An ignite talk about American Chinese Food commonly found in North America.

1. AN AMERICAN’S GUIDE
TO FAKE CHINESE FOOD
Angus Mak
Lullabot Retreat 2013
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2. CHINA TOWN
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3. EGG ROLL
Americans’ version of the Spring Roll, bigger and better
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4. FRIED CHICKEN WINGS
KFC is not Chinese
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5. CHICKEN BALLS
Deep fried chicken breast
Canadian?
Real Chicken Balls
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6. FLUORESCENT SAUCE
America’s version of the sweet and sour sauce
Anything fluorescent is not Chinese
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7. DUCK SAUCE
Made from dried Turkish Apricots
Sweet Bean Sauce
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8. WONTON SOUP
Drinking the soup of Wonton Soup is like drinking the gravy
after finishing your Mashed Potatoes.
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9. FRIED WONTON
Basically is Wonton that’s going bad.
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10. CRAB RANGOON
Deep fried dumplings with cream cheese and imitation crab.
Origin: San Francisco 1950’s
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11. EGG FOO YOUNG
Omelet crossed with pancake with brown gravy
Origin: United States, 1930’s
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12. CHOP SUEY
Origin: California, 1850’s
Made from leftover for the hungry miners during the 1850’s
Gold Rush era
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13. GENERAL TSO’S CHICKEN
Nobody knows who this General is, also called General Tao.
Origin: New York 1970’s
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14. MONGOLIAN BEEF
Nothing Mongolian about it, but it sounds exotic.
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15. BEEF WITH BROCCOLI
Americans think anything broccoli is Chinese
Chinese broccoli is a different vegetable called Gai Lan
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16. LEMON CHICKEN
Deep fried chicken with sweet lemon sauce.
The Chinese adopted this dish, usually for children.
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17. SESAME CHICKEN
Sweeter version of General Tso’s chicken, except sweet and
with sesame sprinkled on top.
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18. ______ FRIED RICE
Left over rice from the day before with egg and soy sauce.
Yeung Chow Fried Rice
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19. FORTUNE COOKIES
Origin: California, 1890’s ~ early 1900s
Japanese recipe popularized by Chinese consumed by
Americans
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20. FORTUNE COOKIES
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21. NEXT RETREAT
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