Secret non white people Chinese food place menus.

[LordJezo]

Just got back from a little hole in the wall Chinese joint here in Bound Brook and had the chance to get food that us normal white folk usually don't get offered. I went with a couple of Chinese folks and they ordered for me a traditional style Chinese noodle bowl with beef and tendons. Was quite delicious. I have had similar experiences in the past when I have gone to Chinese and Taiwanese places with folks from those countries, entire meals of stuff that I would never have been able to have otherwise.

Anyone else here had the chance to partake in secret menus? More places must have them but Chinese places are where I have personally experienced it.

[Dude!]

now that you've had it, what does dog meat taste like?

[JerseyRich]

This happened to my buddy...

His wife is Japanese and they went to a nice Chinese restaurant together. He got handed the trad. Chinese menu in English and she was handed the Menu in Chinese with completely different food listed. She had to politely tell them that she was Japanese, not Chinese and they were both freaked out that there would be different kind of food available depending on their race.

[LordJezo]

This happened to my buddy...

His wife is Japanese and they went to a nice Chinese restaurant together. He got handed the trad. Chinese menu in English and she was handed the Menu in Chinese with completely different food listed. She had to politely tell them that she was Japanese, not Chinese and they were both freaked out that there would be different kind of food available depending on their race.

The two menu this is just what happens at a lot of them. When I went with the Taiwanese family to the place a few years ago they were given a menu from a different pile behind the counter and were able to order lots of traditional dishes that folks coming in to order fried rich and sweet and sour chicken would be horrified by (full sized fish with the head on, shrimp things, vegetables Americans normally do not eat) but completely delicious. So much better than normal greasy fried Chinese food, it's much better for you and doesn't sink in your stomach.

[ANC]

Similar thing happened to me... although i was nauseas when the chicken feet came to the table with the nails stil on it....

[Landblast]

I have a few asian friends me and my chick go out with often, and their big time foodies, so they hit the Korean and Chinese joints and order food that's not on the menu all the time. I think it's the decision of the restaurant to just not put it on the menu because it's just seen as dishes the main stream customers would never order, or their dishes that are made as "specials". If they feel that's the best way to go,..whatever,..I've had experience with being given different menus but was told for the most part it's more for the written language. If I had a place with the two menu deal, I think it would be smart to have them identical.

[Dougie Brootal]

now that you've had it, what does dog meat taste like?

this dude eats boiled bull cock. you think this is the first time hes had dog meat?!?!

[LordJezo]

Similar thing happened to me... although i was nauseas when the chicken feet came to the table with the nails stil on it....

I had to fight for that at dim sum when I first tried it. The woman opened the container and quickly shut the lid saying "not for you". I asked for it several times and she eventually told me "not for white people, you don't like". After a few more tries she finally put it on my table and must have told the people in the back as the other workers came to my table to congratulate me for eating it telling me how no one but Chinese people order such a dish.

Was tasty.

[ANC]

I had to fight for that at dim sum when I first tried it. The woman opened the container and quickly shut the lid saying "not for you". I asked for it several times and she eventually told me "not for white people, you don't like". After a few more tries she finally put it on my table and must have told the people in the back as the other workers came to my table to congratulate me for eating it telling me how no one but Chinese people order such a dish.

Was tasty.

Seen them many times.. I'll try many different foods, but I think the fact that it has a nail on it creeps me out.

The Dim Sum on Route 1?

[AngryAsianGuy]

It's because we hate you.

Plain and simple.

[TheMojoPin]

Is this really a surprise to anyone? "Chinese food" as we know it is basically an American creation in that it was created for American tastes and appetites. Actual Chinese food, for the most part, tastes and is prepared very differently. It's not some kind of "secret"...they're just trying to appeal to what's worked. American's generally want Americanized Chinese food. Chinese people generally want actual Chinese food. Hence the different menus.

[Tall_James]

I've had dinner at a hole in the wall Chinese restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown. I've also eaten at PF Changs.

The food is not the same. At all. By a zillion miles.

[angrymissy]

Jeff asked for this at a Thai place once, and they kept saying "nonono you won't eat it"... he insisted and they brought him what looked like a rotting fish with the head on it that smelled like a hamster cage.

[KatPw]

Jeff asked for this at a Thai place once, and they kept saying "nonono you won't eat it"... he insisted and they brought him what looked like a rotting fish with the head on it that smelled like a hamster cage.

So did he eat it?

[Drunky McBetidont]

So did he eat it?

that is what she said

[KatPw]

that is what she said

I saw "asked" and "brought". I did not see anything about the actual eating. Maybe he just poked it with a chopstick for a while.

[Ritalin]

My wife has a coworker friend who's chinese, and she took a group of us to a real Dim Sum place in Chinatown - called the Golden Dragon, I think - and we had a blast. I definitely didn't like everything I had, but I liked most of it and it was really interesting.

The "where the Chinese eat in Chinatown" restaurants are over on East Broadway, I think.

[angrymissy]

So did he eat it?

Oh, he ate it. He is all for eating weird shit, he just had kidney/brain/testicles/sweetbreads a few weeks ago... I'm pretty sure he did not like the hamster cage fish, yet forced it down so the Thai people wouldn't mock him

[TheMojoPin]

Wouldn't the thread title be less nonsensical if it was just "real Chinese food menus?"

[Furtherman]

So did he eat it?

The man eats bugs. He ate it alright. Then he ate the menu. And the waiter is missing.

[Furtherman]

Is this really a surprise to anyone?

It supplised me.

[Knowledged_one]

I saw "asked" and "brought". I did not see anything about the actual eating. Maybe he just poked it with a chopstick for a while.

i think he was doing the old thats what she said joke
i dont think he meant any offense to you my dear

[LordJezo]

Seen them many times.. I'll try many different foods, but I think the fact that it has a nail on it creeps me out.

The Dim Sum on Route 1?

Not sure which one you mean.. where on Rt. 1? The one we went to was on Rt. 18, Sunny Palace. Always jammed packed on weekends.

The "where the Chinese eat in Chinatown" restaurants are over on East Broadway, I think.

Flushing is where it's at! Although the best dim sum I have ever had was in Vegas at some place called Ping Pang Pong in the Gold Coast casino.

[SatCam]

It supplised me.

you're doing it wrong (http://ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=69232)

[lleeder]

I thought this was a thread about chicken and waffles lo mein.

[TheMojoPin]

The man eats bugs. He ate it alright. Then he ate the menu. And the waiter is missing.

That's why he such crazy eyes in the What Show promo shots.

[underdog]

I've been to dim sum quite a bit, they have some weird shit there. My favorite is the pork knuckles. Mmmm..

[Marc with a c]

The man eats bugs. He ate it alright. Then he ate the menu. And the waiter is missing.

this really got me.

[KatPw]

Oh, he ate it. He is all for eating weird shit, he just had kidney/brain/testicles/sweetbreads a few weeks ago... I'm pretty sure he did not like the hamster cage fish, yet forced it down so the Thai people wouldn't mock him

He's a brave man. I can't even watch the gross food segments on Survivor.

[Tenbatsuzen]

The one we went to was on Rt. 18, Sunny Palace. Always jammed packed on weekends.



Gee, a high-class Chinese place in a predominantly Jewish town that is jam-packed on the weekends.


The mind boggles.

[Devo37]

i've had traditional Chinese food at the wedding of a co-worker.

suffice it to say, that was a "stop at Burger King on the way home" night.