Different Chinese Restaurants?
By McCreeper
@McCreeper (777)
United States
November 18, 2012 1:46pm CST
Has anyone seen a different varying type of "Chinese All-You-Can-Eat" type of restaurants? What I mean by this is that for the most part, the Chinese restaurants that we typically go yo have the same food as other restaurants. When you travelled to different states and had some crave for oriental dishes, was it the same food?
I kind of find this strange, really. There's always the cao mein with the fried rice; seafood next to some garlic bread.. the next set would have some variant of General Tso's Chicken, and some fried greens, then the honey shrimp with a bit of walnuts..
(Making myself hungry here)
Has anyone seen a Chinese restaurant be different on this universal method? I have yet to see one myself, but as for now, I'd like to hear your opinions! 
Has anyone seen a Chinese restaurant be different on this universal method? I have yet to see one myself, but as for now, I'd like to hear your opinions! 4 responses
@silverfox09 (4708)
• United States
19 Nov 12
All the ones in my country seems to have the same dish , I dont find anything new when I visit other countries and go to their Chinese restaurant . I think maybe if we visit china we would get other dishes .
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@habibti320 (925)
• United States
19 Nov 12
I've heard that it varies by country as well. For example, in America, most cooks have changed their recipes to reflect American tastes. My friends from India and Nepal tell me that their Chinese food tastes different than American Chinese food.
@silverfox09 (4708)
• United States
19 Nov 12
Habibit I do belive that is true , maybe they change the recipe to match the country taste , which is good still .
Mccreeper I would love to see china , I think its great from what I have seen and heard . I would rather stick to their local dish that go to fast food restaurant that is not originally from there , even though a part of you will think that its something close to home would be nice . Every country fast food taste different .
@McCreeper (777)
• United States
19 Nov 12
I totally agree to you on that silver; Going to china as a tourist, you can definitely notice the changes between dishes in China than the dishes made in _____ (your country). As far as things go, when traveling, I certainly hope you don't go to those fast-food restaurants that originated elsewhere. As for an example, when I tried KFC in China, (which mind you wasn't a good experience coming since everyone wanted to eat there) It was a spicy type of meat that didn't wash down well with a certain type of drink I can't really remember what it's called. 
But it's all just experience. I hope you get some time to travel. China's a great place for tourism. 
But it's all just experience. I hope you get some time to travel. China's a great place for tourism. 
@habibti320 (925)
• United States
18 Nov 12
There's a new Asian buffet in my city that has the most variety I've ever seen in in a buffet.
First of all, it is worth it to go if you like sushi. They have sushi chefs working non-stop to create different types for the sushi bar. They also have clams, mollusks, crab legs, and several types of fish. They have the classic Chinese dishes and another bar of typical American food. They have various meats and vegetables you can choose from to be grilled right in front of you.
And they even have a full dessert bar!
By far, the best Asian buffet...
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@McCreeper (777)
• United States
19 Nov 12
Hmm, I can really imagine what it's like over there. We actually had a Chinese restaurant installed near our neighborhood a year ago called the Royal Buffet where much allike to your description, there are chefs that are essentially working non-stop to bring out different pieces of seafood. (There's caviar in some of the sushi )
Other than that, there's quite some platters of the same 'ole typical food that you would find in a Chinese all-you-can-eat. It's not a bad method, though I'm fairly certain that these restaurants are not from some giant corporation that just have these popping everywhere like starbucks 
There's not much desert over here, but one thing that I think they've outdone to make the restaurant a whole load different from other Chinese all-you-can-eats is the fact that they own a cotton-candy machine with stacks of cotton candy for anyone to have.
We never go there though. Too much would fatten us up. 
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Other than that, there's quite some platters of the same 'ole typical food that you would find in a Chinese all-you-can-eat. It's not a bad method, though I'm fairly certain that these restaurants are not from some giant corporation that just have these popping everywhere like starbucks
There's not much desert over here, but one thing that I think they've outdone to make the restaurant a whole load different from other Chinese all-you-can-eats is the fact that they own a cotton-candy machine with stacks of cotton candy for anyone to have.
We never go there though. Too much would fatten us up. 
@arreolabryan (853)
• Philippines
18 Nov 12
We got two kinds of Chinese eat all you can. The first one is all the traditional foods like sweet and sour pork and siomai. The other one is all soup base. You need to cook all your food in your soup. like pork, beef, shrimp and others. Just a great experience eating at both restaurant.
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@gunsing (142)
• Indonesia
19 Nov 12
cao mien; I think it's fried noodle, right? so it's typical Chinese Food : fried rice and fried noodle.
actually Chinese food is really depended on the origin of the chef/owner, what province in China they're coming from. and from what I know the taste and the variety of food, are different from one province to another.
why you can only see the same food from one restaurant to another, it's because Chinese immigrant are mostly coming from Southern (Hong Kong, Hai Nan etc) and Fujian province, in south east of China.
@habibti320 (925)
• United States
19 Nov 12
If only Hui Muslim noodle shop owners would open a franchise in the U.S.!
I'd be there every day! :)
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