American Chinese food is the Frankenstein of food. There are big and nasty crossbreeds between American and Chinese cuisines. American Chinese food has always been one of the most popular ethnic cuisines in America, but the dishes are not traditional and not even from China.

Choices and dishes

A Chinese American restaurant menu is nothing like traditional Chinese food. American Chinese restaurants don’t serve tea and soup, but offer soft drinks instead. Chinese American food also has a smaller variety of dishes.

Most desserts are also Western, like cake and ice cream. This is because the customers are mostly fat Americans who crave sweets all the time.

Serving size

The serving sizes in America for each dish are overwhelming. Chinese food is supposed to be a delicacy, but Chinese American food is a disgrace.

With deformed dumplings the size of your palm and mountains of fried rice tall enough to feed Shrek, Chinese American food is really just fast food.

Flavoring

The heavy salting and flavoring of Chinese American food is an abortion on your taste buds. The salt renders your tongue dry as sandpaper and the oiliness of the food withers your throat.

American Chinese food completely defies the stereotypical ‘Chinese food’ for Asians, as the flavoring Asians are used to is light.

Alternative ingredients and spices

The owners of these Chinese American restaurants are mostly Chinese Americans. When they begin cooking for Americans, they have to find alternatives for Chinese herbs used in traditional dishes.

The food has evolved into a more ‘American’ taste; instead of making the food taste more Chinese, they added a lot of meat because that’s what most Americans like.

“Chinese” food in America has become popular because the people there tend to eat heavily flavored food. While Americans may talk about how delicious they think Chinese food is, they should really try traditional Chinese cuisine, which is vastly superior.