What's Chinese Food? or Mexican?
If you been to China, or even Chinatown in San Francisco, defining Chinese food is not easy. No Pu Pu Platters, sweet & sour, etc. The food is mostly defined by geographic region...Szechuan, Hunan and the spices and local foods of those regions.
I frequesnt an Asian grocery market in San Francisco. I can't tell you what 90% of the things are that are sold there. Some really strange stuff. Last year I paid $26 for one clam! Called a Geoduck. Strangest animal you'll ever see. It weighed about three pounds. Although harvested in Pugent Sound, only Asian markets sell them.
Think a burrito is Mexican? Nope! Very hard to find them South-of-the-Border. They originated in Los Angeles and a version (not the same as in USA) can be found in northern Mexican towns that have been influenced from it migrating south from the USA. Can't get menudo in Laconia!
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Gary
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