tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post2857592428121846597..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: Chinese Cookery: Notes on the History of Chinese Stir FryT. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-17868724199873476092014-06-15T00:14:13.596-07:002014-06-15T00:14:13.596-07:00I have not yet traveled to southern China or Taiwa...I have not yet traveled to southern China or Taiwan, so I have not had the chance to try Taiwanese or Yue-style cuisine in either locale. <br /><br /><br />I still think the problem was one of bad water, worsened by large intakes of oil. I have not had any comparable experience with Cambodian cuisine, though the ingredients were often of poor quality and the food sometimes under-cooked. Much lessT. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-70930392964301145062014-06-14T05:36:10.513-07:002014-06-14T05:36:10.513-07:00TGreer, have you never had Chinese food in Taiwan ...TGreer, have you never had Chinese food in Taiwan or Hong Kong ?<br /><br />India also has its own Chinese cuisine -- not terribly faithful, of course, very distinctively Indian yet also kind of Chinatown-style Chinese. And extremely delicious. But for TGreer's delicate constitution it may pose the same problem as food in China.pseudoerasmushttp://pseudoerasmus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-76171618546480126282014-06-14T05:31:29.389-07:002014-06-14T05:31:29.389-07:00TGreer, Italian restaurants in Japan obsessive-com...TGreer, Italian restaurants in Japan obsessive-compulsively reproduce faithful Italian dishes but outside the designated Italian restaurants the Japanese also make many consciously pseudo-Western dishes. In terms of "Japanese-Italian" you should try the many pasta dishes, especially "mentaiko" (google it). That is delicious. It's perfectly conceivable as an actual Italian pseudoerasmushttp://pseudoerasmus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-92089865878986051982014-06-14T05:21:27.912-07:002014-06-14T05:21:27.912-07:00@Spandrell-
I actually suspect that whatever bug...@Spandrell- <br /><br />I actually suspect that whatever bug I had came from the water supply. Although the air pollution gets all the news, I found China's dirty water to be far more vexing and much harder to adjust to. Oily food only made the illness worse. <br /><br /><br />But your comments echo those made by an acquaintance of mine, of Chinese descent but having spent most of his life inT. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-88123271961477314072014-06-13T16:44:51.323-07:002014-06-13T16:44:51.323-07:00That's not necessarily about oil per se, but t...That's not necessarily about oil per se, but the bad quality of ingredients they often use in China.<br /><br />I'd suggest you try Chinese food in Japan, which has a tradition of its own, mostly run by Japanese people using Japanese ingredients and slightly modified recipes.<br /><br />I do like the real thing better, but the Japanese version has never disturbed my stomach.spandrellhttp://bloodyshovel.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com