What were the national dishes of China in the eyes of Americans for a couple hundred years? How does this relate to the cultural and political exchanges between China and the United States? Why is it said that Sino-American diplomacy has greatly influenced America's reconceptualization of Chinese cuisine? What is the development of Chinese cuisine in the United States? How many cultural barriers and variations are hidden in between?

What impact have Chinese food and Chinese restaurants had on the United States? Why is it the national dish of China in the eyes of Americans? How do Chinese restaurants compare to McDonald's and KFC in America today? Why is it that every U.S.-China diplomacy gives the American public a new understanding of Chinese cuisine? With these questions, we will start the discussion from the most original Chinese national dish in the eyes of Americans.

In today's world, Chinese food is recognized as the world's first, but in the eyes of the Westerners a few hundred years ago, but it is not at all the same thing, this also has to start from the eyes of the Americans China's national dish. When it comes to national dishes, many foodies have their own opinions, but the author does not know what the current national dish of China is. But in the eyes of Americans during the Qing Dynasty, our national dish was actually ? Fried Hashish? Not bad, you heard it right, is with some chicken mince, underwater, plus some messy things, no fixed practice of a common peasant dish. Why is such a dish, which is neither expensive nor delicious, considered by Americans as the national dish of China? This is of course inseparable from the history.

With the rise of San Francisco, the world with the dream of gold rush people have come to the United States, which also includes Chinese laborers, Qing Dynasty immigrants. These bottom-feeding laborers, once they came to America, struggled to survive through their own efforts. They did the most tiring work, received the lowest wages, and were subjected to all kinds of discrimination, and struggled to survive in the United States. In order to survive and live, they had to unite and live together, which formed the gathering place of Chinese laborers. When someone lives, they have to eat, right?

In this way, the first Chinese restaurant opened in the United States. The first Chinese restaurant in the U.S. was opened. These operators are Chinese, but they are not professional chefs. Their target is also the toiling masses, the biggest advantage is cheap and with a little taste of home. So, put in some soy sauce, put in some of those cheapest livestock scraps from the food market, and stir-fry, it's a plate of fried hash. This thing, although we today seems to be not good, but for two hundred years ago in a foreign country in the Chinese laborers, it is better than all day and night to gnaw on bread, right. Moreover, it has a bit of meat in it, which is cheap, not to mention the taste of home.

In this way, fried hash quickly became the hottest dish in Chinese American circles. Because of the Chinese people's good service attitude, diligence, enthusiasm, coupled with the price concessions, this dish soon attracted the Native American bottom of the public, which also includes many white people. So fried hash, like when we go to McDonald's and KFC and ask for burgers and fried chicken nuggets, became a representative of Chinese food. But the arrival of Li Hongzhang became a great opportunity for fried hash to make a name for itself.

With the signing of the Sino-American Treaty of Wangsha, two interesting countries sat down together for the first time in a real sense. One is the oldest country and the other is the newest, and the representatives of the two countries sat down together to eat, in addition to signing the contract. And that's when the cultural differences manifested themselves at the dinner table. Out of politeness and enthusiasm, the representatives of the Qing Dynasty not only asked the age of the Americans, but also gave them one by one to clip the food. These things, in the eyes of Westerners, always feel very awkward. It's okay if you ask me my age, it's too much if you use the chopsticks you used to give me food. And what's the food? It's a full banquet. Some people say that such a high-class feast must be unforgettable for Americans, it's the real luxury and atmosphere.

But on the contrary, Americans saw a big table full of grease and had no idea what the hell those dishes were. Looking at the carcasses of some animals they didn't recognize, they were suddenly reminded of the Guangzhou food market where they first set foot on our territory. There were fat, live rats, live snakes freshly killed and stripped, struggling kittens, and barking, barking, barking, killing dog meat? And the Chinese officials were just as bad. When the bloodied steak and the fishy cheese were served, and then looked at the rich body hair of those people in the old United States, it really felt that they were so rough and barbaric? Anyway, each other feel that this meal eat terrible. And Li Hongzhang's visit to the United States, but the fried hash to the historical climax.

The significance of the blah blah blah, I won't go into. The direct effect is that the disintegration of the so-and-so can be called a milestone in history. And at this time a dish, but in the United States 10,000 miles away caused a sensation, which is the Peking duck. Because in the two countries negotiation to the most tense time, a Peking duck whole duck feast directly relieve this embarrassing atmosphere. When the American television broadcast that who couple with chopsticks full of oil nibbling duck head, Americans went crazy. It turns out that China has something as delicious as Peking duck in addition to fried hash.

The main meal that followed was even more eye-opening for the Americans. As the camera draws closer, a gold general dining cover open, a dish of Chinese famous dishes in front of you. Not only a wide range, but also color and flavor. This is a special arrangement, bringing together the country's best chefs and ingredients, specially prepared a table can be called a top feast of delicacies. With the cameras rolling, China Fever is blowing up in America. From Zhongshan clothes to antique cities, from Chinatown to Chinese books, all of them were sold out. Chinese food also from this time again refreshed the understanding of the United States, but this is only temporary. Although today in the United States, Chinese restaurants have long exceeded the KFC and McDonald's combined, the annual revenue of the entire U.S. restaurant industry accounted for as high as 10%.

And Chinese food is recognized as number one in the world, but there are very few truly upscale restaurants Chinese style. One is because Chinese food has been a fast-food model for the general public from the beginning, and the other is a cultural difference. People would rather spend a few hours eating a Western meal with lots of manners to show their status and position, than pick up chopsticks and eat a hearty Chinese meal.