Originally Posted by iahphx
Yeah, that's what I meant about "strange" food.
To a Westerner (or at least an American), you simply don't have that experience in China. While I'm sure there's a ton of Chinese dishes I wouldn't try, the vast majority of dishes are quite "accessible." It's much harder for me to find things to eat in Japan. I've been known to patronize those Western bakeries, and even (gasp) McDonalds from time to time.
I can't imagine while you'd search out Western food in China, unless you were living there for months.
This is quite an interesting subject as well. "Western" food was not that different from Chinese and other cuisines before.
In my own culture, a generation ago all people ate was local traditional food, salted or cured fish and meat in winter, almost all parts of a slaughtered animal, lots of pickles during the cold months...
Nowadays, it's all take away pizzas, kebabs and ready-made meals for a large part of the population.
Let's see how long it will take before Chinese youth travelling to Vietnam or Malesia will be disgusted by fresh food while munching on their fatburger.
