Comment on Who makes those terrible sheet cake things that every Chinese buffet has?
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 11 months agoYou’re almost certainly correct that it’s just cheap cake. Is Betty Crocker cake really a traditional Chinese dessert? Furthermore, most buffets like this are Americanized ethnic food not traditional dishes.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Depends on where you go. American-chinese cuisine has its roots in authentic Chinese food, brought by immigrants; immigrants who came to a new place finding unfamiliar ingredients and adapting those ingredients to their old ways of cooking.
It’s a fascinating history; though the way they were treated was downright awful. (Story of our nation: “Exploit the new guy.”…)