Why is chinese food so amazing?

For some reason, I just cannot get over how amazing the food at a good Chinese buffet is. I can never get enough of the fried onions, general's chicken, jalapenos & beef, spicy pork, egg rolls, fried donuts, steamed rice, breaded shrimp, etc that is served there. It's all so delicious! As such, I try not to eat there very often for weight concerns. I see many others there don't share my concern and are as large as a house. heh

Is it normal to consider Chinese buffet food as being so good?

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  • Doctor_Tongue

    american chinese food is full of fat and salt..... it's not even close to real chinese food

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    • Chinese food has a lot of fat in it because of the oil, but it is delicious, love it.

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      • SHANSHANLV

        CHINESE FOOD'FAT ,wont make so many people too fat.

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    • slackjaw, how the fuck would you know this? have you ever been to china?

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  • RomeoDeMontague

    Because asains are fucking amazing! Have you seen how many spices go into the stuff they make? Its like food scientists. Even food for Asain people has to be super fucking complicated. Its not enough that they are smart. They have to make food so tasty and complicated that its hard for us to copy. Look at mexican food its the same 3 ingredients and you could have 20 meals.

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  • arrowhead

    it's not even close to real chinese food. especially panda express. it's americanized chinese fast food. and... buffee even worse! sometimes they keep it for couple day and still serve them. you gonna get heart attack soon due to artery build up.

    if you wanna taste real chinese food. go to chinatown, and find restaurant that has chinese character all over it, and you don't even know how to order them. i usually go eat dim sum, and just grab the waiter hand and pointing at different dishes. it's like an orgy in my mouth! but very oily!

    oh, one bad thing about chinese restaurant! they are really loud and not cozy at all. all those chinese people talking in chinese yelling at each other, the waiters smashing the plates into a bin.

    worth it though, it's very cheap since no customer service mannerism.

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    • crushedrose

      No mannerism? Obviously you don't know the culture. i'm not saying they're loud and obnoxious by the way. Chinese restaurants are usually for families so people tend to talk a lot when they're w/ familiar people. Have you seen the size of the tables? There are little kids n relatives that just came so of course its loud they're all very happy to see each other.
      Furthermore if you compare it to restaurants like Olive Garden, you can see why it's quieter. If you don't like the noise then get a private room.(yes they have it in the restaurants usually and this is not sarcasm)

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      • arrowhead

        i know, sadly, all my relatives here speaks chinese except me, i only understand 1 or 2 words. once we fit 12 people in one table in a little room. i'm just saying, don't go to chinese restaurant if you want a nice cozy place.

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    • seventhdream

      Agreed. If you find yourself some real chinese food, the buffets will be less appealing. I do like buffets on occasion but it's not even on the same scale as the real stuff.

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  • now they have gourmet and health/organic chinese food restaurants, at least in big cities.

    still, real chinese food often includes rat meat. how would that go over on the panda express combo menu?

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  • HZPenguin

    A lot of the things Americans think are Chinese food aren't actually authentic Chinese food... in fact real food from China tastes more or less about the same "goodness" as American food. I grew up eating it and half my life I could not understand why people were so crazy about Chinese food.

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  • ChingChongHUEHUE

    ching chong hop off my ding dong

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  • philthom4s

    I love Chinese food! Orange chicken is in a three way tie for my favorite food! I could eat it all day every day! :D

    http://www.gingerbeef.com/

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  • Avant-Garde

    Make your own Chinese food at home. This way you can control the oils and sodium. The traditional Chinese Diet is very healthy and it can help you lose weight.

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  • Mersaphe

    Dude watch your MSG intake. That stuff is not healthy in large quantities. Besides, Thai food kicks the crap out of Chinese food any day of the week

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  • Demundo

    Eat a varied diet, one day Chinese, next day French, third day Mexican, fourth day Italian, fifth day Indian, sixth day English, seventh day fast all day to lose some of that grease!

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  • Beast70

    MSG

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  • nowimsureimsane

    But to answer your question scientifically its called MSG (monosodium glutamate)

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  • nowimsureimsane

    Americanized chinese buffet is the best food ever!i always crave it.

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  • Sweetz

    Marrying into an asian family will solve all that :D

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  • ~L~

    I love Chinese and Japanese food it's awesome!

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  • Lol I love how everyone says they put crap in it and I went to a restaurant run by Chinese people where there's just one cook who can fill up a table with food in 10 minutes.

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  • Isolated

    :O
    I've been to some chinese resturants. I love their peking duck... Yum~!

    Like most people in this discussion, the food is likely unhealthy because of its fat. It's best to eat it once in a while but not everyday.

    I wonder if the fried rice is healthy.... :/

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  • bruuno

    Because of all the fat it contains, mmmmmm fat.

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  • Of course it's normal. People have different tastes in category's such as music.

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  • YOURaFREAK

    all i know is that chinese food is the best in the world i could eat it all day and night im not fat at all either very thin and cut but shitt its great!!

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  • nothing2

    i don't even like it much. unless i know what everything is. really, i secretly avoid it whenever possible and get a pizza or wings instead.

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  • XxgemdinxX

    Chinese is my favorite food! Ha. And yes it is. If it's your favorite food, then of course it would be, just like italian or mexican etc.

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    • lovetheworld

      i feel great you like chinese food ,as we all know ,chinese food are created after a thousand years of history.i also love chinese food especially the food my mom cooked !its delicious and memorable!!!but now i want to have other choice!!

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  • spidzeedoo

    i love Chinese food and it is a shame that I have to not go very often because I would gain so much weight. I love it and it is addicting. I could eat if every day. If I found out I only had a few months to live and then no longer gave a shit about my weight I'd eat there 3 times a day.

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  • Weasel_poo

    Is the monosodium glutamate or MSG basically i knowtice a nice sweet different flavoured salt thats what it is and we find it addictive! chineese food is fulla fat & sugar syrup not forgetting nice tasty batter :)
    now I want a chinese meal!

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  • InuYashasWifexxx

    Chinese food is delicious ^^ Totally normal.

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  • hallo101

    because it has a crap load of fattening oil content and because white tongues are used to dull tasting foods. no offense, i really mean it

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  • blackdogsam

    I am going to eat at Happy China Buffet, at least I think that is what its called. Happy China Wall Great super, maybe its called China Hill..I dunno but its good and in Bangor, Maine. I drive just and hour and a half to eat there and stuff my face with all the other fat white people. Its great cause you can act like a pig while all the skinny Asians run around with name tags like Mary or Henry or Don. They know we are fat and love eating many plates of slimy sweetness, good god, i am hungry, my fav. is the fried chicken wangs....yum yum dim sum

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  • wontwork

    Oh my, I know exactly what you mean by that! I just love it! Even when it's chinese takeout its normal to me. This was entertaining to read and definatly 100%% NORMAL!!!!!!!

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  • piratejack

    of couurse is it all chinese food is banging, i dont remember u asking any one weather it was full of fat, i have had chinese in america/spain/england all the same full of fat and nothing like traditional chinese food but that aint the point no matter how fatty it is people will still eat it cos its fukin gorgous

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  • DYLANATION

    The reason you might like it so much is because they have added MSG, its a salt substitute and supposedly very addicting, almost like how coke a cola became famous by adding cocaine to the drink when it first came out.

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  • Englishgirl

    mmmm i love chinese food :D my favourite x

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  • Yeah, It's normal I know alot of people that loves that stuff. I personally don't like it.

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  • dickbandit

    if its so amazing why dont you eat it for a month straight then tell me how your arterty's feel

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  • I love fried rice, sweet and sour pork, egg rolls......Yeah I think this is totally normal. I usually order out Chinese food about once every two months.

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  • i agree with this, especially the orange chicken from panda express

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    • lisha590

      Omg! I love PAnda Express are u from Philly?

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  • nothing2

    it's just crap. leftovers. things they found in the trash. then they douse it with syrup and spices and toss it on some cheap rice and everybody thinks its great. maybe it is i dunno

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    • mizztootyfruity

      I agree. Chinese food isn't amazing. They fry most things in the same oil which is disgusting Plus that "chicken" u be eating...sceptical bout whether it actually is chicken...or something else...

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  • EccentricWeird

    It's all produced with the poorest, fattiest and most dubious ingredients, hastily charred and left sitting for a while. Fat asses lick their crusted forks clean and hoard alls the balls of chicken.

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