Do you know difference between americanized and authentic chinese?

I have been to the Far East and this is what I know. I know that one Americanized Chinese food that is not found in China is crab rangoon because they don't eat cheese in China. General Tsai's chicken is not authentic but I used to think it was before going to Asia, it's the spicy flavorful taste. And fortune cookies are not authentic, didn't once know that either.

I also know that there are alot of weird exotic things on Chinese menus in China and Asia rarely found on American Chinese menus in America like eel, octopus, shark, jellyfish, starfish, sea cucumber, fish heads, chicken feet, sheep, frog, seaweed, sea sponge, and more. There are also different types of sauces, seasonings, and ingredients in the dishes not found in America.

There is some food there that is the same as here like beef, pork, chicken, and shrimp, those meats are everywhere. But it is prawns there, not shrimp. And not everything here is Americanized. Sweet and sour and Szachuan is authentic and from China. Duck is authentic too. There's just a wider variety of Authentic Chinese food from American Chinese.

Other Americanized Chinese dishes are things that have such plain sounding names, like beef and broccoli or chicken and vegetables. Authentic Chinese dishes have a more Chinese name than that like Mongolian, Hunan, or Szachaun, and many names and different dishes not often seen in American Chinese restaurants. Also sauces at American Chinese restaurants named special house sauce or brown sauce are not authentic sauces.

Lo Mein and noodles are authentic, but rice noodles are more common in China than lo mein.

Like I said before, I am surprised general Tsai's isn't authentic.

I wouldn't know specifically, but I'd imagine the vast majority of Chinese restaurants in The West generally are'nt that authentic. They'll have the basic Chinese ingredients, but probably with more meat and fatty shit added in to appeal to Westerners. Like you said, it's only in places that specifically have very large Asian populations, who are used to authentic food, that they'll be authentic.

I think most East Asian countries don't eat a lot of meat, traditionally anyway. I found when I went to Thailand it was like that. Thai restaurants in The UK have very dressed-up food with all kinds of "exotic" things in it (and some Western influences), but in Thailand I was eating bowls of noodles and rice and that was about it.