RE: Chinese People Try Panda Express
February 27, 2019 at 7:31 am
(This post was last modified: February 27, 2019 at 7:37 am by Athene.)
(February 27, 2019 at 2:51 am)PRJA93 Wrote: I think you're overplaying that to a pretty dramatic degree. Kung Pao chicken and chow mein aren't exactly hard to replicate. I think the young Chinese people were just trying too hard to display to everyone that they know what "authentic" means. I've seen similar things in an area I live with young Croatian-Americans - they often make it a point to display how "Croatian" they are, getting Croatian flag tattoos, etc. Which is fine, I think it's a natural thing to try to cling to your heritage or whatever if you're heavily into both cultures (local Croatian culture and obviously American culture) but you don't ever see the older Croatians doing that - they just happen to be Croatian and don't feel the need to display it to everyone or fly flags in front of their house, though some of them do, and that's fine too. I just thought it was funny how the young people reacted compared to how the old people reacted.
The older people don't really have anyone to impress or any point to make, they're just saying which foods they like and which ones they don't.
Like I said, I'm certainly not crazy about Panda Express and there are much better options for take-out around, but it's mostly fine. If I wanted high-quality Chinese food there's a little Chinatown area less than 20 minutes from my house I would go to with several restaurants, grocery stores and take out places in the area. But if I was on my way home from work or in a bit of a rush to just grab something and eat it and wanted Chinese food, Panda Express is fine. It'll do.
But yea, it's not like Panda Express is some great place to eat, I don't really think that's the point of the video either lol
Old dude seemed super-excited about pretty much everything he put in his mouth, but the two older ladies clearly stated that some of the dishes did not taste authentic, did not taste good, or rated them an unenthusiastic "okay". One of them made it a point that she would regard the cuisine as American Chinese food.
LOL...If you're going to insist on telling me the "point" of the video (which you've apparently decided is to scoff at the the youngins' SJW notions of identity, cultural appropriation, or whatever) you kinda missed the boat, don't you think?
