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Yada, yada, yada. Do you think your kitchen at home would pass a health inspection? You can't serve your home-cooked food to the public because health officials have very good reasons to suspect not.
I think mine would pass. I for sure don't have any roaches or rodents in it, and it's clean.
And more importantly the FDA, doctors and scientists have spoken and every link that you posted will tell you the same thing:
Chinese restaurant syndrome
Chinese restaurant syndrome is a set of symptoms that some people have after eating Chinese food. A food additive called monosodium glutamate (MSG) has been blamed for the condition. However, this has not been proven to be the cause.
Causes Reports of serious reactions to Chinese food first appeared in 1968. At that time, MSG was thought to be the cause of these symptoms. There have been many studies since then that have failed to show a connection between MSG and the symptoms some people describe.
For this reason, MSG continues to be used in some meals. However, it is possible that some people are particularly sensitive to food additives. MSG is chemically similar to one of the brain's most important chemicals, glutamate.
Even in many of those Chinese restaurants serving Americanized Chinese food, you can often order more authentic Chinese dishes not on the menu, just ask the owner / waiters.
Even in many of those Chinese restaurants serving Americanized Chinese food, you can often order more authentic Chinese dishes not on the menu, just ask the owner / waiters.
I have tried that. They often suddenly have a difficulty in communication.
Not fading out here in Northern California. If anything, more establishments are opening up, catering to different tastes, price ranges, and demographic groups.
When Szechuan came on board around 1972 my liking for Cantonese, i.e. American style Chinese a that time dropped.
Obviously Cantonese cooking had the most early influences on development of American style Chinese food but it has also long adopted/absorbed western versions of other regions of China including Sichuan, Hunan, Shandong, Taiwan, Fujian, and Beijing.
What you won't find in Guangdong (Canton) is people sitting around eating the classic American Chinese food dish beef & broccoli. They have adapted some westernized cooking habits (like using corn starch for some dishes) but I've yet to see broccoli in China.
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Originally Posted by vision33r
Any Asian knows Thai dishes are overrated because portions are small, cheap ingredients, and expensive these days because Americans thinks it's trendy.
Asian here who speaks Chinese and has lived in Thailand. I have no idea what you're talking about.
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