Food

[Guybrush]

There are no good Chinese restaurants here that I know of, so I seldom eat Chinese food. Plenty of sushi and a couple of Thai restaurants, though. I like a good pad thai.

[DJChameleon]

My go to when I'm craving Chinese used to be chicken and broccoli with pork riced rice and an eggroll but I prefer spring rolls if the spot I'm going to has them. I've been switching it up and just trying different things each time.

[grindy]

My go to when I'm craving Chinese used to be chicken and broccoli with pork riced rice and an eggroll but I prefer spring rolls if the spot I'm going to has them. I've been switching it up and just trying different things each time.

Now here's a man that likes his rice. He prefers his rice riced so he can rice while he rices.

[DJChameleon]

Now here's a man that likes his rice. He prefers his rice riced so he can rice while he rices.

Twice fried rice so nice they named it twice

[jimmy jazz]

I don't really like Chinese food but if I have to have it then chicken chow mein.

[SGR]

Having European posters on this forum, it's brought up a question in my mind that I've never really thought about. Is your 'chinese cuisine' in your country the same (or similar) to the 'chinese cuisine' that's popular in America?

I'm guessing most of us know that Chinese food (by and large) in America isn't genuine, authentic Chinese food. It's an Americanized version that's been adapted and altered by Chinese-Americans to suit the taste of broader America as a whole. If much of western Europe has the same 'chinese food' that Americans know and love, how did that happen? Was it a case of it getting popular in America first and then being culturally exported? Or did the Chinese independently (and concurrently) popularize Chinese food in European countries at the same time as they were popularizing it in America?

One other thing about Chinese food that I want to mention in regards to America - for many Americans, Chinese food is very popular around the holidays - I can speak to my family that we often have Chinese food on the evening before Thanksgiving and/or Christmas. It appears this became popular originally among non-Christian immigrants in America in the 1800s, as they had time off, but didn't have the same cultural celebrations/traditions as many Christian Americans did, and they found that, unlike many other restaurants, the Chinese restaurants were open during holidays - and so eating Chinese food on holidays became a kind of American cultural pastime that's bled out to a large number of Americans. The 'melting pot' of America in action.

https://www.chilihousesf.com/blog/why-chinese-resturants-are-so-popular-during-the-holidays/

[grindy]

Having European posters on this forum, it's brought up a question in my mind that I've never really thought about. Is your 'chinese cuisine' in your country the same (or similar) to the 'chinese cuisine' that's popular in America?

I'm guessing most of us know that Chinese food (by and large) in America isn't genuine, authentic Chinese food. It's an Americanized version that's been adapted and altered by Chinese-Americans to suit the taste of broader America as a whole. If much of western Europe has the same 'chinese food' that Americans know and love, how did that happen? Was it a case of it getting popular in America first and then being culturally exported? Or did the Chinese independently (and concurrently) popularize Chinese food in European countries at the same time as they were popularizing it in America?

One other thing about Chinese food that I want to mention in regards to America - for many Americans, Chinese food is very popular around the holidays - I can speak to my family that we often have Chinese food on the evening before Thanksgiving and/or Christmas. It appears this became popular originally among non-Christian immigrants in America in the 1800s, as they had time off, but didn't have the same cultural celebrations/traditions as many Christian Americans did, and they found that, unlike many other restaurants, the Chinese restaurants were open during holidays - and so eating Chinese food on holidays became a kind of American cultural pastime that's bled out to a large number of Americans. The 'melting pot' of America in action.

https://www.chilihousesf.com/blog/why-chinese-resturants-are-so-popular-during-the-holidays/

It's somewhat similar and similarly not really Chinese but the staples are different and none of the names used in the US ever appear here in Germany.

[jimmy jazz]

Yes we have westernised Chinese food.

We also will have authentic places though but they are not as common and will be sit down restaurants. More high end.

[Hope]

Beef and Broccoli. I haven't had it since I left America.

[Guybrush]

We were at the Under restaurant yesterday. I wrote in the Your Day thread I'd post some pics of the dishes, but thought this thread was a better fit.

Here's a pic of the restaurant I took earlier this year.



Here's a pic where you can get an idea of the interior.



So the main attraction, besides the food, is of course the dining area being underwater where you can watch fish, jellyfishes, sea stars and other sea creatures go about their day as you eat.

It was 10 dishes all in all and generally not a lot on each plate.



For starters, we had a small ball of lardo and crayfish and then also (harder to see) a piece of flatbread with turnip and bits of salted and dried lamb's leg. The flatbread was delicious.

I didn't try the moss.



Next was a potato waffle heart with a local sort of cream cheese and herring roe. Probably sounds weird, but I loved this ❤️



Then it was scallops in a sauce with apples or something? It was delicious.



Heart salad with a wild onion dressing and some rye. One of my wife's favourites.



Then crayfish in some root vegetable sauce with seaberries. This may have been the best one.



Monkfish with celery and barley. Very nice.



Lamb with beets and blackcurrants. Splendid.



Jerusalem artichoke ice cream with blackberries. Very nice.



Some kind of pudding made from blueberries and a kind of red algae served with sour cream. Exquisite!



And the final dish was just some Odd snacks and a very good cup of coffee.

Wife had wine and I had the alcohol free juice package. All in all, it came to 585 dollars at the current exchange rate and the sad state of the Norwegian crown.

Still worth it and a very nice experience!

Today I just wanna stuff my face with junk.

[grindy]

We were at the Under restaurant yesterday. I wrote in the Your Day thread I'd post some pics of the dishes, but thought this thread was a better fit.

Here's a pic of the restaurant I took earlier this year.



Here's a pic where you can get an idea of the interior.



So the main attraction, besides the food, is of course the dining area being underwater where you can watch fish, jellyfishes, sea stars and other sea creatures go about their day as you eat.

It was 10 dishes all in all and generally not a lot on each plate.



For starters, we had a small ball of lardo and crayfish and then also (harder to see) a piece of flatbread with turnip and bits of salted and dried lamb's leg. The flatbread was delicious.

I didn't try the moss.



Next was a potato waffle heart with a local sort of cream cheese and herring roe. Probably sounds weird, but I loved this ❤️



Then it was scallops in a sauce with apples or something? It was delicious.



Heart salad with a wild onion dressing and some rye. One of my wife's favourites.



Then crayfish in some root vegetable sauce with seaberries. This may have been the best one.



Monkfish with celery and barley. Very nice.



Lamb with beets and blackcurrants. Splendid.



Jerusalem artichoke ice cream with blackberries. Very nice.



Some kind of pudding made from blueberries and a kind of red algae served with sour cream. Exquisite!



And the final dish was just some Odd snacks and a very good cup of coffee.

Wife had wine and I had the alcohol free juice package. All in all, it came to 585 dollars at the current exchange rate and the sad state of the Norwegian crown.

Still worth it and a very nice experience!

Today I just wanna stuff my face with junk.

That looks awesome! I really need to get off my ass and visit some Michelin star restaurant, been wanting to for ages.

[Lexi Darling]

Wow, that looks so cool, @Guybrush ! I've been to an underwater restaurant once, my family spent a day at Seaworld in Florida on a vacation in 2004 and they had one. I don't remember too much but I'm sure it was much less ritzy, haha.

I do enjoy a good night out at a nice restaurant as well, hopefully that will be in the cards for this year's double birthday event.

[Guybrush]

That looks awesome! I really need to get off my ass and visit some Michelin star restaurant, been wanting to for ages.

Yes, this is the second time in my life that I have a restaurant experience of Michelin caliber and last time wasn't quite this fancy. As an adventurous eater, it's a lot of fun ❤️

Wow, that looks so cool, @Guybrush ! I've been to an underwater restaurant once, my family spent a day at Seaworld in Florida on a vacation in 2004 and they had one. I don't remember too much but I'm sure it was much less ritzy, haha.

I do enjoy a good night out at a nice restaurant as well, hopefully that will be in the cards for this year's double birthday event.

Yes, I love it when I get to do it like this; great food and combinations I've never had before and no kids 😅

[DJChameleon]

I knew they would do mostly seafood dishes but something about that rubs me the wrong way.

It would be like eating hamburgers in front of a pasture farms with cows grazing in the field.

You are eating stuff while looking at their live counterparts.

[Guybrush]

You are eating stuff while looking at their live counterparts.

The species we could see actually weren't on the menu and they too were eating seafood, so I figure it's alright 🙂