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[northway]

[NYC_Gal 2.0]

My Chinese friend back home loves American Chinese. Her dad is a cook, and makes the authentic stuff, so I've had both on a regular basis. I love her dad's cooking, too, but he says that he can get better ingredients in the US than when he lived in China, so his food tastes better now.

[BoholDiver]

It makes me laugh and sigh at the same time when Koreans say they go to Chinatown to eat Jja jang myeon.

If you're going all that way, why not eat something good?

[tukmax]

I've been using bullet points lately. I like it so I'm going to stick with it. My thoughts on the issue

- If you ask Koreans what they think of Chinese food then 99.9997% will respond by saying 'Ewww, greasy!" while making a disgusted face.

- Seoul is one of the only large cities in the world that doesn't have a China town

- Canada has some of the best Chinese food in the world. Vancouver and Toronto most notably. I've known many Chinese as well as non-Chinese who have tried both authentic and westernized and agree that the Chinese food in Canada is better than in China.

- A big difference in North American Chinese cooking is that it uses more meat than Chinese food in China, hence appealing more to western taste buds

- I miss Chinese food! Growing up in Toronto (a city that is 1/4 Chinese/East Asian) I had easy access to delicious Chinese food. Ironically, even though Korea is neighbors with China, and in the same geographic region, I actually feel more isolated and farther away from Chinese culture then I did back home.

- Furthermore, I'm actually surprised how little Koreans know about other Asian countries like China, Japan, etc. Growing up with Asians and learning about their culture from them I sometimes feel I know more about other Asian countries then Koreans do, again ironic considering how close they are to China etc

- Many Chinese and Japanese restaurants in Toronto are owned by Koreans

- For a city of 20 million people, and one that wants to be a true global city, Seoul's international restaurant scene is pitiful. Other than Itaewon there are barely any good non-Korean restaurants considering a city it's size. A lot of Koreans just eat Korean food and wont even try anything else. I think this speaks volumes about the culture and mindset of the people here.

- I was surprised to find out that there is a Ho Lee Chows in Seoul, a Canadian Chinese food take out company. I use to order from this back home with my friends, but last I checked they were having financial problems. Weird to see them in Korea. Haven't tried them here though.

[jvalmer]

[travel zen]

Most all Asian restaurants are run by cantonese speaking chinese in Toronto. Even most of the japanese, mongolian and korean restuarants !

My opinion s that the owners are trying to make a fast buck and so sell anything to the gullable canadians. Authentic or no.

[Yaya]

[red_devil]

[West Coast Tatterdemalion]

The Chinese food scene in Korea is pretty bad. I find it quite ironic that whenever Koreans go abroad, they have to have their same boring Koreatowns. But yet they won't let a Chinatown get set up here. And don't count that pitiful "Chinatown" in Incheon. It should be called, "The Korean version of Chinatown town." Ho Lee Chow is about as close as you get here and it is way too expensive.

[Bloopity Bloop]

[alljokingaside]

I've actually had a "Chinese" version of jja-jang-myun in the US (chinese restaurant, chinese owners) and it was pretty awful. That said, everything else was amazing. Definitely bastardized American Chinese food over Korean Chinese food, just due to sheer options (as long as we're not talking about Panda Express). And, of course, authentic, "Chinese" food lords over them all. God, I miss Chinatown/Malaysia

btw, the American-Chinese food in Busan isn't bad (it's kinda hard to mess up Americanized Chinese food), but is waayyyyy overpriced. I think I'll stick with the "authentic" Mexican here =p

[NohopeSeriously]

1. Go to Geonguk University subway station in Seoul.
2. Walk 20 minutes to the Chinese kebab district
3. Have some authentic Northern Chinese cuisines made by actual Chinese
4. Be happy
5. Profit

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[NohopeSeriously]

If you want American/Canadian Chinese cuisine, go and make a restaurant.

I too miss Chinese food back home (Canada) but I don't mind Northern Chinese cuisine or Jjajangmyeon.

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