"Dusty Furtile Morrocan" wrote in
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> On the particular moment of Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:22:02 -0800 (PST) in
> relation to Mary's disappointingly immaculate rumpy pumpy, Iceman
> put forth:
>
>>On Jan 16, 2:00 pm, Dusty Furtile Morrocan
>> wrote:
>>> On the particular moment of Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:52:31 +0100 in
>>> relation to Mary's disappointingly immaculate rumpy pumpy, Martin
>>> put forth:
>>>
>>> >On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:10:49 +0530, "William Black"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> >>"grusl" wrote in message
>>> >>news:fmkjqd$2c6$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>
>>> >>> r.t.a. had someone recently who complained along the lines of (a)
>>> >>> that
>>> >>> Hong Kong had rather too many Chinese restaurants and (b) that the
>>> >>> non-Chinese cuisines in Hong Kong were just the same as those in any
>>> >>> other
>>> >>> large metropolis.
>>>
>>> >>The Chinese food in India isn't like the Chinese food you'll find
>>> >>anywhere
>>> >>else...
>>>
>>> >That is true of everywhere except China.
>>>
>>> Ah yes, anyone that has been to China knows that's where the best
>>> Chinese food is.
>>
>>
>>Actually, most of the food in mainland China is very basic and uses
>>low quality ingredients.
>
> With heaps of fat and other crap in it.
>
>>The best Chinese food can be found in Hong Kong, Taipei, or in cities
>>with a large Chinese emigrant population, like Vancouver, Toronto, San
>>Francisco or New York.
>
> Singapore rates very high too.
> --
I disagree ... almost entirely: Shanghai and Beijing are streets ahead of
emigrant food, even if they have little else to offer. I didn't notice any
crap or fat. Admittedly I'm not much of a Peking duck fan. I spent a decade
sampling New York's Chinese food and it ranges from fair to appalling - more
broccoli, anyone? Hong Kong food is reasonably good though somewhat
overpriced, but then so are a lot of cities. I go there for things other
than food.
Singapore food can be excellent, altohugh those regimented "food courts"
drive me nuts. Haven't tried Taipei but Kaohsiung was great, as was Xiamen.
Yunnan food is fabulous, even in Yunnan, and Harbin is a fantastic culinary
experience. Guangzhou is, well, Cantonese food and probably closest to gunk
level but I wasn't in the company of experts.
To bring it back to Europe: the worst Chinese meal I had was in Milan in
1990, but I deserved for it for even contemplating such a thing. I had
pretty good food in London (Gerrard Street, 2003) but damn me if I can
renember the restaurant's name.
Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore
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