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The "secret menu" at Chinese restaurants.
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Even still, most of it isn't really canned. Yes, it's covered in starch, batter and MSG, but usually the ingredients themselves are 'fresh' (i.e. not canned or packaged. Frozen maybe.)Originally Posted by sonick
button mushrooms, baby corn and brined abalone are the only canned chinese staples I can think of right now.
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Originally Posted by Svenn
However totally unadvertised accessed by a discreet staircase slightly behind the cash register is a Japanese-only 'snack' bar for Japanese expat men. No foreigners.Originally Posted by blackjack
So even when they themselves are foreigners in another country, they still consider the natives foreigners?
Actually - kinda yes. They'll still use the term 'gaijin' - it's relative to themselves (as Japanese).
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It's a secret to everybody.
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When I studied abroad in Beijing all the white people ate was Yoshinoya and other things that were American, but transposed into Chinese.
This is why Chinese resturants dont give you dumbasses the Chinese menu. Its not because it didn't pass the health code or has some illegal spice as you knowledgeable people suggest.
This is why Chinese resturants dont give you dumbasses the Chinese menu. Its not because it didn't pass the health code or has some illegal spice as you knowledgeable people suggest.
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Truth here. I always try to take a Yellow with me to the local Chinese places. Especially if they know any Mandarin (even if it's very poor). That assures that we get the secret menu.Originally Posted by crazyquik
At my favorite place in chinatown (chicago), I have had multiple mediocre experiences when I have gone there with just another white person. Usually go with more than half asians and find that the spicy dishes are much better when they are around (or when I can convince them to actually make it spicy). I am not aware of this place really having a secret menu, but I know that it has a "secret" lunch menu that has smaller portions at a lower price...they do not give this to everyone for some reason.
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When I studied abroad in Beijing all the white people ate was Yoshinoya and other things that were American, but transposed into Chinese.Originally Posted by Dashaansafin
This is why Chinese resturants dont give you dumbasses the Chinese menu. Its not because it didn't pass the health code or has some illegal spice as you knowledgeable people suggest.
Yoshinoya is Japanese BTW.
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There's always a menu that contains specials or set course meals that are change often enough and hence aren't in the printed menus with accompanying English. This is why sometimes they are written on the board because it could be fresh seafood and they only have a certain amount in stock. In festive occasions (for example right now during the lunar new year), the entrees have lyrical names to them that are pretty hard to translate to English.
Unless you keep picking chicken balls, I don't see how Chinese places treat people any differently based on their race or language capabilities. Spicy food is another topic altogether.
Unless you keep picking chicken balls, I don't see how Chinese places treat people any differently based on their race or language capabilities. Spicy food is another topic altogether.
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it only looks like its japanese...Originally Posted by acidboy
Looks pretty much the same in Japan as it does in the US.
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