False Food Nationality
2015-05-27
Imagine yourself being a sushi roll, sitting in a plate not in Tokyo, but in California. And you're not even made in Japan.
You don't taste like the authentic sushi rolls, but an American-version of it. People around you are all talking about how they're such a big fan of sushi, how they'd love their friends to try it, blah blah. You sit there wondering where you're really from.
How do you feel? Do you feel guilty? Betraying to people? Disloyal to your country?
For sure.
When I was in Dubai, I came across a restaurant called, Chinese Palace. It has a variety of foods like Chow Mien, stir fried chicken, sweet and sour shrimps, fried rice, and countless other dishes. I had my dinner there and honestly it was delicious. But unfortunately, nothing like the food in China. And that gave me a weird impression of it being untruthful to the traditional and popular cuisines I've eaten before.
I'm not sure if everyone knows, but Chinese take outs are as widely known as McDonald's or Pizza Hut in the US and Britain. It's quick, affordable and great tasting, but just like Chinese Palace, a fast moving form of food claiming a nationality they don't belong to. And it's an unsolvable issue because many are aware of that and simply don't care, whereas some still believe it's the real thing.
And it's not just Chinese take outs, but also Mexican, Indian, French, Italian food, you name it. Hundreds of restaurants open and label themselves from a certain country or city, but it's just so unnecessary. Who said you couldn't have food with no cultural background? Why has nobody thought of that? 
Next time someone suggests you eat Kung pao chicken in Canada, tell them you need to book a ticket to China first. Because you never know what people might really be eating, and how diverse the food there actually tastes.
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