Why is the West obsessed with Chinese food?
As well as Asian food in general?
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We want tasty, cheap, fast, unhealthy foods...
And Asians have done a great job of setting up networks to adapt to that, probably in part due to their immigrations out of their counties and not integrating into the new countries, but integrating their foods, which some have suggested is the best way to get accepted into a new area.
Also, from what I've heard, what most westerns call Chinese foods, is 90% all from one Providence of China. Which I've heard that Providence is not even the most influence on the Chinese rela food.
In other words, what Westerns call Chinese food, is probably not what a majority of China eats...
And Asians have done a great job of setting up networks to adapt to that, probably in part due to their immigrations out of their counties and not integrating into the new countries, but integrating their foods, which some have suggested is the best way to get accepted into a new area.
Also, from what I've heard, what most westerns call Chinese foods, is 90% all from one Providence of China. Which I've heard that Providence is not even the most influence on the Chinese rela food.
In other words, what Westerns call Chinese food, is probably not what a majority of China eats...
uikakarotuevegeta · 26-30
@sstronaut well that's mainly East Asians and Middle East, but other Asians can and do adapt quite well
They do that to suit local tastes in order to make more money, as they know authentic food isn't appealing, at least not until the last I'd say 2 decades where young people prefer authenticity.
And you're right about Americanized Chinese food mainly being from 1 province, which would be Guangdong. That's where major cities like Hong Kong and Shenzhen are located, and where most earlier Chinese immigrated from to the West.
Guangdong is also where Cantonese is more dominant than Mandarin, yet the people there are still assimilated to the rest of the Chinese identity, unlike Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia.
They do that to suit local tastes in order to make more money, as they know authentic food isn't appealing, at least not until the last I'd say 2 decades where young people prefer authenticity.
And you're right about Americanized Chinese food mainly being from 1 province, which would be Guangdong. That's where major cities like Hong Kong and Shenzhen are located, and where most earlier Chinese immigrated from to the West.
Guangdong is also where Cantonese is more dominant than Mandarin, yet the people there are still assimilated to the rest of the Chinese identity, unlike Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia.