How bad is CHINESE FOOD?

that is an idiotic question I have ever heard. Is all chinese food the same? does the guy in the place where you ate it make all the chinese food IN THE WORLD? There are 2 BILLION people in China, he must be working PRETTY HARD.

Order it with NO MSG and order the veggie dishes, especially with unprocessed rice.

reminds me of the old joke that in china, "even if you are a 1 in a million person, there are 100,000 just like you."

never did the math to see if it worked out, but still funny.

there are different stsyles of Chinese cooking--chances are, if youre living in a red state, then youre not eating real Chinese food, but rather an Americanized style, which is not legitimate Chinese food.

The four most popular styles are Cantonese, Northern, Shanghainese, and Szechuan. Most American style Chinese food is based on Cantonese/Hong Kong style cuisine, and most Chinese restaurants in this country are of this origin. When you utter "chow mein", "chow fon", "dim sum", and "won ton," you are literally speaking Cantonese. Cantonese food is heavy on seafood, vegetables, and steaming. Though there are many greasy dishes too. But Cantonese is generally considered the healthiest. Cantonese cusisne is also light on breads and noodles, compared to Northern/Beijing style Chinese cuisine, of which the most popular dishes are Peking Duck and jiaozi (dumplings). And then youve got Shanghainese style, which hasnt really made it's mark in this country. Tends to be on the sweeter and oily side. Szechuan food--everything is littered with red chiles--Kung Pao chicken is Szechuan style. I dont understand this cuisine myself--all those peppers kill your taste buds.

Chinese food is no more bad for you than Italian or any other food is.

sorry dude, I just blew up there, you aren't an idiot

HOW BAD IS AMERICAN FOOD?

I always have Kung Pao Beef as dinner the night before a race. I haven't eaten it twice, and bombed in both of those races.

i figured it wasn't complete crap, but i'm usually suspect of any food that they can make in under 2 minutes. Lots of preservatives, salt, and a lot of times the places near me dont use the most healthy looking pieces of chickens.

ckalafarski wrote:

Lots of preservatives, salt, and a lot of times the places near me dont use the most healthy looking pieces of chickens.

if it has lots of preseratives, it aint chinese food youre eating. chinese food only uses fresh ingredients--stems mainly from the fact that china has been an agrarian socity.

mama celeste pizza probably has lots of preservatives and salt too, but i'd hesitate to call it "italian food."

treat yourself to some real chinese food this Christmas--ala A CHristmas Story. Fa ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra.

Jason- where the hell are you? Can you please chime in here so we can get a first hand real-life take on this topic. Happy Holidays wherever you are......

It'd be 1000; 1000 * 1 million equals 1 billion. They're at about 1 billion right now.

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Martin

I dunno how bad it is but I know I could live on a diet of chinese food 5 days a week, one day of soup and one day of salad and fruit.

chinese food is quite possibly the most disgusting thing on earth. just the smell of it makes me want to vomit. i seriously don't know how you people eat it. plus you know the "chicken" is, of course, actually feline.

really really bad man wrote:

plus you know the "chicken" is, of course, actually feline.

Chicken or feline, doesn't matter to me. I LOVE chinese food; it never gets old. I couldn't tell you how many times I've gotten a spicy Happy Family in the last year. 50? It's probably the worst for me, but it tastes infinitely better than just rice.

santee claws is a f***in' tool.