Subj : Gen. Tso vs King Pao
To   : DAVE DRUM
From : JIM WELLER
Date : Sun Oct 23 2022 23:47:00

-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Jim Weller <=-

 JW> Mandarin is a language and not a region or a people. If you
 JW> mean Beijing cuisine, yeah they do that too here,

 DD> I am heartily sorry that what my local Chinese food venues call
 DD> their food does not meet with your non-Chinese approval.
 DD> Mandarin cuisine ...  is the local cuisine of Beijing

Do not trust everything you read in Wikipedia.
   
My local venues who actually cater to Beijing tourists never use
that term. The Mandarins were powerful high level civil servants in
the old Imperial days and do not exist in modern Communist China.
The term itself is very derogatory there, just like Bourgeoisie was
in the USSR or Elite in your more redneck regions.

 DD> We have HuHot Mongolian Grill and Mongolian BBQ Asian Buffet.
 DD> Mongoliann style is also served at James Home Kitchen, Sunny China
 DD> House, K&S  Hawaiian BBQ, Mimosa, China Wok, Hunan Restaurant, Tai Pan,
 DD> Dynasty  Asian Cuisine, China Star, and China King. (taken from a top
 DD> 10 listing) 

To start off with Mongolia is not part of China but is its own
country located between China and the Siberian region of Russia. The
climate there is harsh, cold and arid, and agriculture is very
limited. The traditional diet was plain and not very appetising. It
was based on boiled mutton, yogurt and grain and had more in common
with Kazakhstan than China.

The so-called Mongolian grill concept is a modern restaurant
invention created by a guy originally from Beijing living in Taiwan.
He wanted to call it Beijing barbecue but given the politics there,
that wasn't a good idea.

I first encountered it in the 80s in Edmonton and it's very tasty but
not at all Mongolian.

 DD> Title: Mongolian Lamb Hot Pot
 DD> 1 tb Sambal oelek; to taste
 DD> 1 tb Hoisin sauce or kecap manis

Nope. None of those things. 

 DD> 1/2 ts Chinese five spice  
 DD> 1 tb Rice wine vinegar
 DD> 1 tb Sesame oil

And probably not these either.

 DD> TM bowl. Chop  ... saute 8 mins ... Add onions and all other
 DD> sauces

And Hot Pot is a specific cooking style whereby a table of people
dip bites of food into simmering broth in a communal pot and then
dip their own portions into a variety of dips and condiments
provided on the side. Whatever that was it's not Hot Pot.
                                                           


Cheers

Jim


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