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You have a point, but sometimes bacon is improved with cheese...
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it's not bad. but the cultures you're merging will tend to be offended if you start suggesting that you've experienced whatever theirs is thru that merged version.
I'm not offended when someone eats Chinese food... or makes it. Why would I be? I think it's delicious and everyone should try it. Well, maybe in moderation, because American Chinese food is.... very loaded with extra flavours and seasonings that Americans like and that can be unhealthy if you eat too much of it.
Of course, if someone who isn't Chinese claimed that their Chinese food was 'genuine', that would be a bit irritating.
 
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calling panda express chinese food to someone who is chinese tends to rub them the wrong way. It's as chinese as Taco Bell is mexican.

in other words, it's not really.
I have had both genuine Chinese food cooked by my grandparents and American style Chinese food from restauraunts... they are both tasty in their own way. I don't understand why people are bothered by it. Are the people running your restauraunts claiming that they are Chinese when they are not?
 
I have had both genuine Chinese food from my grandparents and American style Chinese food... they are both tasty in their own way. I don't understand why people are bothered by it. Are the people running your restauraunts claiming that they are Chinese when they are not?

it's not a question of taste. it's the conversation you have with people actually from china that will happen frequently in places where there is a large population (or with any ethnic group you're discussing their food with) ... and suggesting you've had chinese food because you've had some americanized version of it.

that irks them. Because you really haven't.

Now... do i care if it's not "authentic" not in the slightest. I dont eat to experience cultures.. i eat things i think will be yummy. I'm not interested in the whole authenticity of the food or experience.
 
not saying it's right or wrong.. just what actually happens.
There are regional differences in how it's made. Chinese food in Europe is not made the same than in China. Like more pork less chicken for example.
"Black forest" cake is very different in France than how it's made in Germany. And according to some French I know, various french stuff is very different in the states.

Eventually, it's how you like it. If it's good, it's good. And if you travel to where it's from, then you get the original. All good.
 
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