast side was reconquered from the Japanese so it technically isn't inherited neither was the western parts from the Russians; compared to 1820, China is significantly smaller and most of the land was actually conquered by the bulk of the forces and generals whom were Han Chinese bannerman and defectors, there was little need for the Manchu 'overlords' or their Han bureaucracy to do anything and that Kangxi was part Han; the Han bannerman and Manchus (this applies to all ethnicity in China) jump between ethnicity a lot by becoming sinicise or desinicised multiple times until even today.
The concept is not so strange. In America and Canada they have Chinese style Western food in Chinese populated areas. These restaurants serves steaks, pork chops, iced tea. Only that they are Chinese style.
There is chinese steak
From a business perspective this is brilliant!
Exactly! I've been hearing a lot about how the economic and cultural conditions in China are allowing people to have a curiosity about experimentation with things that are different. Especially about experimentation with things that are considered 'western' or 'American'. It is certainly a niche market, but one that can be very successful. What's more is that while we see Americanized Chinese food as inexpensive, it is likely seen as exotic and worthy of spending more money per meal over there.
Our version of Malaysian-chinese food are kinda similar to the American-chinese food. You can find orange chicken, lemon chicken etc in every restaurant in Malaysia here. Hahaha
true true
lemon chicken is chinese too
I have to say, as a Chinese, I sometimes love the tastes of American Chinese food- because they are sweet, not as spicy as authentic Chinese food. More acceptable for me actually.
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Well are you Chinese from China? or did you grew up/born in the US? The reason I ask because maybe your taste have already in tuned with the American Chinese food.
as Cantonese i dont understand what authentic Chinese food means. dont get me wrong, i am just saying that most Chinese food r not spicy.
在外国人吧
you can eat shanghainese food all you want. But the american version of syrup sweetness, it's disgusting
man, 7 years ago China and the US are so friendly towards each other. Things have changed but not for the better :|
I like eating American Chinese food once in a while but I love authentic Chinese food. Less sweet and less oily. Chinese have many varieties from different regions.
Agreed. American Chinese food is kind of a one trick pony where the majority of it is cooked in a wok and will have that same wok flavor for most of the dishes or deep fried. Another disadvantage with American Chinese food is that it is very limited with seafood choices.
If its sweet its Chinese American. If its spicy and salty probably the real chinese food.
Shanghainese food can be kind of sweet
Nope. Not all REAL CHINESE FOOD is Szechuan food or Hunan food which are salty and spicy.
@@in4ser there are also sweet Cantonese and Fuzhou dishes
I'm Chinese, but I love American Chinese food. It's not as bad as those "Real Chinese" claim they are.
You should visit Malaysia and try Malaysian Chinese food. From Malaysia hope to visit America and China soon.
Something tells me that you are a Chinese American
I am going to move to China when I am 30 years old to 35 years old
@@steffydouglas how old r u now?
I saw a few videos of actual Chinese people who traveled to the US and were recorded trying the "Chinese" food that we have here in America.
What I noticed was that the older people tended to say they liked it and the younger ones didn't. I'm not sure if it was just being polite or that they probably lived through the Mao famine, and they were always glad to eat.
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I'm curious, @Powell Lin, what is your favorite American "Chinese" food and what Chinese food would you recommend to Americans?
That's really interesting.
Many of the Chinese food in America that does not exist in China do exist in the Philippines (beef brocoli, chopsuey, egg rolls, Chowmien noodles cooked in American style, orange chicken....etc.)
American Chinese food is not bad... some of the dishes are tasty and authentic too.
the problem is they are all the same... Chinese cuisines are very diverse...
if u want to realize chinese food deeply, u can search ''舌尖上的中国’ which is most famous program in china.
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So, funny! About 10 years ago, I led a group of Chinese vendors through a U.S. tech conference. We did eat at a couple of Chinese restaurants. In general, they liked the food. But, they didn't really think of it as Chinese. The seasonings and sauces were definitely different to the more mild, delicate ones back home. But, the biggest differences were in the proportions and quality of the meats/proteins and vegetables. American "Chinese" is meat-heavy and we feel cheated if there isn't a lot of meat. By contrast, the Chinese term for Chinese food is "Zhongguo cai" - meaning literally "Chinese vegetables". The term meaning to eat a meal is "chi fan" - meaning literally to "eat rice". The Chinese celebrate the vegetable. The Americans see it as a second or third priority.
I read about these guys in the Wall Street Journal, I think. Possibly Business Week.
I love my local Chinese restaurant called Waun Hung low !
Chinese food varies in every American country, in DR we have different foods and in peru, PR and many other countries have their own variations and seasonings.
Really want go there and try, did my research, like is close down 8 years ago
American Chinese food evolved with Chinese immigrants now a hundred years in China Chinese food will evolve from American immigrants bringing American Chinese food and pop culture references
When oriental ciao meets culturally thumbs up!
Yay, fellow Cornellians!
在国外待几年就觉得还不错了
Interesting way of pronouncing the name of the food.
im finna get me some Chinese food now
This is so American taken one nations food changing it then sending it back to that country. It’s so American I love it
Can you bring your cooking to Taiwan? We (Americans) miss American style Chinese food here!!!!
Chinese food look different everywhere Chinese people have settled. There's nothing wrong with American Chinese food I love it!
You can tell the best Chinese places by the number of Chinese customers.
我也觉得应该把中式西餐带进美国和意大利。让他们尝尝黑椒柳牛意面什么的
I'm glad the 'healthy' option failed.
All too often people try to sell 'healthy' food, when in reality it's overpriced, small, bland foods.
hummmmmmmmm nice video..........
That is hilarious. What a paradox
Thats a dam clever idea to open an American style chinese restaurant in the Middle of Shanghai
I love Chinese food.
I absolutely love this video. In California Quik Wok is super popular and the chefs from China had to be trained to make American chinese food too LOL
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I like how 9/10 people who claim to love "Mexican Food" has never had a single tamale. Don't u have at least one Mexican friend ?
Did you know Taco Bell was voted the best Mexican food lol.
no link? you assume mexican friend will cool tamale for others
RIP Fortune Cookie Restaurant. The only I read is that Fung Lam decided to come back to the US and start a family
It's similar to UK Chinese food
I have never seen a chinese breakfast place beside dim sum from a chinese person
This is actually Guandong food
Wrong. American food
It’s pronounced so.
American Chinese food is like Hawaiian pizza w pineapple
I will give it 2 years top.
Hey That's the channel 1 dude
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Plot twist, its not really china, its america
Explains why they all speak english
It just a different countries take on a different culture thats it.
Seth Doane, I didn’t see West food in China.
I wonder if any Indians have likewise attempted to pitch Indianized Chinese food in China.
What are they
ha it ends on 4:20 ha no one here is mlg they dont deserve to do that
GAY
that reporter looks like Brad Pitt
I respect the chinese food but American Chinese Food is mad good tho.😂
That is chinese apostate food
Tao is a swearing word
The hell is this? It's like I brought some Fettuccine Alfredo and some badly made gross pizza to Milan and have my relatives and friends like it? Nope...
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American-Chinese Cuisine grew out of the American-Chinese experience. To insult it and call it a less "authentic" cuisine is a slap in the face to the hard-working people who made it a staple of American culture. It's like calling Jazz a less "authentic" form of music, or Hip Hop a less "authentic" form of dance. On behalf of all those immigrants and immigrant-born Americans, I would like to give a truly "authentic" fuck you.
Prick.
+Joss Goyanko yea it is basically chinese food- amercianised. That is bad. The same way sushi such as california rolls are bad as well.
+Righteousfangs There isn't anything bad about it, it is food that has been transmuted from it's original form to be something new. People all around the world do it to food from other places.
Chinese-Americans make good food
It is not about Americanized Chinese food tastes good or bad. If a restaurant does not serve real authentic Chinese food, why is it stilled called Chinese restaurant/cuisine? Irresponsible naming delivers huge misconceptions to customers.
+osp80 In general people just use the term "Authentic Chinese food" to represent the type of food most people eat in China, even though there is no strict definition of it. Here (www.yelp.com/list/authentic-chinese-restaurants-san-gabriel-4?start=70) is a list of Authentic Chinese Restaurants from Yelp, no Americanized Chinese restaurant is on it.
osp80 No. what *ukyee* said is correct. The word that shouldn't be in there is "Authentic". Americanized Chinese food isn't authentic anymore as it lost its authenticity when they started modifying it. That's plain simple.
for the same reason we consider Chicago deep dish and chicken parm hero Italian food. It's an homage to the homeland of which the cuisine is rooted. You cant win with SJW's. if we call it American its cultural appropriation, if we don't its "irresponsible". It goes without saying that the majority of Americans know Chinese take out is a domestic rendition.
@@Ax1oM11oo Some so called traditional dishes in China probably have been changed throughout the centuries specially if the dish contains corn tomatoes potatoes peppers
Even Cantonese food not as greasy as americanised Chinese food, not that sweet for authentic Cantonese food
This is weird..do they not know that there are location cuisine. Most American-Chinese food is Guangdong based. Maybe in NY. That is more Shanghai. The spicy food is from Szechuan. All they're doing is mixing all region food...smh 🙄
Yes, they are mixing the regional styles of Chinese cuisine. However, it's just the style and cooking technique. The recipes and ingredients were developed here in the states over about the past 80 years or so. These are not foods and flavor profiles that would be on menus in any part of China.
American Chinese food i luv
Why are they ok with wrecking the pronunciation of the Chinese food?They should take the time to pronounce it right
They need to make a living so changed chinese food to American palate, American Chinese food sounds gross, don't have Chinese food like that in NZ as well.
sadly... they clsed down
I just want to know if they imported MSG for the food as well?
Lol at the americans
The ppl in china need to try pizza
They have pizza. Pizza Hut is in China.
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Put some respek on americamized Chinese food! Lol
佛哦
Best food is Malaysian chinese.
Which one
@@chadchan1316 Everything
I lived in China for 5 years. Let me tell you I prefer American Chinese food much more than the authentic food in China.
Should be renamed "Taking Cantonese style food to South China
+Master Chief It's not even Cantonese. It's just a poor imitation of a composite, superficial, and threadbare impression of Chinese food.
govahnator Chinese food are not the same....
Master Chief No shit. But none contains an Americanized crap like egg roll.
Canton/Guangdong is in Southern China
It's american food
You guys just dont know what to look for
Educated chinese americans prefer authentic chinese food.
this white reporter butchered those pronounciation
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Cultural Appropriation!
Oh wait.... I'm very confused....
it's not american style actually it's cantonese style, most shops were opened by cantonese in early history in americas, so you are actually eating cantonese food, most chinese don't know what cantonese eat that's all, their taste is mild and on the sweet side. with cheap fair one has to consider what one can afford to put in a dish, not much margin to go with really. they 've not been able to go up in price for years.
American Chinese food is the antithesis of Cantonese cuisine
@@chadchan1316 "CUISINE" is a big word, am just referring to daily food and cooking, i.e. any chinese would eat it , it's simplified cooking, most are on the mild and sweet side, well unless you order a sechuan or kungpao or hunan spicy or something. by the way hunan is not easy to make, most restaurant don't have it
what a disgrace. i guess it's to attract americans.
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I'm sure Dog and cat tastes better than kung pao chicken or Mongolian beef?
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I miss bat soup and pegalin stew
Nice try being funny you idiot, majority of the population doesn’t eat that.