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Originally Posted by travelcraze88
Assume you are from USA, as a tourist to CP will you go "hunt" for Mac and KFC for your meals. Unless your diet is limited to burgers and fried chicken which is not likely.
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We can enjoy Xiang (hunan) and Chuan (Sichuan) much like any other PRCs. We love the spices and the sauce that generate the aroma and taste in the food. It's in China that we can enjoy such authentic food of other provinces.
So why go for food that we can have daily in our country. Kekeke......
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I get your point but I think you've made a particularly bad choice using Americans as examples! LOL!
Now I KNOW I'm generalizing (and of course with due apologies!), but IMHO, the Americans are NOT particularly adventurous when it comes to their food. Have you noticed how many Americans do go to McDonald's, Starbucks and even the new Harper's at the Federal building? I've even had an American friend discussing/detailing to me how different the meal we were then having to one we would be having if we were in the same branch of the restaurant "back in the Good Ole You Ass of Aye" - and we were at a Mcdonald's! LMAO!
Just thought of a funny story. Usually when I get my annual Internal Auditor's visit, I would take the auditor out on the town every night and get him as wasted as I possibly could make him....so that he'd be doing only a half-assed job of auditing my office. Until one year when I got this real serious guy who will NOT go anywhere else but to his hotel Coffee shop/restaurant, telling me that he's worried that he's not used to Hong Kong food and may have problems with his tummy.
The last night he was there and in order to salvage whatever I could out of a particularly problematic audit that year, I insisted on taking him to the best Chinese food in Hong Kong as a treat and that I will make sure that there's not going to be any exotic meats, everything tip-top and bland and assured him that he's not going to have any tummy problems. Took him to Fook Lam Moon and ordered all the "safe" dishes I can think of - their famous Roast chicken, Fried rice, fresh wok-fried greens, double boiled soup, a steamed fish and a lobster etc.
The guy really went to town and was enjoying the meal until the nicely steamed Lobster came - and the guy requested that I please get him some drawn butter to accompany it!! Sigh....!!
And errr....no, I'm not from America.
And about Hunan food - Xiao Yue Tien in that corner down the street from the 85 degree bakery and in front of the China Construction bank serves pretty good Hunan food - to me anyway, even though it is a chain operation. I always order their Fish head steamed with Chilis which is their signature dish and only cost RMB 28 for a huge platter. At least I THINK its Hunan food! Much good I am at distinguishing different province dishes. Anyway, its a great place for Spicy food and there's a newer branch on Swan Lake Road across the street from in between The Clipper and The SWL hotel.
Another great place for Spicy food is that one on DongXing Road catty corner to the entrance to Swan Lake Road. And for those guys who who accompany you for the meal and cannot eat spicy foods, you can order their great Sweet and Sour Crispy fried fish as well as Tofu with salted egg sauce for them. Just those 2 great dishes should satisfy them!!
SEAJ