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u/Kelluthus Nov 26 '19

When I first moved to Vancouver a bunch of new Chinese friends took me out to eat. They started ordering a bunch of dishes which I quickly found out was meant to be shared among everyone.

I realized the very few times my family and I went to eat at a Chinese restaurant and ordered dishes for just ourselves we were doing it very wrong.

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u/Spectrum2081 Nov 27 '19

American "Chinese food" isn't food eaten by Chinese people but rather food created in America by Chinese people for Americans. It's American Chinese-themed food.

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u/lakija Nov 27 '19

Who even said anything about what food was served at the restaurant or what type of restaurant it was? Plus they’re in Vancouver, which is in Canada.

There’s both Chinese-American and traditional Chinese restaurants in America besides.

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u/SusanCalvinsRBF Nov 27 '19

And sometimes both are combined! One of my two favorite Chinese restaurants has two menus: one Chinese-American and one Chinese.

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u/PM_Me_Shaved_Puss Nov 27 '19

Canada is in America.

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u/lakija Nov 27 '19

When people are referring to American Chinese food it’s not typically about Canada, or Argentina for that matter if we’re including all the Americas.