Healthy chinese food? Help me order :)

[FreshPrince]

Home cooked chinese is the best, unless you can find a rare traditional chinese style restaurant these days.

If you really want healthy order some herbal chicken or been stew...it'll taste like tree barks, but I hear they do wonders for your sex life 😉 And...after you've become adjusted to the taste, you'll actually like it. 😉

Chinese food made for Americans are often large in portion and oily, that's why they're not healthy, because it's the secret Chinese conspiracy to make Americans fat and lazy muahahaha 😛

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Originally posted by: LordJezo
Rule 1) Don't order from an american-ized chinese takeout place.

Rule 2) Find yourself a REAL chinese food resturant.

Rule 3) Get stuff.

how do you tell the difference?

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos

Originally posted by: LordJezo
Rule 1) Don't order from an american-ized chinese takeout place.

Rule 2) Find yourself a REAL chinese food resturant.

Rule 3) Get stuff.

how do you tell the difference?

if they have something called "general tso's chicken" then it's probably not an authetic place.

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos

Originally posted by: LordJezo
Rule 1) Don't order from an american-ized chinese takeout place.

Rule 2) Find yourself a REAL chinese food resturant.

Rule 3) Get stuff.

how do you tell the difference?

one way to tell is if the menu is written in Chinese with english translation, if the other way around, it's americanized. However, this is not always the case, because it may still be americanized if the menu has english subs. You really can't tell unless you have a friend that knows better 🙂

 

[z0mb13]

get anything with tofu..

mapo tofu..

tofu with salted fish and chicken..

tofu in claypot with seafood..

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
get anything with tofu..

mapo tofu..

tofu with salted fish and chicken..

tofu in claypot with seafood..

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

yes, but don't eat it all the time or you'll get stones!

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: FreshPrince

Originally posted by: z0mb13
get anything with tofu..

mapo tofu..

tofu with salted fish and chicken..

tofu in claypot with seafood..

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

yes, but don't eat it all the time or you'll get stones!

we eat soy products all the time. all kinds of tofu, pressed tofu, sheet tofu, soy milk, soy beans etc. no problem here 😀

 

[rh71]

MSG = migraine served generously.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos

Originally posted by: LordJezo
Rule 1) Don't order from an american-ized chinese takeout place.

Rule 2) Find yourself a REAL chinese food resturant.

Rule 3) Get stuff.

how do you tell the difference?

eh, places that have fried rice and sweet and sour pork at the top of their menus aren't real chinese restaurants..

that being said there are many different kinds... different areas of china/taiwan = different chinese food. just as different areas of other countries. eh, maybe smeone else has some online resources for u.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos

Originally posted by: LordJezo
Rule 1) Don't order from an american-ized chinese takeout place.

Rule 2) Find yourself a REAL chinese food resturant.

Rule 3) Get stuff.

how do you tell the difference?

eh, places that have fried rice and sweet and sour pork at the top of their menus aren't real chinese restaurants..

that being said there are many different kinds... different areas of china/taiwan = different chinese food. just as different areas of other countries. eh, maybe smeone else has some online resources for u.

Oh no let's not get into that "but it's not authentic" argument like the Italian foods... if I like take-out chinese, then that's the taste I like... not the authentic stuff that I eat at home from time to time.

 

[PHiuR]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos

Originally posted by: LordJezo
Rule 1) Don't order from an american-ized chinese takeout place.

Rule 2) Find yourself a REAL chinese food resturant.

Rule 3) Get stuff.

how do you tell the difference?

find an asian friend...and (s)he will tell you----easiest way!

if you're from around here....ill tell ya if you treat me to dinner.