I had a business associate who had to travel to China and he told me that a lot of "authentic" Chinese food was inedible to an American who is used to Americanized Chinese food. Apparently, the Chinese will eat anything that was in the animal because that's the only way a poor family could survive.

It is not authentic Chinese food, but it is authentic Chinese American food.

Idk everything involves a slurry a Chinese started sauce thickening technique.

I like it because their chicken dishes retain the crispness to them and not soggy mush like all the other places.

Now that is exactly right!! Applies to all chain restaurants, especially pizza.

A good rule of thumb is to walk around behind the restaurant and it's clean and well-ordered it's a good restaurant if it's trashy and Nasty avoid it like the plague because you'll probably catch the plague.

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YES! The Best! Buy local

At the cost of a roach infested restaurant but I gotta agree

I concur. Same deal for the Italian and Mexican restaurants that have the hole in the wall too.

It because the owners take more pride in their restaurant that they wanna provide the best customer service experience possible so they give you that comfort of home feel once u walk in. I like that an yes I do frequent a hole in the wall place an they recognize me an I get the same thing all the time!(:

California Chinese food isn’t very good tbh

I'll second that motion.

Same.

I once went to Newcastle with a minicruise, and I was is in the city for half the day. I went to chinatown, and I had all you can eat for 10 dollars. The food was about the best food I ever had, but the dessert (ice cream) was the worst I ever had. It was cold, hard, had chunks of ice and was way to sweet.

So true. These are the best!

I agree, I love this place called chop chop in Antioch ca. So delicious ❤️

100% agree on the "hole in the wall" restaurants but HATE Panda Express with most other chain Chinese.

PF Chang's food is cooked with too much salt.

Din Tai Fung is the ONLY restaurant chain here worth visiting.

Can confirm. My family and I used to frequent a tiny little hole-in-the wall place that sat under some apartments. Great soup, decent chicken, quiet, and pleasant. Many local businessmen loved it, and they kept coming back.

Yup!

You damn right sity hustle

i had an uncle work for coca cola and work on machines at some of the hood places you call them, go ahead and eat there but just gunna tell you now those meats are not identifiable and alot of those places have raw food on cooked food and use trashcans to store the food and reheat it the next day to allow for bigger portions.

Til you see how they prepare it there lol

@N0 One454 Really ? That’s a shame.

@N0 One454 You don't know your chinese food. I'm also from California and I've heard of about half of these.

You gotta get out more if those are the only two you know.

I only heard of panda Express

@TOM It's better than whatever garbage you eat

Ate their in China when company was paying. Very good but expensive. Only recently learned they are also in US.

They are good but expensive to me.

pf chang is for people who doesn't fuckin know anything abt Chinese food...

I sent my plate back, too salty (BROC. AND CHICKEN)

When I was a kid we always went to a place called Colonel Lee's Mongolian BBQ (this was in Southern California). Fantastic food and you could tune the flavors and spice levels to what you liked. HuHot is a pale imitation in comparison IMHO. Colonel Lee (was a real person by the way) popularized the cuisine so much that there's lots of Mongolian grills still in SoCal.

I wholeheartedly agree!

@@worldtraveler930 I would disagree. I've definitely had better Chinese food at authentic Chinese places, but then again, I've been to some "Mom & Pop" shops and had some terrible stuff too. And sometimes it's hit or miss. If I go to Panda Express, that it's not the best I've ever had, the food is usually pretty consistent and satisfactory. And that's saying something for a place that's effectively a buffet! Cause some Chinese buffets I've been to have been the worst restaurants I've ever been to in my entire life!

@@teds9896 Hear is a Good rule of thumb; go around to the back of the establishment and If it is Clean and ordered than you should be able to expect good service and decent food! But if it's Nasty and trashy just go somewhere else and your stomach will be happier!!

They put chicken powder in the veggies!

Good or bad, Panda Express seems to be the most consistent.

Nah, I'd say they're more like the Chipotle of it.

I agree, the food is terrible.

The worst Chinese food I've ever had

Stop overreacting it's not the best thing in the world but it's still fine

I hope u have a good health plan.

pray for these people...

@@donaldchin7205 My city has an ordinance that puts strict restrictions on formula retail establishments with eleven or more locations in the world.

@@RaymondHng Yay for San Francisco, the place for best Chinese food from Canton to Sichuan to Beijing regional specialties, not Americanized.

You got that right! I've been going to the same mom and pop Chinese restaurant for 30yrs because the family owners are still there and the food as well as kind service are as of yet unmatched at a very fair price. And even though I live out of town and only get there once or twice a year when visiting family they still know my name.

In Pahrump NV their food was great, In Amarillo it kinda sucks.

All across Texas you'll find Panda Express is mildly to moderately expensive no flavor and small portions!!

Correct.

To sweet .. I agree

Panda Express in KCKs was horrible. I rather buy PF Chang out of the freezer at Walmart.

Only two Panda Express locations in San Francisco. Nothing else.

Meaning over seasoned, like putting 10 spoons of sugar in your food. Not good.

The only way to come up with Panda Express as #1 is to penalize competitors for flavour. Interesting algorithm.

Flavor and ingredients made in China has to be Americanized because authentic Good Foreign food is too Alien to American taste buds. American do not like Extremely Spicy, Sour, or Foreign Vegetables. People normally identify with food from Childhood and food with similar flavors.

@@covenawhite4855 Its changed in the cities

So that's why there chicken taste like panda?

Most of our PF Chang's restaurants closed. They're too expensive.

Not to mention Very Expensive!

trash

It's barely authentic Canto-American.

It's barely food

Yeah they called it Authentic, yeah as authentic as Tacobell is to mexican food. Lol.

@@YdOntYaCryAboutIt69 Panda is fast-food Chinese food - and not healthy.

@@sandyrose2398 If you get white rice, and just the green bean chicken, or mushroom chicken it's the healthiest food you can get for fast food. Avoid the fried foods there and it's actually healthy. But I assume you'll say rice and green beans and chicken isn't healthy?

It’s overrated ngl... 南翔小笼包 is so much better

@@Stryker-ye7wn ok where is that located? If it's in China it's a hard NO I love the people but I cannot support CCP . Not bothering with that country to complicated to get visa to travel there.

For a chain, sure. But I support some of my smaller local places that does a better job at a better price.

@@ogjk actually, it’s located in flushing, NY!

Yes, but DTF is too expensive. XLB are overrated in general.

hu hot needs to go outta business...honest.

I agree. Hu hot is my favorite buffet.

Why are the portions so small? While I don't dislike their food, you definitely do not get what you pay for at Panda Express. I am always hungry when I leave the place.

@@athleticguy15 yes I understand you totallly, and you t happens to be but the quality of the food meat, shrimp, and chicken to have fresh veggies cut and prepped all day and to bring it in fresh also they have to serve you what they consider a portion to keep track of there calorie count they advertise but I believe it’s not a big problem as if you’d ask for a double portion I believe it’s only 1.50 more but I make chow mein and fried rice and man if I was in the front line I’d be quite more generous but try out Panda Inn there have very generous portions....

You should share the disgusting food protocol at PE, they are disgusting. This obviously was a sponsored video.

Are you in texas?

FINALLY someone who gives they're actual honest opinion except of just saying it's inedible because it's from a well known fast food chain

Beijing beef is my absolute fave! Even the leftovers are crunchy and silky to the tongue, And flavorful. I'm eating some as I write this.

@@marymaryquitecontrary Nice! 😋❤️

One chain has locations in Texas and Arizona.

😳 PF Changs is my favorite!! Their pepper steak is amazing!!!

cuz they trash

Probably the atmosphere.

Pick Up Stix is No. 6 on their list.

overrated!

HuHot is really good.

Thanks, Lola ! - Perhaps I’ll try it before the end of summer if I’m in the area.

So true I am chinese and i know that my family never makes any of those dishes we rarely make fried rice.

@@zjb1711 Some of us Americans need to get out more and try real food. Not all these Americanize foods.

Panda is really gross...I’m shook that it came in 1st...

This person does not speak for my “American palate”...I tried Panda Express once! It was a platter of 3 options and ALL 3 were tasteless and super bland.

Damn right I have an American *palate*! I'm tired of being shamed for liking what I like. I appreciate authentic food, but sometimes you just want your comforting sweet, salty, and spicy goodness.