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Vent: My friend in Chengdu made me rethink the whole "western food is better" thing
Had a chat last Tuesday with my buddy Liu who moved back to Chengdu after 5 years in Chicago. He said people there think American food is just "sweet bread and sad salad," and I laughed at first. But then he showed me a video of his grandma making mapo tofu from scratch, 45 minutes of pure technique, and I realized I've been defending frozen pizzas and drive-thru burgers my whole life. We don't have anything that takes that kind of care in my family's kitchen. Has anyone else had a moment where a Chinese friend or relative made you feel basic about your own food culture?
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wren82614d ago
You think 45 minutes of mapo tofu means American food has nothing? My mom's cornbread stuffing takes a whole day and it's just bread and broth, so technique isn't really the point. Frozen pizza exists because someone wanted dinner after work, and that's a kind of care too, just a different one.
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