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Originally posted by Reggie Dunlop+Aug 22 2005, 10:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Reggie Dunlop @ Aug 22 2005, 10:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Phanuthier@Aug 22 2005, 09:22 PM
Authentic Chinese food for us Gwai Los
(I wonder if Reggie knows what the direct translation is... ducks)
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A feller who looks like a ghost? [/b][/quote]
more like Demon.
And on this topic, I pains me often when I see Westerners in a Chinese restaurant, usually single diners who don't realize what they are ordering or that most menu items are catered to groups to be shared and aren't suitable to be eaten alone as a single dish...this is often also the fault of unhelpful waiters and poor service who just leave these poor folks to fend for themselves...when they recieve something completely unlike what they imagined, boring, and seemingly inedible.
I saw somebody trying to order a meal and then getting a large plate completely made of Chinese brocolli and other veggies that was pretty unappetizing to be eaten straightforward and then trying to stuff his pride and eating it all and then paying a ridiculous price for it in the end.
So my best tips is, if you eat "real" Chinese, remember, it's designed for large groups, that's why the tables have big lazy susan's in the middle so you can rotate everything. Order lots, and have variety in dishes or you may be disappointed. That is one way to survive "real" Chinese food.