When I was in college, I received a group of Japanese students who participated in Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges. This group of Japanese students politely tasted the Chinese food we arranged. Perhaps out of sympathy, they finally had a small bowl of white rice each at the request of their leading teacher. The teacher in charge of our team was also embarrassed and ordered a large portion of red soup noodles for them. After it was served, they all ate it up - I felt that they didn't like it, but were too hungry! Later, because my children were studying, I hosted two Australian students

I thought these children would love Chinese food as legendary, so I, the famous "chef" in the school, planned to serve them Show your face well. On the first day of the reception, I prepared steamed mandarin fish, braised pork, braised lion's head and other delicacies for dinner. As a result, the two girls tasted them politely, said "Delishes" insincerely, and then put them down. Got chopsticks. Fortunately, they showed interest in Yangzhou fried rice, so they didn’t have to starve these two international friends on the first day! In 2012, my brother opened a Hunan restaurant in an industrial city in Shenzhen

There are nearly a hundred kinds of dishes for diners to choose from. Hunan cuisine tastes very good, and all the men and women in the factory love to eat it. Gradually he was too busy, so he asked me to help. There is a waiter from my hometown in Gansu named Gou, a very humorous young man. One day, a foreigner in his late thirties, fourteen or five years old, with a tall nose and dark eyes and yellow hair, walked into my brother's restaurant. The foreigner came in and sat at the first table near the door. Xiaogou handed over a recipe book and instead of waiting for customers to order before coming back as usual, he walked directly back to the bar.

Xiao Gou picked up the order card and wrote "Crucible Chicken" directly. This dish is made of onions and chicken, and a small stove that can burn solid alcohol is placed underneath. Eat it while it is being heated. The fresh aroma of the chicken and the sweet aroma of the onions combine with the slow burning of the fire. It tastes great. I saw that the customer was still looking at the menu and did not order anything, but Xiao Gou directly ordered "Crucible Chicken" for the customer, so I asked Xiao Gou what was going on. Xiao Gou said there was no need to wait, he just liked eating the crucible chicken.

I still think it’s better to wait for customers to read the recipe and order their own food before letting the kitchen chef do it. The customer spent four or five minutes reading dozens of pages of recipes in detail, then raised his head and said in somewhat lame Mandarin: Crucible native chicken for one portion. In the vast "rural" areas of the United States, it is almost impossible to eat authentic Chinese food

Previously, Uncle Mi passed by a small town with only a few thousand people in the Midwest and discovered the existence of Chinese restaurants (common ones) Self-service kind). However, restaurants that can serve authentic Chinese food are very rare. For example, Panda Express, a representative of Chinese fast food that is very popular in the United States, and many other Chinese restaurants, serve Mongolian beef, tangerine peel chicken, General Tso's chicken, etc.

Have we ever eaten such a dish in China? Broccoli is not a common side dish in traditional Chinese meals. Yet broccoli abounds in American Chinese food.