AnarchoNinaWrites
The amazing Chinese place in the town I live in that served authentic food has been closed and replaced by the kind of joint that serves chicken balls and mall kiosk chop suey. And the goddamn cretins in this town are falling all over themselves to get their hands on it and appear to consider this an improvement.
I am become the fucking Joker...
AnarchoNinaWrites
Look, I'm just saying that white people were probably a mistake, and never move anyplace that doesn't have a Chinatown. If you can't get Congi with Thousand Year Old Duck Eggs, is it really even food?
*internal rage intensifies*
AnarchoNinaWrites
@GNUmatic I mean on some level I can't really blame the new owners for producing the crap that sells. But man... my world feels smaller.
Ⓐ Dirk Ritter
Sort of rediscovered a place that once was Chinese and is now Vietnamese. Their solution seems quite simple. You can get some of the usual semi-chinese, standardized, sort-of-asian fast-food stuff, provided you really want to ignore all their fabulous, genuine, good stuff.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
AnarchoNinaWrites
@GNUmatic @justafrog It sounds weird, but I can testify that it works. Very taste/delicious actually.
Ⓐ Dirk Ritter
Out of frustration with prices for stuff that can be bought *a lot* cheaper I once tried to make Sushi. Easy enough! And the hurdle of glutene-free soy sauce was taken as well recently, so there's really not much in the way - except for all the other, more regional stuff I also like to make. Like - erm - you really wouldn't believe what an apple can do to a simple potato salad, for instance... 😇 😋
JustAFrog
@GNUmatic @AnarchoNinaWrites It is 100% worth it to learn this stuff.
If you're okay with jumping way outside your comfort zone, you'll get the hang of it within a few months of seriously trying.
Ⓐ Dirk Ritter
Thinking about it - well - it's probably worth giving asian stuff a try in order to spice up home cooking further... I mean - lemon grass, ginger and stuff - it can't be all that hard, can it. 😇
Ⓐ Dirk Ritter
Feel it, because not too far away there once was a very good restaurant serving genuine chinese food. Vastly different from all the others with their almost interchangeable menu and standardized taste of everything. Not exactly cheap, though, but it was always worth it. No delivery service or any of that and you better were calling well ahead in order to get a seat. Sweet memories, but at least a large enough city, so plenty of options and new offers like Korean and such.
AnarchoNinaWrites
@GNUmatic @justafrog I did try it, and it was delicious, or at least I thought so. :)
Ⓐ Dirk Ritter
Gosh! You tried? Worth it, innit. 😇 🍿 🥳
AnarchoNinaWrites
@GNUmatic @justafrog I really appreciated the recipe; I doubt I would have ever thought of that myself. Thank you.
My BF was less enthused but he is a potato and egg salad purist. More for me I guess lol :)
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