QA問答：如果大多數(shù)中餐館都是由中國移民擁有和經(jīng)營的，為什么很難在美國找到真正地道的中國菜？
Why is it difficult to find truly authentic Chinese food in the U.S. if most Chinese restaurants are owned and operated by Chinese immigrants?
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為了吸引美國客戶，必須實施本地化。這就是中國移民融入美國社會的方式。
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Why is it difficult to find truly authentic Chinese food in the U.S. if most Chinese restaurants are owned and operated by Chinese immigrants?
如果大多數(shù)中餐館都是由中國移民擁有和經(jīng)營的，為什么很難在美國找到真正地道的中國菜？
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Difficult is a matter of degree. It’s not so hard in cities with large Chinese-American populations. It’s much easier to find if you have Chinese-American friends. From 1976–1978 I worked for a Chinese-American scientist in Washington DC. There was another Chinese-American in our group. They knew where to go. (And when, for Dim Sum.) We enjoyed lots of excellent food.
A few years later I worked for a Chinese-American scientist at du Pont. When we were planning a trip to San Francisco, we asked his advice. He’d been there. He had contacts. He made some calls. We had great food at the Chinese restaurants we visited.
BTW, all those “Chinese-Americans” were born in Taiwan or Hong Kong and moved to the US. None ever complained of not being able to get authentic food where they lived.
Now I live in Rochester, NY. Much more difficult.
困難是個程度問題。在華裔人口眾多的城市，這并不難。如果你有華裔美國朋友，就更容易找到了。從 1976 年到 1978 年，我在華盛頓特區(qū)為一位華裔美國科學(xué)家工作。我們小組中還一位華裔美國人。他們知道去哪里。我們享用了很多美味的食物，還有點心。
幾年后，我在杜邦公司為一位美籍華人科學(xué)家工作。當(dāng)我們計劃去舊金山旅行時，我們征求了他的意見。他去過那里。他聯(lián)系了人。他打了一些電話。我們在我們參觀的中國餐館吃了很棒的食物。
順便說一句，所有這些“華裔美國人”都是在臺灣或香港出生并移居美國的。沒人抱怨在他們居住的地方無法獲得正宗的食物。
現(xiàn)在我住在紐約州羅切斯特。困難多了。
Define authentic. If you mean food like you would find in a typical household in China, then I can tell you from personal experience that most Americans would probably find it unappetizing. I spent a great deal of time in China during the late twentieth and early twenty first century generally eating the same food as my hosts. I do not mean to imply that it is bad, quite the contrary, but I have always been an adventurous eater. It is, however, totally different from typical American fair.
定義什么是正宗。如果你指的是你在中國典型家庭中會發(fā)現(xiàn)的食物，那么我可以根據(jù)個人經(jīng)驗告訴你，大多數(shù)美國人可能會覺得它不合胃口。20 世紀(jì)末和 21 世紀(jì)初，我在中國呆了很長時間，吃的食物和我的東道主一樣。我并不是要暗示它不好，恰恰相反，我一直是一個喜歡冒險的食客。然而，它與典型的美國食品完全不同。
“Authentic” is a red herring.
What you’re really asking is why Chinese food in the US is different from Chinese food in China, and the answer is quite simple. A number of really smart Chinese chefs in the US spent a lot of time thinking about how to cook dishes that would appeal to American tastes.
“正宗”是一條紅鯡魚。
您真正要問的是為什么美國的中餐與中國的中餐不同嗎？答案很簡單。在美國，許多非常聰明的中國廚師花了很多時間思考如何烹制出符合美國人口味的菜肴。
The Chinese are a minority stateside, about 1.5 percent of the population, or 5 million give or take.
The average “Chinese restaurant” like panda express don't depend on the Chinese community for catchment. They can't, because the numbers are just not sustainable, especially beyond the handful of states where the Chinese are concentrated. These businesses give customers what they want, which is cheap, flavorful quantity.
The niche Chinese restaurants that serve the Chinese communities are found where the Chinese congregate, like the local Chinatown or China street.
Be warned that there are many different Chinese cuisines. Most Chinese people will only be able to identify with a handful they consider “authentic”. Where seafood is plentiful, the southern cuisines from Guangdong and fujian tend to dominate. Inland, we find more northern cuisines from hubei and Beijing.
華人在美國是少數(shù)民族，約占總?cè)丝诘?1.5%，即 500 萬人。
像熊貓快餐這樣的普通“中餐廳”并不依賴于華人社區(qū)。他們不能，因為這些數(shù)字是不可持續(xù)的，尤其是在華人集中的少數(shù)幾個州之外。這些企業(yè)為顧客提供他們想要的東西，便宜、美味、數(shù)量大。
服務(wù)于華人社區(qū)的小眾中餐館位于華人聚集的地方，例如當(dāng)?shù)氐奶迫私只蛑袊帧?br /> 請注意，有許多不同的中國菜系。大多數(shù)中國人只能認(rèn)同少數(shù)他們認(rèn)為“正宗”的食物。在海鮮豐富的地方，廣東和福建的南方菜系往往占主導(dǎo)地位。在內(nèi)地，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)更多來自湖北和北京的北方美食。
Because Chinese restaurants are more interested in making money than being authentic.
Also weird things happen. When we lived in Austin, Texas my wife would get food at the local Mexican supermarket, because it turned out that Mexicans would cook food that was closer to authentic Taiwanese food than the Taiwanese restaurants.
Mexico and Taiwan are at the same latitude which means that you have the same ingredients. The people that ate at the local Mexican supermarket werent foodies, but construction workers that needed a quick and filling meal before heading back to the construction site. This happen to be the same situation as a Taiwanese farmer working the fields.
因為中國餐館更感興趣的是賺錢而不是正宗不正宗。
也會發(fā)生奇怪的事情。當(dāng)我們住在得克薩斯州奧斯汀時，我妻子會在當(dāng)?shù)氐哪鞲绯匈I食物，因為事實證明，墨西哥人做的食物比臺灣餐館更接近正宗的臺灣食物。
墨西哥和臺灣處于同一緯度，這意味著他們擁有相同的成分。在當(dāng)?shù)啬鞲绯谐燥埖娜瞬皇敲朗臣遥墙ㄖと?，他們需要在返回建筑工地之前快速飽餐一頓。這恰好與臺灣農(nóng)民在田間勞作的情況相同。
The other thing that is weird about Austin is that the cooks and the kitchen staff of the cheap Chinese restaurants were mostly Mexican.
The Chinese restaurant owners tended to open Japanese restaurants because the profit level was higher, and so I got this weird situation once when I was in a sushi restaurant where everyone was wearing Japanese clothes and serving Japanese food, and I realized that people were talking to each other in Mandarin.
One other thing is that one can argue that authentic Chinese food does not exist, since Chinese cuisine is heavily regional, so some place that is authentic would label them as Shanghai or Szechuan. The local food in Beijing is completely different than from Guangdong because the climate is very different. So any restaurant that calls itself Chinese is probably a mismash of different cuisines that appeals to local tastes.
為了吃到正宗的中國菜，我父親會去非裔美國人的餐館吃飯。同一種邏輯。
奧斯汀另一個奇怪的地方是廉價中國餐館的廚師和廚房工作人員大多是墨西哥人。
中國餐館的老板傾向于開日本餐館，因為利潤水平更高，所以我有一次在一家壽司店遇到這種奇怪的情況，那里每個人都穿著日本服裝并提供日本料理，我意識到人們卻在與彼此用普通話交談。
另一件事是，人們可以爭辯說不存在正宗的中國菜，因為中國菜具有很強的地域性，所以有些地方是正宗的，會給它們貼上正宗上海菜或正宗四川菜的標(biāo)簽。北京的當(dāng)?shù)厥澄锱c廣東完全不同，因為氣候差異很大。因此，任何自稱中國的餐廳都可能是迎合當(dāng)?shù)乜谖兜牟煌讼档幕旌象w。
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“Chinese” food is a unicorn. China has one-fifth of the population of the globe, and is the size of a small continent. There is a tremendous breadth and variety of different types of regional Chinese cooking. However, what you generally tend to get served in the US (and the UK) as “Chinese” generally reflects none of them, but the sort of Westernised fare that has come to be labelled as Chinese food.
“中國”食品是一只獨角獸。中國擁全球五分之一的人口，面積相當(dāng)于一個小大陸。中國烹飪具有地域性，不同地方的烹飪具有巨大廣度和多樣性。
然而，在美國和英國，你通常傾向于將其視為“中國菜”的東西通常反映的不是它們，而是那種被貼上中國菜標(biāo)簽的西化食品。
Atlanta has plenty of authentic Chinese food restaurants and unsurprisingly, majority of the customers are Chinese.
In smaller cities or more specifically, locations with a limited Chinese population, the restaurants’ main customer base are Americans, so the dishes are altered to suit American taste.
Basically, it is simply delivering what the customer wants.
亞特蘭大有很多正宗的中餐餐廳，不出所料，大多數(shù)顧客都是中國人。
在較小的城市，或者更具體地說，在華人人口較少的地方，餐廳的主要顧客群是美國人，所以菜式會有所改變以適應(yīng)美國人的口味。
基本上，它只是提供客戶想要的東西。
Because Americans won’t eat truly authentic Chinese food and Chinese restaurants, even those owned by Chinese immigrants, want to sell product that makes their clientele keep coming back for more, thus fattening their coffers. It’s no point advertising authenticity if the clientele won’t even go near it, let alone eat it.
因為美國人不想吃到真正正宗的中國菜，而中國餐館，即使是中國移民開的餐館，也想銷售能讓顧客不斷光顧的產(chǎn)品，從而讓他們的金庫發(fā)胖。如果顧客連靠近都不敢靠近，更不用說吃它了，那么宣傳正宗就毫無意義。
Firs of all, very few Chinese restaurants are owned and operated by Chinese immigrants. They are owned and operated by the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Chinese immigrants.
Second, recipes have been adjusted for American ingredients and tastes.
Third, China’s a huge country with different styles of cooking. What you are thinking is inauthentic might be authentic to a different region. That said, there are “Chinese” dishes that are totally American.
首先，很少中國餐館是由華人移民擁有和經(jīng)營的。它們由華人移民的子女、孫輩和曾孫輩擁有和經(jīng)營。
其次，食譜已針對美國成分和口味進行了調(diào)整。
第三，中國幅員遼闊，飲食風(fēng)格各異。你認(rèn)為不正宗的東西可能對不同地區(qū)來說是正宗的。也就是說，一些“中國”菜肴完全是美國菜。
The original Chinese restaurants were started by Hong Kong immigrants that used Hong Kong cooking techniques using U.S. ingredients. They were also typically small restaurants that cooked everything in a wok. Most of the dishes can be traced back to their original roots, but similar to many Italian restaurants, the taste is very different.
All that being said, finding authentic restaurants can be rewarding, but it often takes trying a few dishes numerous times, to develop a taste.
Many Chinese consider Guangzhou (Cantonese) style food to be the best. It is also closer to Hong Kong food most of us grew up on. Dim Sum (little dishes, normally eaten for breakfast or lunch) is also Cantonese.
最初的中餐館是由香港移民開辦的，他們把美國食材使用香港烹飪技術(shù)烹飪。他們也是典型的小餐館，所有東西都在鍋里煮。大部分菜品都可以追根溯源，和很多意大利餐廳相似，味道卻大相徑庭。
綜上所述，找到地道的餐廳可能會所收獲，但通常需要多次嘗試幾道菜才能培養(yǎng)品味。
許多華人認(rèn)為廣州（粵菜）風(fēng)味的食物是最好的。它也更接近我們大多數(shù)人長大的香港食物。點心（小菜），通常在早餐或午餐時吃的也是粵菜。
Any authentic regional cuisine of China can be found in the San Francisco/San Jose region. These restaurants are where the real Chinese go. In these restaurants you may not find any white people during their busiest times. The Chinese restauranteurs will cook you whatever you want in order to make a buck. My uncle operated a Chinse/Western restaurant in a small town in northern California city of Susanville. My uncle will only make Americanized Chinese food because that is what sells and he can make money doing it. My uncle also make Western dishes. It was the best restaurant in town at that time.
任何正宗的中國地方美食都可以在舊金山/圣何塞地區(qū)找到。這些餐館才是真正的中國人去的地方。在這些餐館里，您可能在他們最繁忙的時候找不到任何白人。為了賺錢，中國餐館老板會為你做任何你想做的事。我的叔叔在北加州蘇珊維爾市的一個小鎮(zhèn)經(jīng)營著一家中西餐廳。我叔叔只會做美國化的中國菜，因為那是賣的，他做可以賺錢。我叔叔也會做西餐。這是鎮(zhèn)上最好的餐廳。
That depends on where you are. It’s not difficult at all to find authentic Chinese restaurants at tier 1 metropolitan areas. You need to look for shopping centers where the entire strip are Chinese shops, from grocery market to fashion to restaurants to traditional Chinese medicine pharmacies.
Your best bet is to ask your Chinese friends to take you there, say you’re treating them, because it’s their birthday or something.
這取決于你在哪里。在一線城市找到地道的中餐館一點也不難。你需要尋找整個地帶都是中國商店的購物中心，從雜貨市場到時尚到餐館再到中藥藥店。
最好的辦法是讓你的中國朋友帶你去那里，說你要招待他們，因為那天是他們的生日什么的。
The Chinese restaurant owners are smart enough to find out what kind of food will draw repeat customers — and authentic Chinese food ain’t it.
中國餐館老板很聰明，能找出什么樣的食物會吸引回頭客——而正宗的中國菜不能。
You might as well ask why Chinese food in northern China is different than in southern China, or why there is New York and Chicago style pizza.
你不妨問為什么中國北方的中國菜和南方的不一樣，或者為什么會有紐約和芝加哥風(fēng)味的披薩。
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First of all, what region of China do you want your cuisine from? Just like the US has regional food, so does China. hot pot is my favorite and hot pot restaurants are becoming popular in the US but they are also regional.
Secondly, what kind of authentic do you want? Ducks head doesn’t have much meat on it but it is tasty, Chinese beef however isn’t very good. Chinese food in the US adapted to western tastes because westerners didn’t like Chinese food.
Lastly, ingredients are different, Broccoli beef and orange chicken don’t exist in china but loose headed cauliflower is popular but difficult to find in the US.
首先，您想要中國哪個地區(qū)的美食？就像美國食品有區(qū)域一樣，中國也有。火鍋是我的最愛，火鍋店在美國越來越受歡迎，但它們也是地區(qū)性的。
其次，你想要什么樣的正品？鴨頭上沒多少肉，但很好吃，但中國牛肉不是很好。美國的中國菜適應(yīng)了西方人的口味，因為西方人不喜歡中國菜。
最后，配料不同，西蘭花牛肉和橙子雞在中國不存在，但散頭花椰菜很受歡迎但在美國很難找到。
Short answer: Because, at least in my area, the majority of Chinese restaurants are owned by people from Fujian province. They come over here and get set up with a fixed menu and a supplier out of a major city. Fujian is not known for its food in China, but the people from Fujian are very hardworking businesspeople. They are unfamiliar with the food from places like Sichuan province and Americans have particular tastes. You can find authentic restaurants, but you have to try really hard.
I once took my good buddy to a place in Orlando for some sichuan food. He said he loved spicy food, but thought hebwas having a stroke because his mouth went numb from the huajiao.
It's also the same with American food in China, I went to KFC expecting to get American fried chicken and instead got sweet and sour-style chicken.
簡短回答：至少在我所在的地區(qū)，大多數(shù)中餐館都是福建人開的。他們來到這里，建立了一個固定的菜單和一個來自大城市的供應(yīng)商。福建在中國并不以美食著稱，但福建人是非常勤勞的商人。他們對四川等地的食物很陌生，美國人的口味也很特別。你可以找到正宗的餐館，但你必須非常努力地嘗試。
一次帶好哥們?nèi)W蘭多吃川菜。他說他愛吃辣，最后他以為自己是中風(fēng)了，因為他的嘴被花膠弄麻了。
美餐在中國也一樣，我去肯德基本想吃美式炸雞，結(jié)果吃的是糖醋雞。
Because their customers are Americans, with American palates, which are different from Chinese ones. Even in China, food differs significantly between various regions. The vast majority of Chinese food in the US is Cantonese style, which is very different from northern Chinese cuisine.
因為他們的顧客是美國人，美國人的口味和中國人不一樣。即使在中國，不同地區(qū)的食物也有很大差異。美國的絕大多數(shù)中國菜都是粵菜，這與中國北方菜很大不同。
You probably would not like truly authentic Chinese food. In many countries, the truly authentic food is food the majority of people there - who are very poor - eat. Animal products and spices are expensive, so the truly authentic food is often just rice and vegetables, with no flavor. I remember going to the grocery store in the Philippines and asking people why they are not buying onions and spices. They explained that they could get 5kg of rice plus spices or 10 kg of rice.
你可能不喜歡真正地道的中國菜。在許多國家，真正地道的食物是那里的大多數(shù)人——他們很窮——吃的食物。動物產(chǎn)品和香料都很貴，所以真正地道的食物往往只有米飯和蔬菜，沒有味道。我記得去菲律賓的雜貨店，問人們?yōu)槭裁床毁I洋蔥和香料。他們解釋說，買香料的錢足夠他們買5公斤大米到10公斤大米。
It is really easy to find traditional Chinese food if where you live has a high population of people with Chinese ancestry or similar Asian taste palates. But if there are not enough to make traditional Chinese food profitable they are smart enough to serve what will sell. That is food that has a broader appeal to more Americans. I have been to many traditional Chinese restaurants in the US. When you go in to a traditional Chinese restaurant, the customers are pretty much all Chinese or other Asians and they are more commonly speaking in one of the Chinese languages rather than English. The food is both great and inexpensive, but not what would appeal to enough Americans to make it profitable without the strong Asian presence in the community patronizing the restaurant. As a general rule the less expensive the food the more traditional the cuisine. An expensive “Chinese Restaurant” will be serving Americanized versions of Chinese food.
如果你居住的地方有大量中國血統(tǒng)或類似亞洲口味的人，那么很容易找到傳統(tǒng)的中國食物。但是，如果沒有足夠的資源讓傳統(tǒng)中國食品有利可圖，那么他們就足夠聰明，能夠提供能賣的東西。那就是對更多美國人更具吸引力的食物。我去過美國許多傳統(tǒng)的中國餐館。當(dāng)你走進一家傳統(tǒng)的中國餐廳時，顧客幾乎都是中國人或其他亞洲人，他們更常用一種中國語言而不是英語。這家餐廳的食物既美味又便宜，但如果沒有強大的亞裔群體光顧這家餐廳，它就無法吸引足夠多的美國人，使其有利可圖。一般來說，食物越便宜，烹飪就越傳統(tǒng)。一家昂貴的“中餐廳”將供應(yīng)美式中餐。
I wonder about this, and here’s why:
I live in an especially Chinese part of the Bay Area, which is already heavily Asian. When I worked with a Chinese person who went back on vacation, I asked her what she did when she was back there, and she said “Eat!”
I expressed surprise since there are so very many Chinese restaurants around here, and they are usually full of Asians, too, not white people. We’re not talking Panda Express or P.F. Chang’s, either — they’re places with Chinese signs on the outside and Chinese menus.
So I would have thought that they must be more authentic. But no, apparently not.
So the argument “they’re trying to appeal to Americans” doesn’t really wash. In my neighborhood a restaurant could be very successful if no white person ever went inside it.
我對此感到好奇，原因如下：
我住在灣區(qū)的一個特別中國的地區(qū)，那里已經(jīng)是亞洲人口稠密的地區(qū)。當(dāng)我和一個回國度假的中國人一起工作時，我問她回去后做了什么，她說：“吃！”
我表示驚訝，因為這里有這么多中國餐館，而且大多都是亞洲人，而不是白人。我們也不是在談?wù)撔茇埧觳突騊.F. Chang’s，它們都是有中文標(biāo)識和中文菜單的地方。
所以我會認(rèn)為它們肯定更正宗。但顯然不是。
因此，“他們試圖吸引美國人”這一論點并沒有真正的說服力。在我的社區(qū)，如果沒有白人進入的餐廳，餐廳可能會非常成功。
This is a slightly different question but when I was young Memphis had only one Chinese Restaurant (Joy Young’s) and it was upscale for Memphis—white table cloths and all meals cooked to order, some fancy such as Peking Duck and some lobster dishes. I splurged and took a young lady there once. I have no idea how authentic it was, but there were always Chinese Americans eating there.
Now it is gone, but there are a hundred or more corner places, all with exactly the same all-you-can-eat buffets. I don’t say these are bad—I enjoy them and I like picking low carb items because I am diabetic. Still, how did this happen? I think there is a wholesale food supplier who does all the prep and the cafes can just heat and put it out. It is all the same everywhere I go.
They might fix food to order for Chinese customers. You could ask. I had a Chinese Aunt, and when she visited us from San Francisco, she called some Chinese restaurants and discussed what she wanted over the phone (in Chinese) before taking us there. I don’t remember what we got, but it was good and we did not get anything that looked back at us. But I think the locals got fried rice, eggrolls, and egg drop soup.
這是一個稍有不同的問題，當(dāng)我年輕時，孟菲斯只有一家中餐廳（Joy young's），而且它是高檔的餐館，提供孟菲斯白色桌布和所有按需烹飪的餐點，一些花式菜肴，如北京烤鴨和一些龍蝦。我揮霍了一次，帶一位年輕女士去了那里。我不知道它有多正宗，但總有華裔美國人在那里吃飯。
現(xiàn)在它已經(jīng)消失了，但在100多個不同角落的地方，都有完全一樣的自助餐。我不是說這些不好，我很喜歡，我喜歡選擇低碳水化合物的食物，因為我有糖尿病。然而，這是怎么發(fā)生的？我認(rèn)為有一家批發(fā)食品供應(yīng)商負責(zé)所有的準(zhǔn)備工作，咖啡館可以加熱并將其保存。我走到哪里都是一樣的食物。
他們可能會為中國顧客定制食物。你可以問。我有一個中國阿姨，當(dāng)她從舊金山來拜訪我們時，她給一些中餐館打了電話，在帶我們?nèi)ツ抢镏?，她用電話（中文）討論了她想要什么。我不記得我們得到了什么，但很好吃，沒有任何人回頭看我們的東西，但我認(rèn)為當(dāng)?shù)厝说玫降氖浅达?、蛋卷和蛋羹?/b>
So about 15 years ago I was in SF for a conference. Friend took me to China town for authentic Chinese. Well, it probably was, but there was practically nothing on the menu which I was even willing to try: I do recall a dish with chicken toes. I admit I am not the most adventurous eater, but really not among the least either, so this is probably the issue. The types of foods served (i.e., animal-based) are too unfamiliar to most Americans to be appealing. Ordinary Chinese-American cuisine has been adapted to American tastes.
大約15年前，我在舊金山參加一個會議。朋友帶我去中國城買正宗的中國菜。嗯，很可能是這樣，但菜單上幾乎沒有我愿意嘗試的東西：我確實記得一道有雞爪的菜。我承認(rèn)我不是最愛冒險的食客，但也不是最不愛冒險的，所以這可能是問題所在。所供應(yīng)的食物種類（即動物性食物）對大多數(shù)美國人來說太陌生了，不太吸引人。普通的中國美國美食已經(jīng)適應(yīng)了美國人的口味。
I spent a couple of weeks in Austria a few years ago, and there were 3 Chinese restaurants in the small town I was in. (One claimed to be Mongolian). All of them had buffets. Each buffet had a “Chinese “ side and an Austrian side. Think Panda Express but not as good on one side, and deli meat, jello, pudding (with actual vanilla wafers), white bread and fruit salad on the other side. That is what the locals wanted. I had a nice conversation with one of the waitresses (few locals knew English and my German is rusty). They came from China originally but decided the health care was better in Austria than in the US. They sold food that kept them in business. Austrians - and most Americans - wouldn’t like authentic Chinese food. I’ve had Chinese food served in Chinese homes (but still adapted to US sensibilities) and it is different from restaurant food (better) but not too different.
Where I live there are plenty of Chinese restaurants with menus in English and Chinese, the latter is usually very different with ingredients that Americans might not find appealing.
幾年前，我在奧地利呆了幾個星期，我所在的小鎮(zhèn)上有三家中國餐館（其中一家自稱是蒙古族）。他們都是自助餐。每個自助餐都有“中國”的一面和奧地利的一面。想想熊貓快餐吧，但一面不太好，另一面是熟食肉、果凍、布?。ㄅ渖险嬲南悴荼★灒?、白面包和水果沙拉。這就是當(dāng)?shù)厝讼胍?。我和其中一位女服?wù)員進行了愉快的交談（很少有當(dāng)?shù)厝硕⒄Z，我的德語也生疏了）。他們最初來自中國，但認(rèn)為奧地利的醫(yī)療保健比美國好。他們出售的食品使他們得以繼續(xù)營業(yè)。奧地利人和大多數(shù)美國人都不喜歡正宗的中國菜。我在中國的家里吃過中國菜（但還是適應(yīng)了美國的口味），它與餐館的食物有所不同（更好），但沒有太大區(qū)別。
在我住的地方，有很多中餐館都有英文和中文菜單，中文菜單通常是美國人可能不太喜歡的食材。
If you want to sell your product, you have to make sure it is product that people want to buy.
Most “American-Chinese” restaurants are the result of knowing what Americans in the area like to eat. They’ve adapted existing dishes and even created new ones because their goal is to sell, not educate.
This phenomenon is nothing new or specific to the United States or for that matter, Chinese food. You can find it anyplace.
如果你想銷售你的產(chǎn)品，你必須確保它是人們想要購買的產(chǎn)品。
大多數(shù)美國中餐館都是了解該地區(qū)美國人喜歡吃什么的結(jié)果。他們改編了現(xiàn)有的菜肴，甚至創(chuàng)造了新的菜肴，因為他們的目標(biāo)是銷售，而不是教育。
這種現(xiàn)象對美國或中國食品來說都不是什么新鮮事，也不是什么特別的。你可以在任何地方找到這種事情。
If you want to taste the authentic Chinese food, the best way is to China to China.
In the US, some restaurants may be owned and operated by Chinese immigrants, but the food they made are usually very different from that made by cooks in China.
First, business owners will change the taste of food to cater to local people. Second, the ingredients used in food making are also not the same as that used in China. Third, the cook in these restaurants are not necessarily very good in cooking. Maybe their eating habbit have changed after living in the US for so many years.
So, you can come to China to find the food you like. Anyone in the world will find his favorite food in China as there so many different kinds of food in this country.
如果你想品嘗地道的中國美食，最好的方法就是去中國，去中國。
在美國，一些餐館可能由中國移民擁有和經(jīng)營，但他們制作的食物通常與中國廚師制作的非常不同。
首先，老板將改變食物的口味，以迎合當(dāng)?shù)厝说目谖?。第二，食品制作中使用的成分也與中國使用的成分不同。第三，這些餐館的廚師不一定擅長烹飪中國菜。也許在美國生活這么多年后，他們的飲食習(xí)慣已經(jīng)改變了。
所以，你可以來中國找你喜歡的食物。世界上任何人都會在中國找到他最喜歡的食物，因為這個國家有很多不同種類的食物。
To attract US customers, localization has to be implemented. That’s the way how Chinese immigrants can integrate into the American society.
為了吸引美國客戶，必須實施本地化。這就是中國移民融入美國社會的方式。