Many international students or tourists traveling overseas will have this experience -
Find an authentic Chinese restaurant and comfort your "Chinese stomach" to relieve the pain of homesickness. It is really difficult!
Where should I find authentic Chinese restaurants instead of "fake Chinese food"?
Today I will introduce to you a Chinese-American food blogger who specializes in Chinese food.
He is a real foodie,
Can't use chopsticks but is obsessed with Chinese food.
spent decades to accumulate experience in visiting more than 7,000 Chinese restaurants...
Mr. Chen David, a Chinese-American from Los Angeles , is already 70 years old this year. He is the third generation Guangdong Immigration, after graduating from a prestigious university, he worked as a lawyer and certified public accountant in a well-known large company in the United States. Because he often needs business trips, he had the opportunity to check in local Chinese restaurants in different cities in the United States and Canada. He also opened his own column blog on the food blog website Menuism, and posted his observations, experiences and insights on Chinese restaurants on the blog, becoming one of the well-known Chinese food bloggers.
Flip through his blog and you can find some interesting food topics.
Many Chinese people who have eaten in foreign Chinese restaurants will have a feeling.
Foreign Chinese food is all "fake Chinese food". Chinese food has been improved according to the taste of local people, which is far from the authentic Chinese food in China.
Mr. Chen David Chen discussed the topic of "fake Cantonese " in his blog.
Because his ancestors immigrated to the United States from Taishan, Guangdong, . Due to his family's influence, he has a special liking for Cantonese cuisine. The research has also been further studied. In the
blog, he popularized the development history of American Cantonese restaurants and the current status of American Cantonese restaurants.
also taught everyone a few tricks to distinguish "fake Cantonese cuisine".
For example, hearing that the staff in the restaurant speaks Mandarin instead of Cantonese means that the restaurant is not run by Guangdong;
or found some dishes from other provinces on the menu, such as pork paper found in Cantonese restaurants, it is not Cantonese but Taiwanese snacks, and the Cantonese cuisine in the restaurant is likely to be unauthentic.
Food blogs are certainly indispensable for recommending restaurant content to readers. Mr. Chen often recommends restaurants according to the city.
His blog has a characteristic. You can't just praise them in the article. He will point out the shortcomings of
. The advantages will be praised without hesitation.
like a friend who plants grass for you. He does not tell lies or clichés, but thinks about readers. This is also the reason why he is popular.
For example, in a blog recommending Chinese restaurants in New York,
He recommended several Chinese restaurants with their own characteristics.
La Chine is an authentic high-end Chinese restaurant. Mr. Chen clearly stated that
himself prefers to find authentic food in low-priced small shops. He doesn't care much about the restaurant environment, but pays more attention to the food itself. Although this restaurant is at a high price, it has a good environment and high-end dish, and the dishes are also passed. After he evaluated that there are several good Chinese dishes.
's pertinent comments are very instructive.
Another Chinese restaurant called Modern Szechuan (Modern Sichuan),
While Mr. Chen diss the menu, he was very proud of the authentic pasta made in the restaurant. For example, the chicken ramen was so delicious that he ordered a second bowl.
Shanghai wontons are also rare delicacies elsewhere.
For diners who don’t know the situation, they can quickly get what to order after reading his review.
There is also a Cantonese char siu restaurant, Wah Fung #1 Fast Food, which specializes in char siu.
is good and cheap, and a dish usually does not exceed $4.
takes care of readers of all consumption levels.
Mr. Chen David often talks about his experience in his blog posts.
For example, in an article introducing Chinese desserts, he pointed out that desserts were a weak link in American Chinese restaurants in the past.
I was particularly happy when I was a child when I was a child, but the red bean desserts given by the restaurant were frighteningly unpalatable.
However, after so many years of development, the United States can now find authentic Chinese desserts such as pineapple buns, fruit shaved ice, and eggs.
has tried many Chinese restaurants. Mr. Chen David has eaten well and has also developed culture.
For example, he wrote an interesting topic, How to name Chinese restaurants in the United States ,
From the "Golden Dragon", "Eight Happiness", "Forbidden City" that were originally very Chinese,
to the simple and straightforward "stinky pot" named after the main dish,
and then to the "private kitchen" that sounds tall and inexplicable,
can see the various attempts made by Chinese restaurants to integrate into the local area.
These comments and analysis of Chinese restaurants are based on Mr. Chen’s visits and tastings.
It took him decades to cultivate into an authoritative Chinese foodie.
During the mid-19th century during the Golden Rush in California, his grandparents immigrated from Taishan, Guangdong to the United States to find a way out due to difficulties in life.
With the arrival of Chinese immigrants, Chinatown began to appear in the United States, where various Chinese restaurants were the main characters.
Mr. Chen David recalled that when he was a child, he had the opportunity to eat at Chinese restaurants in Chinatown only when he celebrated his birthday, attended wedding banquets or had relatives visiting him.
But at that time he had no good feelings for Chinese food at all. , and he didn't like home-cooked dishes made by his mother.
Due to political reasons such as the "Chinese Exclusion Act" and the fact that some Chinese food raw materials could not be exported to the United States,
It has been difficult for him to find Chinese food that interests him in the United States.
(a Chinese restaurant in Manhattan, New York in the 1930s)
The turn of things happened in the 1960s and 1970s. At that time, Mr. Chen graduated from the Law School of UCLA.
School opened the first Chinese American study course, which made him very interested.
At that time, the monographs on Chinese American history were almost zero, and the courses were not even textbooks.
He wrote two papers in this course. About the history of Chinese people in Los Angeles, one about the "Chinese Exclusion Act",
Many of the information were learned from the shops and diners when he was dining in Chinese restaurants.
This made him realize that Chinese food, as an important part of Chinese culture, plays an important role even in the hearts of Chinese Americans.
It is also the "witness" of the Chinese struggle in the United States .
(2008 Chinese restaurant in downtown San Francisco)
This experience aroused Mr. Chen's interest in Chinese food.
Since the mid-1970s, he began to explore Chinese restaurants.
In the next ten years, Chinese food exploded in the United States, and Chinese restaurants are everywhere.
In order to try more restaurants as much as possible and avoid duplication,
he made a paper version of the form and registered according to the name, address, and year of the restaurant visit.
bought the first computer at home in the 1990s, compiled a more detailed Excel spreadsheet .
also retained the business cards, menus, and receipts of thousands of restaurants as information .
When you have time, you can find a Chinese restaurant you have never been to.
Mr. Chen David has an extraordinary persistence in eating. In order to eat at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, he and his wife got up early and flew from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
After lunch and supper there, they flew back to Los Angeles in the evening.
But they ate at a local authentic Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles, the couple felt that the day's running was worth it.
(Mr. Chen Dawei and his wife)
In order to improve efficiency, he would visit multiple restaurants in one day,
For example, once he checked in 6 refreshment stores for horizontal evaluation within 6 hours,
or rented a car on a business trip and drove to find food along the way.
probably only a real foodie can understand it as a feeling of traveling thousands of miles for a meal.
Interestingly, as a Chinese food channel, Mr. Chen Dawei actually doesn’t speak Mandarin, he only knows a little Cantonese .
When he encounters a Chinese menu, he may need the help of a waiter to order dishes smoothly;
His eating habits are also particularly healthy. He does not eat spicy foods, does not drink tea, and follows the principles of low sugar and low cholesterol.
doesn’t even use chopsticks ,
But in front of food, the above are not a problem.
has been exploring the store for more than 40 years. Mr. Chen David has visited more than 7,300 Chinese restaurants in the United States and Canada.
has become a veritable foodie.
But Mr. Chen is particularly modest and low-key.
He never regards himself as a foodie and has no utilitarian ideas about food blogs.
All he has done is out of interest.
In 2012, Mr. Chen met the food writer Clarissa Wei.
She heard that Mr. Chen had visited more than 6,000 Chinese restaurants at that time, so she interviewed him and published an article, which made Mr. Chen famous. Various visits and invitations came to him.
For example, he was invited by the Asian Association to write an article and selected the top ten Chinese restaurants in the United States.
This article was hotly discussed on social networking websites.
Mr. Chen also used the information he collected to open a food blog for Chinese food, recommending readers various delicious restaurants and Chinese food.
does not use photos to attract attention like young bloggers.
His blog is very simple, often with only one or two pictures, accompanied by rich text introductions.
From restaurant history to food culture, from interesting knowledge to dining experience,
What he records is not only delicious food, but also through the development of Chinese food, reflecting the efforts made by Chinese Americans to integrate into the local area .
is both interesting and objective, and can also gain knowledge by the way, so it is popular among many diners.
Mr. Chen David, 70 years old this year, has retired now and has more free time to visit Chinese restaurants.
His pace is still continuing.
As he said: "I don't know how to use chopsticks, but this is not a problem at all. Chinese restaurants have forks! "
Nothing can stop foodies from yearning for food.
This is the magic of food!
ref:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2169154/man-who-has-
eaten-more-7300-chinese-restaurants
https://www.laweekly.com/restaurants/meet-david-r-chan-the-man-who-has-eaten-at-over-
6-000-chinese-restaurants-2378445
https: //abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/04/los-angeles-native-has-dined-at-6000-
plus-chinese-restaurants/
https://www.menuism.com/blog/author/davidchan/
https://foursquare.com/jeremyhfisher/list/david-r-chans-top-10-us-chinese-restaurants
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the duck neck: Key points: He is a lawyer and a lawyer
Ginno_Heinz_Morkin: Actually, it doesn’t matter whether you are serious or not. After all, different lands and different waters will make something different. Foreign Chinese food has some fusion flavor. The most important thing is the service, taste, and price. However, the old man in the article did not worry about whether it was authentic or not.
Wu Kaipeng: I went to read the article and found that the top ten Chinese restaurants that the old man ranks are all in California, and most of them are Hong Kong style. Jio has a bit of a personal taste. There are also delicious dishes like Hangzhou Bang cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, etc.
Pre, yyy: Out of the door, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao d Cantonese cuisine are good Q and difficult to eat
Weiming Lakeside ghost painting peach charm: I found a great Chinese food near DC. The boss was a chef in the past, and the duck made is authentic, especially the duck wings, which is the same as the one I ate in Wuhan
SIV2077: Not using chopsticks may also relieve the concerns and encourage readers to eat by themselves. "Look, I can eat happily without chopsticks."
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