You do? I never thought that when you talked about a subject, you had to give an exhaustive encyclopedic description of all subcategories . . .Frug wrote: You wanna talk about real chinese food? You have to include all the absolutely disgusting things they eat over there too.
Ahaha, I'm so funny. Anyway though, some of the stuff eaten in China is indeed disgusting. Just like a lot of the stuff we eat here is disgusting. I know there have got to be a good handful of mayonnaise haters here, since it seems about one in five people revile the stuff. Still though, what I'm saying isn't that all authentic Chinese food is good, just that it's too bad that the American perception of yummy Chinese food is something so largely unrelated to actual Chinese cuisine.
So here's my view: American cuisine is largely delicious, and Chinese cuisine is largely delicious. Cheap knockoffs (and I don't mean inexpensive, but rather, tawdry) are usually not so delicious.
Things that might seem icky in Chinese cuisine that are worth a try? Bitter melon and donkey meat are some, the former being a lot easier to get in the states than the latter. I haven't had the opportunity arise to eat dog, but I'll take it when I get it. And stay away from turtles' feet: NOT DELICIOUS