Does Chinese food taste different depending on where u live?

whenever i eat chinese food like in riverdale or nj it tastes alot better than in brooklyn has anyone noticed this?

Taste of Chinese food differs significantly from country to country, even within China itself; for instance a plate of YangZhou Fried Rice would taste different in HongKong than Guangzhou – both destinations are Cantonese too.

Although the method of cooking is similiar, slight differences in ingredients used, alter it significantly. Best YangZhou Fried Rice IN THE WORLD? For me, it is the "HongKong Noodle House" in KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – I understand from the locals there the restaurant has been around for decades.

10 Responses to “Does Chinese food taste different depending on where u live?”

  1. Shakesperean. on March 10th, 2010 at 8:42 pm

    yes. depends really on the chinese restaurants and the cooks and how well the cook it.
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  2. abstractfallacy2003 on March 10th, 2010 at 8:54 pm

    Chinese food tastes like crap no matter where I’m at.
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  3. yeah i reckon, u know its not real chinese when the fried rice has carrots in it lol
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  4. Actually, there isn’t a big variant within the U.S. because we have access to almost everything. The diffences would be from country to country depending on what is available locally and what the Chinese cook can incorporate into his cooking.

    Once a cuisine leave the confines of its home borders it begins to mutate.
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  5. well actually Chinese food in Peru is f-ing delicious cause it’s like mixed with the local dishes there and the flavor is just amazing. trust me, if you ever get the chance to go there, try it, you’ll thank me for it later.
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  6. chinese food tastes different depending on who cooks it. if you’re buying from a take out restaurant, it’s most likely not real chinese food, but a version that the owners feel will appeal to american people. if you eat with a chinese family, you will see that the food is much different, as will it be in a restaurant that is intended for chinese people.
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  7. Taste of Chinese food differs significantly from country to country, even within China itself; for instance a plate of YangZhou Fried Rice would taste different in HongKong than Guangzhou – both destinations are Cantonese too.

    Although the method of cooking is similiar, slight differences in ingredients used, alter it significantly. Best YangZhou Fried Rice IN THE WORLD? For me, it is the "HongKong Noodle House" in KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – I understand from the locals there the restaurant has been around for decades.
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  8. first ff all, there is no real singular "chinese food" as every region in china has its own cuisine almost like that of another country by itslef. and of course everything depends on the cook more than it depends on the place. it could simply be you are lucky to find better chefs in riverdale or nj than in new york.
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  9. Yes it does, not all chefs are alike. I am from CA, when I visited NY and had some Chinese food I didn’t like it at all. I was in Chinatown but it didn’t taste like the Chinese food that I was used to eating. My cousins from NY even mention how bad the Chinese food was there, but I had to taste it for myself. Major difference to me.
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  10. Yes it tasted a LOT better from this place in KY than from another place in my hometown. The stuff from KY was so good it was almost addictive and the stuff from my hometown was barely edible!
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