never doing this again

[SunWuKong]

i'm never taking any indian people or white people to korean bbq anymore. i took an indian colleague and a white colleague to korean bbq today and all that they did was complain about how the food was not cooked when it was just right. the indian guy was especially bad. he held up a piece of chicken that was black on the outside and white on the inside and said that it's not cooked. fucking annoying.

[thaite]

Yeah, it's difficult getting people to try stuff. Most of the time I don't even bother anymore, as well.

I recently went to a banquet at a very nice Chinese restaurant. Sat with a bunch of whitebreads (that is, white folk who are not culturally experienced or open, as opposed to those who are) and all I heard was "I don't think I can eat this" or "This fish is staring at me" and blah blah blah. And this wasn't even a very exotic meal; chow mein, sweet/sour fish, egg drop soup, honey mayo shrimp, stir fry veggies w/ tofu -- the standard stuff.

I'm with ya, SWK.

[sOKaLiBoY]

some people just don't know what good food is. what is worse is that they won't even give it a chance. mmm i could go for some bbq right now

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by thaite@Apr 29 2003, 02:38 PM
And this wasn't even a very exotic meal; chow mein, sweet/sour fish, egg drop soup, honey mayo shrimp, stir fry veggies w/ tofu -- the standard stuff.

hell that sounds like americanised chinese food. sweet and sour fish?
i'm surprised those people reacted the way they did.
but anyway, yeah, this is exactly why there are americanised chinese restaurants, and authentic chinese restaurants. because we know that the average white people won't like the authentic food that we eat.

[bigwong235]

i don't really mind it if people try SOME things but not other, more exotic stuff. if they straight up say to me, "no thanks," then it's no big thing. what i DO hate is when people try something and then say, "oh man that's so good!" and then continue eating everything else but that, or eat around it and leave the majority of it on their plate. later, they tell their friends that, "oh, we went to this chinese place and ordered this stuff that was really good! you have to try it next time!" so they can look like they're open to new things and super hip. it frustrates me to no end!!!! :pissed:

[ChinaLama]

whatevers yo, more korean bbq for you, dude.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by ChinaLama@Apr 29 2003, 03:53 PM
whatevers yo, more korean bbq for you, dude.

yeah hahah. i ended up eating a lot more than they did because i ate it as soon as it was cooked, instead of waiting for it to be burnt.

[VV o n g B a]

its really annoying to me when i meet asian americans who act like this. time to end my stereotype that asians will necessarily be more open to trying food from their own culture...

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Apr 29 2003, 01:21 PM
the indian guy was especially bad. he held up a piece of chicken that was black on the outside and white on the inside and said that it's not cooked. fucking annoying.

it's ironic coming from an indian guy.

your collegues are idiots.

[applehead]

why is it ironic coming from an indian guy?

mmmm... i'm craving for indian food...

[thaite]

Originally posted by VV o n g B a@Apr 29 2003, 01:12 PM
its really annoying to me when i meet asian americans who act like this. time to end my stereotype that asians will necessarily be more open to trying food from their own culture...

I don't know what you mean.

If it's food, I'll pretty much give it a shot -- don't care which culture it comes from.

[Chester]

I flat-out refuse to eat at Chinese restaurants with non-Chinese friends. They always expect me to order and I have to remind them, "Dudes: first of all, I'm not taking responsibility for your gustatory happiness and, second of all, my food vocabulary sucks ass -- I just eat what my parents order."

It doesn't help that a good number of them actually enjoy shitholes like P.F. Chang's, where they've dragged me a few times.

One time, I made the concession of taking a good-sized group to the Milpitas ABC and even talked to my parents' favorite head-waiter to figure out a menu. It wasn't an exotic meal, but it wasn't a General Tso's sort of meal either.

Their consensus?: food was kind of bland.

Whatever. I give up. Absolutely no Chinese restaurants with my gwei-lo friends. It's a thankless thing: I have to do all the work and then shoulder all the blame. Or I have to put up with kiddie dishes that could be had at any Americanized joint. They don't need me along to order kung pao chicken, prawns and candied walnuts, orange peel beef, and lettuce cups.

And so the dinner proposal for Friday is Catalan.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by Chester@Apr 29 2003, 05:51 PM
It doesn't help that a good number of them actually enjoy shitholes like P.F. Chang's, where they've dragged me a few times.

:gross: :gross: :gross:

[VV o n g B a]

Originally posted by thaite@Apr 29 2003, 04:00 PM
I don't know what you mean.

If it's food, I'll pretty much give it a shot -- don't care which culture it comes from.

i mean chinese kids who won't eat chinese food cuz its too exotic.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by VV o n g B a@Apr 29 2003, 07:08 PM

i mean chinese kids who won't eat chinese food cuz its too exotic.

yup. white-washed ABCs.