Who ever said that the Chinese restaurants that insufficiently mimic Japanese food also serve authentic Chinese cuisine?
In being an authentic dish, food is prepared in the most traditional way, using fresh ingredients and minus the additive preservatives. And it doesn’t matter WHO prepares it.
Most Chinese restaurants DO NOT serve authentic food. Most Chinese restaurants DO serve to supply large numbers of people and use cheaper ways of producing that food and managing their restaurants. And that’s not a bad thing; it is just the result of a lucrative marketplace discovered in American culture and it makes a lot of people happy.
It is presumptuous to criticize Chinese restaurants for serving "fake" Japanese food. They are also serving "fake" Chinese food. That is just the nature of the BUSINESS, not the nature of Chinese CULTURE. It is, however, maybe a trend of Chinese people to have a propensity toward the restaurant business. But culture and business should not be confused.
Japanese food is not always going to be authentic, just as Chinese food is not always going to be. It is only because Japanese food is only now starting to become a fast food that causes unsettlement with Dyske. But as it has been pointed out by lots of commentators, fast food has become the fate of many cuisines. If you want authenticity, it exists in lots of fabulous restaurants. My advice to Dyske is to stick to those.
A Random Comment from November 23, 2004
Who ever said that the Chinese restaurants that insufficiently mimic Japanese food also serve authentic Chinese cuisine?
In being an authentic dish, food is prepared in the most traditional way, using fresh ingredients and minus the additive preservatives. And it doesn’t matter WHO prepares it.
Most Chinese restaurants DO NOT serve authentic food. Most Chinese restaurants DO serve to supply large numbers of people and use cheaper ways of producing that food and managing their restaurants. And that’s not a bad thing; it is just the result of a lucrative marketplace discovered in American culture and it makes a lot of people happy.
It is presumptuous to criticize Chinese restaurants for serving "fake" Japanese food. They are also serving "fake" Chinese food. That is just the nature of the BUSINESS, not the nature of Chinese CULTURE. It is, however, maybe a trend of Chinese people to have a propensity toward the restaurant business. But culture and business should not be confused.
Japanese food is not always going to be authentic, just as Chinese food is not always going to be. It is only because Japanese food is only now starting to become a fast food that causes unsettlement with Dyske. But as it has been pointed out by lots of commentators, fast food has become the fate of many cuisines. If you want authenticity, it exists in lots of fabulous restaurants. My advice to Dyske is to stick to those.