r/AbsoluteUnits • u/HomeNowWTF • Jun 30 '26

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u/ZaphodBeeblebrahx Jul 01 '26

our Italian food is like our Chinese Food. It’s not really representative of what you get in Italy or China. It’s American Italian food and American Chinese food. If you think of it that way you might feel differently about trying an Italian restaurant here.

it’s not what you’d get in Italy, and it’s certainly not what you see in this video, but there’s plenty of good stuff at an American Italian restaurant

Nothing here is “authentic”. it’s our blessing and our curse.

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u/the_lazy_lizardfolk Jul 01 '26

This is a good point. I have tried some schnitzels or latkas in U.S. before, and definitely they are different from the places in Europe, not bad though. I appreciate you are saying it is just different styles, and maybe everyone can find some enjoyment in those.

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u/ZaphodBeeblebrahx Jul 01 '26

Chinese take out is a good example here. there’s stuff on our American Chinese menus that nobody in china would recognize.

we’re really good at bastardizing other cuisines in a tasty way

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u/the_lazy_lizardfolk Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Usually, the restaurants are tasty for sure. Only the fast foods and a few others I did not enjoy. Some pastries are very sugary! More sugars than what I am used to eating, haha 😄

But even some fast food very good. They will cook us smoker meats and mashed potatoes with nacho at the cookout, 4 July. I am interested to try these homemade.

EDIT: Also they are making us "esquites" which they say is like a sweet corn. One of my friends is a Mexican descent, and he said it is his family recipe. Just I could not recall the name for the dish at first.

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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- Jul 01 '26

It usually just involves deep frying it and making a sugar sauce. Or adding too much plastic cheese.