我听说美国中餐馆的中餐不像中国的正宗中餐。是这样吗？如果是，两者有什么区别？
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"地道"纯属扯淡。你真以为美国中餐之所以是现在这个味道，是因为厨师们无论如何努力都做不正宗吗？中国的中国厨师使用本地食材、迎合本地口味。美国的中国厨师也是如此。
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Yuck, just by the looks of it.
As someone from General Tso’s home town, we apply chili to almost all our dishes.
Our fish:
Our chicken:
Our beef:
Our eggs:
Our children’s treats:
光是看着就恶心。
作为来自左宗棠家乡的人，我们几乎每道菜都放辣椒。
我们的鱼：
我们的鸡：
我们的牛肉：
我们的鸡蛋：
我们给孩子的零食：
The sauce and vinegar used in American General Tso’s chicken would be illegal in the kitchens native to General Tso’s hometown.
The simplistic explaination would be, oh those dumb Americans can’t handle authentic Chinese food so it had to be changed.
But is that all?
美式左宗棠鸡用的酱汁和醋，在左宗棠家乡的厨房里是绝对禁止使用的。
简单粗暴的解释可能是：哦，那些愚蠢的美国人吃不了正宗中餐，所以必须改良。
但事情真的这么简单吗？
"1.66 million square kilometers of Chinese territory and you’re just giving it away?"
Through his petition, Tso earned the royal decree to fight a private war against Russia and take back xinjiang.
"166万平方公里的中国领土，你们说放弃就放弃？"
通过上书，左宗棠获得圣旨，得以发动私人战争对抗俄国、收复新疆。
This should be viewed as an authentic new development in the history of Chinese cuisine, a story of patriotism even, and just because it isn’t a dish that can be found in mainland China, doesn’t take anything away from it.
这应被视为中餐史上真正的新发展，甚至是一段爱国故事。不能因为它在中国大陆吃不到就否定它的价值。
Rik Elswit
Authenticity is bullshit. Do you really think Chinese food in the US tastes the way it does because, try as they might, they just couldn’t get it right? The Chinese chefs in China work with local ingredients and cook to local tastes. So do the Chineses chefs in the US. These are businesses and they do their best to satisfy their customers.
"地道"纯属扯淡。你真以为美国中餐之所以是现在这个味道，是因为厨师们无论如何努力都做不正宗吗？中国的中国厨师使用本地食材、迎合本地口味。美国的中国厨师也是如此。这些都是生意，他们都在尽力满足顾客需求。
Authenticity is bullshit. Do you really think Chinese food in the US tastes the way it does because, try as they might, they just couldn’t get it right? The Chinese chefs in China work with local ingredients and cook to local tastes. So do the Chineses chefs in the US. These are businesses and they do their best to satisfy their customers.
"地道"纯属扯淡。你真以为美国中餐之所以是现在这个味道，是因为厨师们无论如何努力都做不正宗吗？中国的中国厨师使用本地食材、迎合本地口味。美国的中国厨师也是如此。这些都是生意，他们都在尽力满足顾客需求。
Jesuan Wu
Chinese food in Chinese restaurants where the Americans go is not like authentic Chinese food in China.
For example:
WTF is a General Tso’s chicken?
美国人光顾的中餐馆里的中国菜，和地道的中国本土中餐并不一样。
比如：
左宗棠鸡到底是什么鬼？
Chinese food in Chinese restaurants where the Americans go is not like authentic Chinese food in China.
For example:
WTF is a General Tso’s chicken?
美国人光顾的中餐馆里的中国菜，和地道的中国本土中餐并不一样。
比如：
左宗棠鸡到底是什么鬼？
Yuck, just by the looks of it.
As someone from General Tso’s home town, we apply chili to almost all our dishes.
Our fish:
Our chicken:
Our beef:
Our eggs:
Our children’s treats:
光是看着就恶心。
作为来自左宗棠家乡的人，我们几乎每道菜都放辣椒。
我们的鱼：
我们的鸡：
我们的牛肉：
我们的鸡蛋：
我们给孩子的零食：
The sauce and vinegar used in American General Tso’s chicken would be illegal in the kitchens native to General Tso’s hometown.
The simplistic explaination would be, oh those dumb Americans can’t handle authentic Chinese food so it had to be changed.
But is that all?
美式左宗棠鸡用的酱汁和醋，在左宗棠家乡的厨房里是绝对禁止使用的。
简单粗暴的解释可能是：哦，那些愚蠢的美国人吃不了正宗中餐，所以必须改良。
但事情真的这么简单吗？
It was the 19th century. The Empire of China was reeling from its shock encounters with the more advanced Western colonial powers.
Faced with an increasingly aggressive Japan infiltrating the Chinese protectorate of Korea, and a rebellion in xinjiang backed by Tsar Russia, the Chinese court went into heated debate on which way to go:
An expedition to the West or a modernized navy?
The empire only had enough resource for one.
那是19世纪。中华帝国正因遭遇更先进的西方列强而陷入困境。
面对日益猖獗的日本对朝鲜藩属国的渗透，以及沙俄支持的新疆叛乱，清廷就发展方向展开激烈辩论：
是西征还是建设现代化海军？
帝国资源只够选择其一。
Faced with an increasingly aggressive Japan infiltrating the Chinese protectorate of Korea, and a rebellion in xinjiang backed by Tsar Russia, the Chinese court went into heated debate on which way to go:
An expedition to the West or a modernized navy?
The empire only had enough resource for one.
那是19世纪。中华帝国正因遭遇更先进的西方列强而陷入困境。
面对日益猖獗的日本对朝鲜藩属国的渗透，以及沙俄支持的新疆叛乱，清廷就发展方向展开激烈辩论：
是西征还是建设现代化海军？
帝国资源只够选择其一。
As the court almost reached an consensus to abandon xinjiang to the Russians, for it was barren and not as close and important as Korea to the Chinese heartland, one man stood out to oppose it, Tso.
当朝廷几乎达成共识要将贫瘠且不如朝鲜重要的新疆拱手让给俄国时，一个人站出来反对——左宗棠。
当朝廷几乎达成共识要将贫瘠且不如朝鲜重要的新疆拱手让给俄国时，一个人站出来反对——左宗棠。
"1.66 million square kilometers of Chinese territory and you’re just giving it away?"
Through his petition, Tso earned the royal decree to fight a private war against Russia and take back xinjiang.
"166万平方公里的中国领土，你们说放弃就放弃？"
通过上书，左宗棠获得圣旨，得以发动私人战争对抗俄国、收复新疆。
Tso used the decree and his social networking to secure British funding for his campaign, as UK through India also wanted to expand to xinjiang, or at the very least stop the Russian advance in xinjiang that may threaten British India.
With the British funding and more importantly military neutrality secured, Tso famously trimmed his forces instead of blostering it, to only those who were willing to fight to the death, and launched his attack into the Western deserts carrying his own coffin on the vanguard.
左宗棠利用圣旨和人脉获得英国资助，因为英国也想通过印度扩张到新疆，或至少阻止俄国在新疆的推进以免威胁英属印度。
获得英国资金和至关重要的军事中立保证后，左宗棠著名地精简部队——只留下誓死效忠的将士，并抬棺西征。
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With the British funding and more importantly military neutrality secured, Tso famously trimmed his forces instead of blostering it, to only those who were willing to fight to the death, and launched his attack into the Western deserts carrying his own coffin on the vanguard.
左宗棠利用圣旨和人脉获得英国资助，因为英国也想通过印度扩张到新疆，或至少阻止俄国在新疆的推进以免威胁英属印度。
获得英国资金和至关重要的军事中立保证后，左宗棠著名地精简部队——只留下誓死效忠的将士，并抬棺西征。
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While the well-funded resistance against Japan eventually failed and Korea became two completely foreign countries, the free and private campaign into xinjiang, a territory that’s 1/6 of China, made sure that it stays firmly under Chinese control till this day.
尽管对日抗战最终失败、朝鲜分裂为两个外国，但这场自发的新疆征战——这片占中国六分之一的土地——确保其至今牢牢掌握在中国手中。
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尽管对日抗战最终失败、朝鲜分裂为两个外国，但这场自发的新疆征战——这片占中国六分之一的土地——确保其至今牢牢掌握在中国手中。
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In the year 1952, the defeated Chinese government in Taiwan received the visit of the commander of the US 7th fleet. The official chef Peng Changgui, who’s also from Hunan, General Tso’s province, invented this dish for the welcome dinner and called it General Tso’s chicken.Now we don’t know if he made it sweet and sour to cater to the American, or the Zhejiang leadership of the Chinese government at the time, or he simply couldn’t get his hands on good chili as Taiwanese didn’t eat spicy, or maybe that he just chose the name in honor of the hero who fought back Russian backed rebellion, which was how the Chinese government in Taiwan and Peng himself must have viewed the new communist government in Beijing.
1952年，败退台湾（地区）的国民政府接待美国第七舰队司令。同样来自湖南的官厨彭长贵为欢迎晚宴创制这道菜并命名为"左宗棠鸡"。我们无从得知他做成酸甜口是为迎合美国人、当时浙江籍的政府高层，还是因为台湾（地区）人不吃辣找不到好辣椒，亦或是为纪念这位抗击俄援叛乱的英雄——这想必是台湾（地区）当局和彭本人对BJ新政权的看法。
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1952年，败退台湾（地区）的国民政府接待美国第七舰队司令。同样来自湖南的官厨彭长贵为欢迎晚宴创制这道菜并命名为"左宗棠鸡"。我们无从得知他做成酸甜口是为迎合美国人、当时浙江籍的政府高层，还是因为台湾（地区）人不吃辣找不到好辣椒，亦或是为纪念这位抗击俄援叛乱的英雄——这想必是台湾（地区）当局和彭本人对BJ新政权的看法。
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In the 1970s, Peng moved to the US, and with him General Tso’s chicken.
1970年代，彭长贵移居美国，左宗棠鸡随之传入。
1970年代，彭长贵移居美国，左宗棠鸡随之传入。
This should be viewed as an authentic new development in the history of Chinese cuisine, a story of patriotism even, and just because it isn’t a dish that can be found in mainland China, doesn’t take anything away from it.
这应被视为中餐史上真正的新发展，甚至是一段爱国故事。不能因为它在中国大陆吃不到就否定它的价值。
Americans should take pride with this part of our shared history. Next time if your Chinese friends tell you that American Chinese food isn’t real Chinese food, school em.
美国人应当为这段共同历史感到自豪。下次若有中国朋友说美式中餐不地道，好好给他们上一课。
美国人应当为这段共同历史感到自豪。下次若有中国朋友说美式中餐不地道，好好给他们上一课。
Ernest
Ingredients, among other things. A waitress in California once whispered to me that the hot and sour soup was really supposed to have blood in it, but it wasn't allowed in America. You won't find any dog or snake, either. You can't get all the right vegetables or spices, either. Indians have the same problem trying to make Indian food in the USA.
食材是关键。加州一位女服务员曾悄悄告诉我，酸辣汤本该加血，但在美国不允许。你也找不到狗肉或蛇肉，也买不到所有正宗的蔬菜和香料。印度人在美国做印度菜也面临同样问题。
Ingredients, among other things. A waitress in California once whispered to me that the hot and sour soup was really supposed to have blood in it, but it wasn't allowed in America. You won't find any dog or snake, either. You can't get all the right vegetables or spices, either. Indians have the same problem trying to make Indian food in the USA.
食材是关键。加州一位女服务员曾悄悄告诉我，酸辣汤本该加血，但在美国不允许。你也找不到狗肉或蛇肉，也买不到所有正宗的蔬菜和香料。印度人在美国做印度菜也面临同样问题。
Alistair Riddoch
My city (nearest major city, that I used to visit often) included a "Chinatown" neighbourhood.
The region, Toronto, has a large Asian population, a lot of importing, exporting, and electronics. ITs great.
Some of the restaurants downtown are very authentic Chinese food.
我所在城市(常去的最近大城市)有个"唐人街"社区。
多伦多地区有大量亚裔人口，进出口贸易和电子产业发达。很棒。
市中心有些餐馆提供非常地道的中餐。
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My city (nearest major city, that I used to visit often) included a "Chinatown" neighbourhood.
The region, Toronto, has a large Asian population, a lot of importing, exporting, and electronics. ITs great.
Some of the restaurants downtown are very authentic Chinese food.
我所在城市(常去的最近大城市)有个"唐人街"社区。
多伦多地区有大量亚裔人口，进出口贸易和电子产业发达。很棒。
市中心有些餐馆提供非常地道的中餐。
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One we visited was the size of a grocery store inside. Very large. The table we were taken to was one of 4 that had non-Asians. It was a buffet, so you could see all the available dishes, unlike a menu restaurant where you would be a little less fully-aware of all dishes.
One of the dishes was fried chicken claws. Not something you see in "regular people Chinese food stores".
我们去过一家餐馆，内部有杂货店那么大。非常宽敞。我们被带到的餐桌是四张非亚裔顾客餐桌之一。因为是自助餐，你能看到所有菜品，不像点餐式餐厅对菜品了解有限。
有道菜是炸鸡爪。在"普通中餐馆"可看不到这个。
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One of the dishes was fried chicken claws. Not something you see in "regular people Chinese food stores".
我们去过一家餐馆，内部有杂货店那么大。非常宽敞。我们被带到的餐桌是四张非亚裔顾客餐桌之一。因为是自助餐，你能看到所有菜品，不像点餐式餐厅对菜品了解有限。
有道菜是炸鸡爪。在"普通中餐馆"可看不到这个。
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(NOTE: I have worked for one of those "regular people Chines food stores" in Mississauga, for a few months as driver. Fried chicken claws were definitely not on the menu).
The reason I remember the chicken claws dish is that, the table next to ours, which had two "white-guys", early twenties, in golf shirts, havin' a good 'ol time, were playing Dancing Feet with the chicken claws on the edge of their plates, having taken some from the buffet, but not intending to actually eat them.
(注：我曾在密西沙加一家"普通中餐馆"当过几个月司机。菜单上绝对没有炸鸡爪。)
我之所以记得鸡爪这道菜，是因为邻桌两个穿高尔夫衫、二十出头的白人小伙，虽然从自助餐取了鸡爪放在盘边，却只是拿来玩"跳舞脚"游戏，根本没打算吃。
The reason I remember the chicken claws dish is that, the table next to ours, which had two "white-guys", early twenties, in golf shirts, havin' a good 'ol time, were playing Dancing Feet with the chicken claws on the edge of their plates, having taken some from the buffet, but not intending to actually eat them.
(注：我曾在密西沙加一家"普通中餐馆"当过几个月司机。菜单上绝对没有炸鸡爪。)
我之所以记得鸡爪这道菜，是因为邻桌两个穿高尔夫衫、二十出头的白人小伙，虽然从自助餐取了鸡爪放在盘边，却只是拿来玩"跳舞脚"游戏，根本没打算吃。
Just based on the contrast between the food I've seen in Asian restaurants with almost exclusively Asian customers... and Asian restaurants selling "Chinese Food"... I think it safe to say that "Consumer-centric" menus are definitely a thing.
Yes, there is a difference between "Chinese food" and "the food in China". The menu you see is missing a bunch of stuff, and other stuff has been changed a bit here and there. It is catered to your tastes.
仅凭我在几乎全是亚裔顾客的亚洲餐馆看到的食物...与售卖"中餐"的亚洲餐馆的对比...可以说"以消费者为中心"的菜单确实存在。
是的，"中餐"和"中国的食物"有区别。你看到的菜单缺了不少东西，其他菜品也做了各种调整。这都是为了迎合你的口味。
Yes, there is a difference between "Chinese food" and "the food in China". The menu you see is missing a bunch of stuff, and other stuff has been changed a bit here and there. It is catered to your tastes.
仅凭我在几乎全是亚裔顾客的亚洲餐馆看到的食物...与售卖"中餐"的亚洲餐馆的对比...可以说"以消费者为中心"的菜单确实存在。
是的，"中餐"和"中国的食物"有区别。你看到的菜单缺了不少东西，其他菜品也做了各种调整。这都是为了迎合你的口味。
John Donivan
San Francisco area here.
Our favorite place has a special Chinese menu that the owner translated for us once. Stuff like boiled cat stomachs on it - I exaggerate, of course. But food that most Chinese people don't even want.
旧金山地区报道。
我们最喜欢的餐馆有份特别中文菜单，老板曾为我们翻译过。上面有煮猫肚之类的菜——当然我夸张了。但大多是连中国人都不想吃的东西。
San Francisco area here.
Our favorite place has a special Chinese menu that the owner translated for us once. Stuff like boiled cat stomachs on it - I exaggerate, of course. But food that most Chinese people don't even want.
旧金山地区报道。
我们最喜欢的餐馆有份特别中文菜单，老板曾为我们翻译过。上面有煮猫肚之类的菜——当然我夸张了。但大多是连中国人都不想吃的东西。
The staff barely speaks English, MANY events like Chinese New Year and weddings are held there, Chinese people will say it is like home and that's good enough for me. We went to a Chinese wedding quite a long time ago and the restaurant had about two thousand people in it. We walked past banquet after banquet room on the way to OUR banquet of around 500. Traditional Chinese Wedding menu, chosen by Chinese people, cooked by Chinese people. In fact, I have been to three such weddings and again, that's good enough for me.
员工几乎不会说英语，许多春节、婚礼等活动都在那里举办，中国人说那里有家的感觉，这对我来说就够了。很久前我们参加过一个中式婚礼，餐馆里约有2000人。去往500人规模的宴会厅途中，我们经过一个又一个宴厅。传统中式婚宴菜单，由中国人选择，中国人烹饪。事实上我参加过三次这样的婚礼，这足以让我信服。
员工几乎不会说英语，许多春节、婚礼等活动都在那里举办，中国人说那里有家的感觉，这对我来说就够了。很久前我们参加过一个中式婚礼，餐馆里约有2000人。去往500人规模的宴会厅途中，我们经过一个又一个宴厅。传统中式婚宴菜单，由中国人选择，中国人烹饪。事实上我参加过三次这样的婚礼，这足以让我信服。
Same goes (Online) for, "There's no 'authentic' Mexican food. But our restaurant in Oakland takes great care to serve regional Mexican cuisine of all kinds and is light years away from Tex-Mex.
I think the complainers mostly have lousy taste in restaurants. These are the same people searching for "Best Pizza" as though such a thing even ExiSTS.
You sit down, ya eat the food, ya pay the bill and say TYVM. Ya don't like it go someplace else.
同理(线上)："没有'地道'墨西哥菜。但我们奥克兰的餐厅精心供应各种地区性墨西哥菜，与Tex-Mex有天壤之别。"
我认为抱怨者大多不懂挑选餐厅。这些人还会搜索"最佳披萨"，好像真存在这种东西似的。
你坐下，吃东西，付账说谢谢。不喜欢就去别处。
I think the complainers mostly have lousy taste in restaurants. These are the same people searching for "Best Pizza" as though such a thing even ExiSTS.
You sit down, ya eat the food, ya pay the bill and say TYVM. Ya don't like it go someplace else.
同理(线上)："没有'地道'墨西哥菜。但我们奥克兰的餐厅精心供应各种地区性墨西哥菜，与Tex-Mex有天壤之别。"
我认为抱怨者大多不懂挑选餐厅。这些人还会搜索"最佳披萨"，好像真存在这种东西似的。
你坐下，吃东西，付账说谢谢。不喜欢就去别处。
Douglas Chapel
I have visited China twice, once in 2007 and again in 2017. Both trips were for about a week and a half, involved time in Shanghai and Beijing, and were pretty much for tourist purposes. I don't pretend that this makes me some kind of expert on anything related to China, but it's still more direct exposure to the country that most Americans (and probably most Westerners) have. And I will note that I'm pretty adventurous when it comes to food, especially in more exotic locales — I wasn't just looking for really safe food options on these trips.
我曾两次造访中国，2007年和2017年各一次。每次约十天，到过上海和北京，基本是旅游性质。我不认为这让我成为什么中国通，但比大多数美国人(可能多数西方人)有更直接的接触。需要说明的是，我对食物相当敢于尝试，尤其在异国他乡——这两次旅行我并非只选择安全食物。
I have visited China twice, once in 2007 and again in 2017. Both trips were for about a week and a half, involved time in Shanghai and Beijing, and were pretty much for tourist purposes. I don't pretend that this makes me some kind of expert on anything related to China, but it's still more direct exposure to the country that most Americans (and probably most Westerners) have. And I will note that I'm pretty adventurous when it comes to food, especially in more exotic locales — I wasn't just looking for really safe food options on these trips.
我曾两次造访中国，2007年和2017年各一次。每次约十天，到过上海和北京，基本是旅游性质。我不认为这让我成为什么中国通，但比大多数美国人(可能多数西方人)有更直接的接触。需要说明的是，我对食物相当敢于尝试，尤其在异国他乡——这两次旅行我并非只选择安全食物。
My own personal observation on those trips was this:
Picture the typical food you would get at a typical Chinese restaurant in the U.S. Fried chicken, pork, and beef in various spicy sauces; stir-fried vegetables; steamed rice; and so forth. In my experience, you could definitely find these foods, or foods directly adjacent to them, in China. If anyone tries to tell you that the kind of food you see at a U.S. Chinese restaurant doesn't exist in China, that it is just made up for Americans or something, then that is not correct.
我的个人观察是：
想象美国普通中餐馆的典型食物：各种辣酱炒鸡猪牛肉、炒蔬菜、米饭等。根据我的经验，在中国肯定能找到这些食物或类似菜品。若有人说美国中餐馆的食物在中国不存在，是专门为美国人发明的，那是不对的。
Picture the typical food you would get at a typical Chinese restaurant in the U.S. Fried chicken, pork, and beef in various spicy sauces; stir-fried vegetables; steamed rice; and so forth. In my experience, you could definitely find these foods, or foods directly adjacent to them, in China. If anyone tries to tell you that the kind of food you see at a U.S. Chinese restaurant doesn't exist in China, that it is just made up for Americans or something, then that is not correct.
我的个人观察是：
想象美国普通中餐馆的典型食物：各种辣酱炒鸡猪牛肉、炒蔬菜、米饭等。根据我的经验，在中国肯定能找到这些食物或类似菜品。若有人说美国中餐馆的食物在中国不存在，是专门为美国人发明的，那是不对的。
The big difference is that there is a lot more than just that stuff in China. China is about the same size as the U.S. in geographic terms, and it has similar geographic diversity, meaning there is a wide range of things that grow well to influence a wide range of local cuisines. China, like the U.S., also has plenty of ethnic diversity, which influences a lot of local cuisines. And here is a big simplification, but China is similar to the U.S. in having one historically dominant ethnic group that has been happy to marginalize ethnic minorities while still appropriating all their good food. Probably the best meal I had in China was billed as Turkic food, basically the cuisine of xinjiang.
最大区别在于中国的食物远不止这些。中国地理面积与美国相当，地理多样性相似，意味着物产丰富造就了多样的地方菜系。和美国一样，中国也有丰富的民族多样性，影响了许多地方菜系。简而言之，中国和美国相似，都有一个历史上占主导地位的民族，乐于边缘化少数民族却仍吸纳他们的美食。我在中国吃过最好的一餐标榜是突厥美食，基本就是新疆菜。
最大区别在于中国的食物远不止这些。中国地理面积与美国相当，地理多样性相似，意味着物产丰富造就了多样的地方菜系。和美国一样，中国也有丰富的民族多样性，影响了许多地方菜系。简而言之，中国和美国相似，都有一个历史上占主导地位的民族，乐于边缘化少数民族却仍吸纳他们的美食。我在中国吃过最好的一餐标榜是突厥美食，基本就是新疆菜。
Consider the inverse situation. What might pass for "American food" at a restaurant in the Eastern Hemisphere? Hamburgers and hot dogs? Just straight-up McDonalds? Whatever it is, it will be stuff that you could get in the U.S. if you wanted it, but that doesn't mean that the U.S. doesn't have all kinds of other food, or that Americans only eat McDonalds all day.
反过来想。东半球的餐馆里什么能算"美式食物"？汉堡热狗？直接就是麦当劳？无论如何，都是你在美国能吃到的东西，但这不意味着美国没有其他各种食物，或美国人整天只吃麦当劳。
反过来想。东半球的餐馆里什么能算"美式食物"？汉堡热狗？直接就是麦当劳？无论如何，都是你在美国能吃到的东西，但这不意味着美国没有其他各种食物，或美国人整天只吃麦当劳。
In any kind of situation like this, you are going to have some variability based on what ingredients are available. A Chinese chef might be using certain spices that are just really hard to source in the U.S., so a chef in the U.S. trying to follow the exact same recipe may have to make some improvisations to try to get close enough. Is that "authentic?" I would say it probably is, even if you aren't going to end up with the exact same thing.
在任何类似情况下，你都会因食材获取而产生变化。中国厨师可能使用某些在美国很难采购的香料，因此美国厨师尝试遵循相同食谱时不得不做些调整以求接近。这算"地道"吗？我认为算，即使最终成品不会完全相同。
在任何类似情况下，你都会因食材获取而产生变化。中国厨师可能使用某些在美国很难采购的香料，因此美国厨师尝试遵循相同食谱时不得不做些调整以求接近。这算"地道"吗？我认为算，即使最终成品不会完全相同。
Fergus
it isn't the same, but i wouldn't say it is less authentic. Many of the dishes in Chinese restaurants in america were created by Chinese immigrants. The reason they are not the same is because the immigrants didn't have access to all the ingredients they would have had back home, so they used what was locally available that was close enough to make approximations of their traditional foods, one because it was what they knew how to cook and two because it was a reminder of home.
虽然不同，但我不认为这就不够正宗。美国中餐馆的许多菜品是由中国移民创造的。之所以不同，是因为移民无法获得家乡的所有食材，只能用本地能找到的近似材料来制作传统食物，一是因为他们知道怎么做，二是因为这能让他们想起家乡。
it isn't the same, but i wouldn't say it is less authentic. Many of the dishes in Chinese restaurants in america were created by Chinese immigrants. The reason they are not the same is because the immigrants didn't have access to all the ingredients they would have had back home, so they used what was locally available that was close enough to make approximations of their traditional foods, one because it was what they knew how to cook and two because it was a reminder of home.
虽然不同，但我不认为这就不够正宗。美国中餐馆的许多菜品是由中国移民创造的。之所以不同，是因为移民无法获得家乡的所有食材，只能用本地能找到的近似材料来制作传统食物，一是因为他们知道怎么做，二是因为这能让他们想起家乡。
people really like to shit on americanized Chinese food forgetting that the people that originally started making many of those dishes were from china and that they came to be because of poverty and what was available at a time when global trade of fresh produce was not easy and very expensive.
人们总爱贬低美式中餐，却忘了最初制作这些菜品的正是中国人，而且它们诞生于贫困时期，当时全球新鲜农产品的贸易既困难又昂贵。
人们总爱贬低美式中餐，却忘了最初制作这些菜品的正是中国人，而且它们诞生于贫困时期，当时全球新鲜农产品的贸易既困难又昂贵。
Frank Malitz
it depends on the restaurant and it depends on the city. We've just moved to a community about 35 miles north of Chicago and it's remarkably unsophisticated. There's several Chinese restaurants and it's all full of thick cornstarch sauce and very little flavor. None of them know how to make Kung pow chicken. they sell chop Suey and chow mein.
这取决于餐馆和城市。我们刚搬到芝加哥以北35英里的社区，这里相当不讲究。有几家中餐馆，菜品全是浓稠的淀粉芡汁，没什么味道。没人会做宫保鸡丁。他们只卖杂碎和炒面。
it depends on the restaurant and it depends on the city. We've just moved to a community about 35 miles north of Chicago and it's remarkably unsophisticated. There's several Chinese restaurants and it's all full of thick cornstarch sauce and very little flavor. None of them know how to make Kung pow chicken. they sell chop Suey and chow mein.
这取决于餐馆和城市。我们刚搬到芝加哥以北35英里的社区，这里相当不讲究。有几家中餐馆，菜品全是浓稠的淀粉芡汁，没什么味道。没人会做宫保鸡丁。他们只卖杂碎和炒面。
that said, even in New York, Chicago or Los Angeles, you're not going to get Yunan Wind-Dried chicken, deep-fried baby snakes or still-living monkey brains.
authentic Chinese food tends to be saltier and depending on the region, sometimes very spicy.
话说回来，即使在纽约、芝加哥或洛杉矶，你也吃不到云南风干鸡、炸小蛇或活猴脑。
地道中餐通常更咸，根据地区不同有时会非常辣。
authentic Chinese food tends to be saltier and depending on the region, sometimes very spicy.
话说回来，即使在纽约、芝加哥或洛杉矶，你也吃不到云南风干鸡、炸小蛇或活猴脑。
地道中餐通常更咸，根据地区不同有时会非常辣。
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