What are foods that you absolutely WILL NOT eat?

[brett05]

Pot Stickers....

is that like wonton?

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

That is probably because 99.9% of the "Chinese" food you get in the states is garbage Americanized over processed crap. Actual Chinese food is rather amazing not to mention much healthier than your local Panda Express.

Aside from Egg Rolls and pot stickers, I prefer not to really get anything from the local Chinese restaurants - not meaning Panda Express. Maybe that's what you actually mean, but I just can't eat from a majority of those restaurants.

 

[brett05]

cabbage, ginger, tofu, ew!!

 

[clonetrooper264]

is he Asian-American, or Asian-Asian???

The former

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

I hate all seafood from a-z

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

The former

Oh, then I'm not worried about you.

 

[Crystallas]

Pot Stickers....

I hate this term with a passion. Mainly because there are many different forms of dumpings, and they all get put into the same group. Is ravioli a pot sticker? A perogi(there's over a hundred different perogis alone)? Nope. Gyoza is not a pot sticker, neither is dim sum.

The reason I hate the term, is when you want to eat actual gyoza, dim sum, khinkali, or mandoo/mandu, good luck finding it at a restaurant. Because they just call every dumpling of all sorts by the same name(Polish areas still call things perogis and same with Italian areas and raviolis, but that is becoming more of the exception). That's like the same shit with calling every martial art, karate. Pot stickers have become the name for the lowest quality common denominators of the dumpling world. Meat, salt, onion, then wrap in dough.

 

[brett05]

I hate all seafood from a-z

I am there except for Calamari

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

I hate this term with a passion. Mainly because there are many different forms of dumpings, and they all get put into the same group. Is ravioli a pot sticker? A perogi(there's over a hundred different perogis alone)? Nope. Gyoza is not a pot sticker, neither is dim sum.

The reason I hate the term, is when you want to eat actual gyoza, dim sum, khinkali, or mandoo/mandu, good luck finding it at a restaurant. Because they just call every dumpling of all sorts by the same name(Polish areas still call things perogis and same with Italian areas and raviolis, but that is becoming more of the exception). That's like the same shit with calling every martial art, karate. Pot stickers have become the name for the lowest quality common denominators of the dumpling world. Meat, salt, onion, then wrap in dough.

Is this really that big of a deal?

 

[Crystallas]

I will admit, I am willing to try, but so far I am 0 for whatever on Asian food I like.

Well first off. Do you eat mostly dishes that are considered part of a kids menu (or adult versions of kids foods)? If so, then it's going to be hard to introduce anything.

But if not, then I can name a handful of more common dishes that are easier to start with. No soy sauce, etc. Like a good Singapore noodle is easy mode for most. Same with most katsu, one of the most commonly eaten foods in actual asia. Yes, they aren't that different.

 

[Crystallas]

Is this really that big of a deal?

When you have legit gyoza or legit dim sum, then it is a huge deal. Go to an asian dominated area and see. Pot stickers are to dumplings, what oscar meyer hot dogs are to the sausage world.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

When you have legit gyoza or legit dim sum, then it is a huge deal. Go to an asian dominated area and see. Pot stickers are to dumplings, what oscar meyer hot dogs are to the sausage world.

It's a catch-all term that just makes it easier to explain to others. This seems like a fairly high-falutin thing to worry about. I'm the pretentousbastard.

 

[Crystallas]

It's a catch-all term that just makes it easier to explain to others. This seems like a fairly high-falutin thing to worry about. I'm the pretentousbastard.

If they all tasted the same, then sure. But they taste radically different. Would you buy generic pot stickers from the frozen aisle of the grocery store, add red sauce of your liking, then serve it as meat ravioli to guests? I would hope not. While they are the same basic concept, raviolis taste very different.

Otherwise I guess all sausages should just be sold as hot dogs.

Seriously, try to find real gyoza. It's not like they make them from magical ingredients that can't be easily found in the area. I know a few places that do, and they also get insulted if someone calls them pot stickers. A pot sticker is the lowest quality ingredient dumpling. A gyoza is not, it tastes different too. Real dims um tastes different. Real Mandu tastes different. It's no wonder they have different names!

 

[clonetrooper264]

Oh, then I'm not worried about you.

That's what they all say...

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

If they all tasted the same, then sure. But they taste radically different. Would you buy generic pot stickers from the frozen aisle of the grocery store, add red sauce of your liking, then serve it as meat ravioli to guests? I would hope not. While they are the same basic concept, raviolis taste very different.

Otherwise I guess all sausages should just be sold as hot dogs.

Seriously, try to find real gyoza. It's not like they make them from magical ingredients that can't be easily found in the area. I know a few places that do, and they also get insulted if someone calls them pot stickers. A pot sticker is the lowest quality ingredient dumpling. A gyoza is not, it tastes different too. Real dims um tastes different. Real Mandu tastes different. It's no wonder they have different names!

That's all well and good, but when the waitress at Morimoto's explains gyoza as a pot sticker to the couple from Wheeling, she's doing it because it's a catch-all that everyone can understand.

 

[KoreanBear]

Frog legs

 

[Crystallas]

That's all well and good, but when the waitress at Morimoto's explains gyoza as a pot sticker to the couple from Wheeling, she's doing it because it's a catch-all that everyone can understand.

Furthering confusion, not understanding. The waitress can simply say, it's a Japanese dumpling.

The only "catch-all" is jiaozi , because pot-stickers is the actual synonym for jiaozi. Mainly because westerners can't pronounce jiaozi.
What do you do when a restaurant serves both jiaozi and dim sum? I'll order some pot stickers with a side of pot stickers? It's fucking stupid.

 

[Aesopian]

Lobster, Crawfish & Crab the roaches of the sea. I don't understand why it's so expensive either.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

Lobster, Crawfish & Crab the roaches of the sea. I don't understand why it's so expensive either.

Crawfish is awesome, I can down pounds of that shit(just FYI, pound of crawfish =/= actual pound of meat, though)

 

[clonetrooper264]

Is this the right time to interject that dim sum is not a dumpling, but a wide set of foods that also happen to include several forms of dumplings?