White Woman Slammed For Opening 'Clean' Chinese Restaurant (suspect, racism, crime)

[rbohm]

Originally Posted by silverkris

I'm a Chinese American. California native, lived in NYC in the past.

Look, restaurant food in general isn't made to be healthy - and that's applicable to a lot of cuisines and eateries of all sorts. A lot of Chinese restaurant (especially takeout) food (which is a part of the NYC culture) is generally salt, sugar and oil laden because it tastes good and it's relatively cheap. It has little resemblence to what most Chinese folks eat at home.

I don't have any problem with her opening this shop. Let the market decide. Unfortunately she kind of stepped into a ****storm with her marketing efforts.

i will you one further, the "chinese food" we eat in this country is mostly of american design to begin with. meaning it was created in this country, in san francisco in the china town district.

[StillwaterTownie]

Originally Posted by Retroit

I’m Italian and I’m offended by vegetarian pizza.

Then don't be stupid enough to eat any.

[StillwaterTownie]

I simply equate clean food with a clean kitchen and clean waiters, so you shouldn't need to vomit after eating.

[Fifty Seven]

Originally Posted by StillwaterTownie

I simply equate clean food with a clean kitchen and clean waiters, so you shouldn't need to vomit after eating.

That's bulimic insensitive!

[Daryl_G]

Originally Posted by Oakformonday

I'm going to NYC this summer. Will try to check it out. Less 'heavy' Chinese food sounds good to me. Regardless, not sure what the outrage is about. I think people have become too sensitive.

It won’t be any good. There is a reason actual Chinese people (talking 1st gen here) don’t go to American Chinese restaurants outside of a select few. Because t ain’t Chinese food, it’s American food. No one in China has heard of a General Tso chicken or Orange chicken. No one in China orders a quart of meat and no roc or vegetable, American’s do.

I think her resturant will fail not because of SJW but because Americans like the over salted and sweet sauces in American Chinese food. Hell I think it’s much better with MSG. Also we don’t like paying a lot for Chinese food, it’s sit down fast food really.

[Eumaois]

Like race relations in this country is/are not bad enough already.

[BigDGeek]

OH gawd, "clean eating" means something completely different to affluent white people. It doesn't mean "Chinese food is dirty."


Basically to "clean eating" freaks, MOST food is "dirty."

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by rbohm

i will you one further, the "chinese food" we eat in this country is mostly of american design to begin with. meaning it was created in this country, in san francisco in the china town district.

Yup.

There are places in NYC (and other metro areas like SF, LA) which have pretty authentic Chinese regional cuisines. This particular one (and most carryouts in NYC) are Americanized.

[Oakformonday]

Originally Posted by Daryl_G

It won’t be any good. There is a reason actual Chinese people (talking 1st gen here) don’t go to American Chinese restaurants outside of a select few. Because t ain’t Chinese food, it’s American food. No one in China has heard of a General Tso chicken or Orange chicken. No one in China orders a quart of meat and no roc or vegetable, American’s do.

I think her resturant will fail not because of SJW but because Americans like the over salted and sweet sauces in American Chinese food. Hell I think it’s much better with MSG. Also we don’t like paying a lot for Chinese food, it’s sit down fast food really.

I understand that the majority of Chinese restaurants cater to the American diet and are not "authentic" Chinese food. Yes, it is essentially fast food. I live in an area with a high Chinese and Chinese-American population. I've had the real stuff at local restaurants where nothing is in English. It's very good. To me, I was reading the restaurant in NYC as being more real and "clean." As in, not full of fat, salt, and yes, stuff like Orange Chicken. I haven't seen the menu so this is all conjecture.

She's taking a risk. The margins are slim in this business so I wish her luck.

[Brave New World]

Originally Posted by rbohm

i will you one further, the "chinese food" we eat in this country is mostly of american design to begin with. meaning it was created in this country, in san francisco in the china town district.

I totally agree, what we eat in the west is often very different to actual chinese or other cusine, so there's no reason for all this nonsense.

Then again SJW's need something to complain about and to bravely attack on mass using twitter.