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No-Box-3897@reddit

Bro, I saw this picture because someone send your blog on Weibo, this is definately NOT Chinese food, and even it costs $30, comments says you can even call the cops (joking...whatever)

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Ok_Criticism_9474@reddit

Wtaf.......what is the name of the dish??? I'm intrigued

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hulsey76@reddit

Jesus, that looks more bland than if White people cooked it! Da fuck???

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BristolShambler@reddit

I’m never accepting any shit from Americans again about British Chinese food.

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FOBFan1998@reddit

i feel like the people who made that food are the same color as the food

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Issyv00@reddit

What’s the name of this dish so I can make sure I never order it.

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Siilveriius@reddit

Chop Suey It's delicious when cooked right though

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beeatenbyagrue@reddit

GRAB A BRUSH AND PUT ON A LITTLE MAKEUP

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kelskit@reddit

HIDE THE SCARS TO FADE AWAY THE SHAKE UP

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Jeramy_Jones@reddit

WHY’D YOU LEAVE THE KEYS UP ON THE TABLE

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FRYYYYYYYY

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Charming_Lime_8766@reddit

Comment threads like this make me love life 😂

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lacrosse771@reddit

Gotta suck his dick before my makeup was how I heard it.

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MyMomsTastyButthole@reddit

I'm trying, cuz this dish is a fucking nightmare

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rdldr1@reddit

Everyone knows that System of a Down invented chop suey in the 19th century.

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samuraiseoul@reddit

Sure ya don't mean the 1900s? AKA the 20th century? Otherwise there is a lot more for me to learn about this band....

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Apparently they wanted to change the OG title which was "Suicide" because it might be too controversial at the time so they chose Chop Suey because they thought it sounded similar to Suicide xD I think they were probably just having Chop Suey Chinese takeout when deciding on the name and just went with that.

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RavenMarvel@reddit

That's definitely not chop suey wtf

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Siilveriius@reddit

Yeah it's supposed to be stir fried but it looks like they just boiled it here haha

This is how it's supposed to look like: https://images.app.goo.gl/33rYXKovhxYVD1qs9

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InterestingSinger821@reddit

afaik chop suey doesn't have cauliflower???

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Siilveriius@reddit

It's really just a mix of whatever veggies and meat you have, you're supposed to stir fry them with soy sauce and oyster sauce. At least that's how I do it. But here it looks like they just boiled everything together veggies and chicken lol.

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Gallantpride@reddit

That is some trash looking chop suey. I've never seen it with cauliflower and corn. In NYC, it's a cabbage dish

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Upnorth4@reddit

In California they put some baby corn in there, but only a little

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ceryniz@reddit

"Cauliflower is the same species of plant as cabbage" - the Psychopath that cooked this monstrosity

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Upnorth4@reddit

Whatever OP ordered dies not look like Chop Suey

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AmbassadorSad1157@reddit

Pale. Just pale.

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Visual_Bid_4436@reddit

EWWW, I DEF WOULD HAVE GOTTEN MY 30 DOLLARS BACK THATS DISHUSTING

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trivetsandcolanders@reddit

Is the Chinese food in the room with us?

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DueHousing@reddit

How is this shit Chinese food? 💀

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radiobottom@reddit

Never order vegetables from a Chinese place. Meat and noodles.

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FecalDUI@reddit

I know at least in Cleveland good Chinese food doesn’t exist anymore

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catsplants420@reddit

What the fuck.

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Due-Entrepreneur-567@reddit

Looks disgusting

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pickledeggmanwalrus@reddit

This is a literal insult. I would probably have some pretty strong words for the establishment while asking for a refund.

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FalseAdhesiveness946@reddit

I'd have to walk that back to them. There ain't even no sauce on it. Bleck!

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sohcordohc@reddit

Looks like PA Dutch food..was it as bland and squishy? Was there also gravy involved and salt and pepper or jusy salt? Or nothing lmao

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Designer_Routine_619@reddit

Iykyk

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LastRedshirt@reddit

even the 2nd most untalented person could cook a better version of this for 70% less money O_O

(considering, the most untalented person cooked this "meal")

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PaddyAdge@reddit

Oh wow, a minimalist masterpiece! Who needs flavor or variety when you can have an entire field of cauliflower and a sprinkle of baby corn? At least it's healthy

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Thepinkrollerskater@reddit

$30?! Did they price out each kernel on those baby corns?!

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Extreme-Tangerine727@reddit

DoorDash?

S15 entree $5 delivery $5 tip Taxes

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_thenational@reddit

i had a chipotle BOGO a couple days ago. thought i'd use the savings from the 2nd burrito to cover the delivery costs. i was feeling lazy. how bad could it be?

incredibly, it was $27. double checked to make sure the coupon was applied. yep, only being charged for 1 burrito. $27 to deliver 1 burrito. I switched it to pickup and it went down to $13. so I learned it costs $14 to deliver a burrito from a place 4 miles from my house.

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windfujin@reddit

unfortunately there are enough lazy bums to pay for that for them to charge that much. This is what they really mean by customer is always right.. charge them as much as they are willing to pay

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CrumblyDelicieux@reddit

or maybe stop being a lazy bum and cook/walk down there? why are americans so obsessed of having a minimum wage worker deliver food right at their doorstep and complain about the cost ?

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NetworkingJesus@reddit

They already said they switched it to pickup. Get off your high horse.

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Frosty-Ring-Guy@reddit

If I got charged $30 for food that looked like this, it wouldn't be just the yelp reviews that would be on fire.

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jabracadaniel@reddit

i didnt know they made beige food in vegetable form.. r/evilautism 's worst nightmare

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ShakingCheese@reddit

Was everything boiled and thrown in the container?

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koolaidismything@reddit

It’s worse, those are the frozen pre packaged cauliflower. You can’t split the fresh down the middle like that lol. This is strait garbage.

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Shot_Policy_4110@reddit

What do you mean you can't split the fresh down the middle? I've broken down many cauliflower, and it gets cut before freezing if it is frozen

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gangrenemakesmedead@reddit

what do you mean you can't split fresh ones we don't get any frozen cauliflower in my country and we cut it this way quite easily. the trick is using a knife to cut it.

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no_infringe_me@reddit

A knife? We use guns here

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Human_Ad897@reddit

The most American answer. Ar15 will split those lil buggers real good

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ForceOk6039@reddit

Can attest to this living in Montana there are an equal amount of guns and knives in a kitchen at any given moment

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gangrenemakesmedead@reddit

it will work if it is a gun that shoots knives

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walruslifee@reddit

This may or may not be the frozen cauliflower but I split fresh cauliflower like this all the time at home

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Nancyhasnopants@reddit

I was a kitchen hand in a chinese food court takeaway for years in australia. I could split fresh cauliflower like this quite easily but this would be a couple of days of cauliflower for us, let alone one dish. It was added sparingly to dishes. I have nfi what they’re doing here.

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Ordinary_Accountant1@reddit

Maybe it's fancy albino broccoli 🥦 😆

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AxelHarver@reddit

Why not? Too hard?

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SpectacularStarling@reddit

A Chinese food restaurant owned and operated by the British.

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ForceOk6039@reddit

Can't be any worse than my local Mexican establishment that's owned by an Armenian family

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Frosty-Ring-Guy@reddit

A british prison chef... maybe.

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CapableFunction6746@reddit

What's the difference?

/s

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O_o-buba-o_O@reddit

What's the difference? There is no need for the /s when it's true 🤣🤣🤣

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CapableFunction6746@reddit

I was trying to be nice. I know someone brittish people that cook and embrace the spices they conquered the world for but they also live outside of the UK currently.

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jesst@reddit

My first thought when I saw this was “I didn’t know my mother in law started working as a Chinese food chef since the cunt lost her DBS”.

She’s British so it checks out.

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IBeDumbAndSlow@reddit

Boiled then thrown in the container and microwaved

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TaleteLucrezio@reddit

And a sprinkle of MSG for extra flavour

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OkCorner3223@reddit

Well what else do you expect them to do? It’s not their job to fry it and season it? Yikes, some people just want the world.

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peppermintmeow@reddit

It's not even beige.

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AngrySumBitch@reddit

Colorful

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HeyWaaHappened@reddit

😂

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Computers_and_cats@reddit

Boiled in bleach. Flavor and color is not allowed.

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qorbexl@reddit

I got 3 pounds of that china white hmu

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ElfOverlord@reddit

canned, drained and thrown in

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ThegreatPee@reddit

Looks like a pretty good workout meal.

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slimbender@reddit

No. Still frozen.

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luluxo86@reddit

What is Chinese about this dish?

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wakeupchicken@reddit

This is actually more accurate than most Chinese food. Chinese food is usually boiled and fried. They just forgot the sauce and chili pepper

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IBeDumbAndSlow@reddit

It was made by a Chinese person?

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CadmiumAndWilsin@reddit

TIL the McDonald's I had for lunch is Mexican food.

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brittinea@reddit (OP)

It was supposed to be Cantonese chow mein

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lewisfairchild@reddit

from where?

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Itsahootenberry@reddit

Where are the noodles?

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Gen_Jack_Oneill@reddit

There are some Chinese restaurants that insist chow mein doesn't have noodles and some (most) that do include noodles. Pretty sure "Chow mein" means fried noodles, so I'm not sure whats going on there.

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brittinea@reddit (OP)

At the bottom stuck to the container with no sauce , I didn’t wanna make you guys throw up.

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frenchkissmybutthole@reddit

Same place as big Ed’s neck. They don’t exist.

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_stryfe@reddit

you're kidding me. The only thing part of Cantonese Chow Mein is the chicken... I've never seen cauliflower in that dish.

You know it's supposed to look like this, right?? https://cdn.sanity.io/images/2r0kdewr/production/30c7b02eac73b770badf8d3d50db35be1afb2dcc-1500x844.jpg

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Unit_79@reddit

I think that’s why they said “supposed to be,” professor.

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VetteMiata@reddit

I don’t see the chow nor the mein..

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Wrong-Tell8996@reddit

Chow mein has noodles though

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brittinea@reddit (OP)

There was, at the bottom under that mess but they were attached to the container

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all___blue@reddit

Where I'm from, chow mein is like 70% cabbage, some kinda of white sauce, onions, and whatever meat you pick. Lo mein is the noodles. Then there's some other dishes that have the fat noodles, but I forget the name.

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Electrical_Load_9717@reddit

Chow fun

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notabigmelvillecrowd@reddit

If you look between the cauliflower way off in the lefthand corner, you'll see that this is the boiled white crown that sits atop the head of boiled white noodles.

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ChaoticxSerenity@reddit

Um... I feel like you got someone else's order entirely.

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WmWzK@reddit

The stove had chinese parts

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ChaoticxSerenity@reddit

I don't even see sauce lmao, somebody please fire this 'chef' 😭💀

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DirtySilicon@reddit

The marinade and cooking process. Velveted chicken probably with baking soda in the marinade, something the Chinese food culture is known for. I'm not going to pretend like I'm some deeply studied chef, but I haven't seen chicken or other meat look like that outside of that process.

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GravyPainter@reddit

Added a little MSG

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No_Substance_7290@reddit

A Chinese person passed by the restaurant even they were making the food

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gilly_girl@reddit

La Croix Chinese food.

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unfinished-sentenc_@reddit

😂😂

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makemeking706@reddit

Oops, all corn.

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nonoyo_91@reddit

The contrainer, probs

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bobthebobbober@reddit

If it was bokchoy or even napa Choy I’d be happy

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VERCEPTOR@reddit

WHAT SHIT

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Absolute_Jackass@reddit

Thirty buckaroos of beige.

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mismetti@reddit

Looks like something found at an archaeological site

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witchhut@reddit

this looks British somehow

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Express-Emotion315@reddit

As a Chinese guy I would like to apologize it seems they accidentally gave you the dogs food

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tothesource@reddit

OP, you asked for a dish without the sauce, didn't you? be honest.

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biscotti-platypus@reddit

Looks all white to me!

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SSV-Bravado@reddit

If that was a cold dish, marinade chicken, pickled cauliflower, I'd have said, hey that looks good... all the way until I saw that it was $30 with the actual description.

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Rich-Appearance-7145@reddit

Sorry to inform you this is not any Chinese food I ever seen, and for $30 a styrofoam full of streamed cauliflower and baby corn looks more like a joke.

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WoozyTraveller@reddit

THREE ZERO?! Did they accidentally put the decimal place in the wrong spot and meant it to be $3???

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Wooden_Mixture_238@reddit

Blander than my love life. I’ve seen more seasoning on some peoples bare feet dude. If this was a state It’d be Nebraska. The La Croix of Chinese food over here. This was prepared and seasoned with hopes and dreams. All this needs is a trash can to throw it in.

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The-Color-Orange@reddit

I'm sorry but are you British?

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crabladdeer@reddit

I'd empty a pot of oyster sauce into that, and give it a good mix.

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Cchief22@reddit

Authentic, this is what they eat on a daily basis, maybe spoonful of rice.

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MarzipanPlane9490@reddit

Some body lied 🙁

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lfxlPassionz@reddit

You paid $30 for that???!

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ForceOk6039@reddit

It looks bland as fuck no sear no color no seasonings or sauces id fight the whole restaurant

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SandSerpentHiss@reddit

which currency

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Plastic_Sun_6789@reddit

What the helly is this. Is this even cooked?

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Stella_Stacks25@reddit

Half of food is how it looks :). Probably couldn't eat it.

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queenofthenerds@reddit

Where is the sauce?

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CadmiumAndWilsin@reddit

Is this that British Chinese food that you get with fries and curry?

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Dont_Kvothe_me@reddit

I'm going to be honest, I don't understand how this would qualify as "Chinese" food. The ingredients and cooking technique are incredibly nondescript.

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ebolaRETURNS@reddit

Is there some reason we're deeming this "Chinese"?

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KatOfSound@reddit

I’ve seen more seasoned food for geriatric patients with stomach infections

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hi_im_kai101@reddit

what kind of chinese stir fry has cauliflower lol

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Infinite_Factor_6269@reddit

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bubblebuttbuttfkr@reddit

no way that one dish cost $30, it looks so bland

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Realinvisibleman@reddit

Name the restaurant and shame.

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brittinea@reddit (OP)

I want to.

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luv2hotdog@reddit

Why don’t you?

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ConBrio93@reddit

Stolen image.

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Sweet-Awk-7861@reddit

Do it tomorrow on a different time from your order to make it less likely that they'll retaliate?

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DoubleTheGarlic@reddit

Just do it. Don't let anyone else here get suckered by these clowns.

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bubblebuttbuttfkr@reddit

dooo itttt, let us knowww

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Worried_Position_466@reddit

You can get authentic Chinese dishes in Los Angeles that don't cost $30. No fucking way some fast food place is charging $30 for an entree.

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bubblebuttbuttfkr@reddit

exactly, maybe OP trollin

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OkCarpet3273@reddit

That’s alottttt of cauliflower I hope it came with sauce on the side

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Svnny-@reddit

That’s like the stuff you feed to a sick dog

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nizzzleaus@reddit

Is that Ohio seasoning?

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ricodog13@reddit

Nothing worse than terrible Chinese food

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dbeast64@reddit

If disappointment had a look, that would be it.

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bikesboozeandbacon@reddit

What about the ingredients made you want to pay $30 for this?

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Lonely_Carry_9861@reddit

I know Im deeply in reptiles when I saw corn ib the title ans immediatly thought od a cornsnake instead of real corn haha

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adultinglikewhoa@reddit

Did you taste it?

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depressingmemoir@reddit

Bro wtf is that

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socallocalB13@reddit

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Ordinary-Pair4428@reddit

Please tell me there was sauce on the side at least

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stupidracist@reddit

30 DOLLARS FOR A TUB OF CAULIFLOWER AND BABY CORN DEELISH

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BusinessAmbitious835@reddit

all white dinners

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Spiderisinmyhead@reddit

oh god this has to be either a joke or a mistake. Looks like a no sodium diet plate - corn, cauliflower, and chicken. I can taste the blandness through the screen.

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Critical_Bug_880@reddit

As a very white gal of the Deep South, I love me some salt and herbs. As most of us do. I just stared at the picture and covered my mouth in disappointment.

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38DDs_Please@reddit

Don't forget the MSG!

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Critical_Bug_880@reddit

Yes! I have a whole jar full of MSG in the pantry!

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38DDs_Please@reddit

PREACH!

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System0verlord@reddit

I shielded my BBQ’s eyes from this pic.

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chokeslam512@reddit

I licked my screen to try it out and it has more flavor than this dish.

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Title26@reddit

Lot of Chinese places around me have a low sodium section. It all sounds terrible so I've never actually ordered it. But this is what I imagined from the descriptions.

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CapableFunction6746@reddit

There is chicken in that? I thought it was just cauliflower and baby corn... It somehow got worse. Thanks...

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notabigmelvillecrowd@reddit

Looks like one of those old fine dining services from the 70s where everything was white.

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kansasmom1971@reddit

Monochromatic mess.

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Grow_away_420@reddit

Did you order with no sauce?

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Tricky_Reporter8345@reddit

Maybe next time you'll think twice about ordering the bleached veggies

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fascfoo@reddit

Aint no way this was 30 USD

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somewherein72@reddit

I thought the Chinese had discovered seasoning.

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Natural-Nobody-7644@reddit

Please say you went back for a refund. Tbh, not sure I could've eaten that. Bummer!

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Jaded_Science_9102@reddit

is that a t.v. dinner? no resteraunt would serve this hopefully it looks like the t.v. dinners you get for a dollar at dollar tree

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Wrong_Location9551@reddit

Whoever cooked this shit had pure hatred in their heart

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thecrunchyonion@reddit

and/or british

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Chemical-Drawer852@reddit

Looks like filipino chop suey

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diaphoni@reddit

it's all so uncomfortably beige

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Nostromeow@reddit

WHERE SAUCE AND GREENS

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gemogo97@reddit

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Engi_Doge@reddit

On behalf of the Chinese we disown this as a Chinese dish.

Like, we have a multitude of sauces, spices and garnishes and it looks like NONE were used.

It's likena fish n chips with no fish nor chips

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Suspicious-Power-219@reddit

Chin wut

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skdisjmmsk@reddit

looks like something you’d scrape off the bottom of the sink after washing the dishes

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ArcanaOfApocrypha@reddit

Definitely frozen corn

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Unclehol@reddit

Well... there had to be more than just that for $30.

But yeah, that looks shitty.

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dr_strange-love@reddit

Still the best Chinese in England

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Particular-Sort-9720@reddit

Nahhh you're crazy, I was just thinking about how much better uk Chinese food looks. This looks like something my brother would feed his dog that suffers from IBS.

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Itsahootenberry@reddit

Bruh I remember British Chinese food was making it to news a few years ago because of bad the internet was dunking on it

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BewilderedFingers@reddit

Scandinavia enters the chat. The UK has way better Asian food than we have here in Denmark!

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WakeupDp@reddit

They're gonna say you need salt and pepper and curry sauce

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TheGeorgeForman@reddit

And chips, don't forget the chips.

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danabrey@reddit

Do NOT bring us into this shitshow

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dedokta@reddit

When you ask for no sauce and are then surprised that it tastes like shit.

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poorly-worded@reddit

I don't think the babycorn is the problem here

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tobotic@reddit

The baby corn is probably the only bit of this I'd eat

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littlemybb@reddit

I would have made my husband go back and complain. I’m terrified of confrontation, but he can be a toned down Karen.

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Zararara@reddit

That's an awful chop suey

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lowmantequilla@reddit

This looks like Tailor Swift music

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EngineerEthan@reddit

Is there even meat in that? Or is it just cauliflower and baby corn?

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12monthsinlondon@reddit

It's funny because none of the ingredients are common in Chinese food.
Maybe deboned white meat chicken but shredded is a bit more common than whatever this is.

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newberries_inthesnow@reddit

These sad baby corns are reminding me of the time my family was served, at a Chinese restaurant in Yakima, what looked like straight up La Choy slithered out of a can onto some plates. With some Minute rice. We didn't touch it, just got up and walked out. What the fuck.

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AFartInAnEmptyRoom@reddit

Where's all tha flaaaava?

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anonuemus@reddit

you pay $30 for that?

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Vahagn323@reddit

This is the food you'd get for looting a street urchin during The Blitz.

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iiiimagery@reddit

Is this not moo goo gai pan? Which can be delicious but look like this

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redvsbluewarthog@reddit

That looks absolutely horrible, and flavorless.

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Talullah_Belle@reddit

I am not a fan of Chinese food and I am asian.

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Puzzled_Cherry_5613@reddit

$30???

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Few-Emergency5971@reddit

Cooked under the anartic sun

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MyvaJynaherz@reddit

30$

It's sad when I don't know if that was just a dumb American, or a foreigner

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XxCroisssantsxX@reddit

Better of going to a dollar store and buying this lmao

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Chefpief@reddit

$30? Hell no. $12 with all the duck sauce I want? Aight.

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keithstonee@reddit

corn looks like the only edible part

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redditfellatesceos@reddit

That's a goddamn abomination. They deserve a 1 star review and no more of your patronage.

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Atasteofazia@reddit

They all died for nothing

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Begotten912@reddit

Looks like British Chinese food. Just all beige.

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Majestic_Parsley9156@reddit

Oh… beige/white? Scandinavian ..It has its merits, but Kroppkakor , or just boiled tater and Lutefisk with white sauce is a traditional meal where I live. The White Plate. Christmas it’s a staple. Is British Chinese food mostly black bean sauce/ hoisin and soy are absent at times?

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SpookyFrog12@reddit

You in a North Korean concentration camp?

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SKGrainFarmer@reddit

Must be the worst Chinese food in all of Saskatchewan.

What an embarrassment to this province

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epidemicsaints@reddit

Now I know what canned cauliflower would look like.

DIdn't even know there was chicken until I zoomed in.

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vibrantcrab@reddit

I had to zoom in to confirm it, but some of that does appear to be chicken. Maybe.

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yoashmo@reddit

There's chicken?

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vibrantcrab@reddit

I think they forgot an ingredient or five.

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u_commit_die@reddit

I think they forgot to actually cook it

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FreshwaterFryMom@reddit

This looks horrible! Yuck

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Inside-Beyond-4672@reddit

It's just a picture of food sitting in the container. :)

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op3l@reddit

I could have made this for like $5.

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karebearjedi@reddit

Looks like it votes Republican wtaf

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Leviathon713@reddit

The most Chinese thing in this picture is the container it’s in.

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VSG518NY@reddit

🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅👀👀👀

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BunnyLady91@reddit

It looks really good to me. Maybe I’m hungry.

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Frosty-Ring-Guy@reddit

Do you live in a British prison?

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BunnyLady91@reddit

I live in a campground/car in USA

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Ambitious-Physics-26@reddit

I'm Chinese and I'm telling U this is not Chinese food. Idk wtf this is,it ain't Chinese food. What an insult

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welding_guy_from_LI@reddit

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Sasquatches69too@reddit

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kalb_jayyid@reddit

Nothing in that pic is fuiyoh.... Vegetable taste like sad, and these vegetables are in mourning HAAAIIIYAAAAA

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BunnyLady91@reddit

Top comment vote!

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Curri189@reddit

That is white on white on white.

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DeepSubmerge@reddit

This would make me tilt. The best part of Chinese veggies are the delicious sauces, even the most basic make the veg so delicious.

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Majestic_Parsley9156@reddit

There was a time where Chinese food was an art form even in small operations. The family run restaurants brought their regional cuisine and, Chop Suey, Chow Mein, and Egg Foo Young, Moo goo Gai Pan..etc became early ambassadors to the cuisine. Then, deep fried with sugar sauce came into play to adapt to American Palates. Now, those restaurants provided revenue for the children and grand-children to go to college, live out an American dream and they don’t want to slave over hot woks and deep fryers. Can’t blame them. Have you ever seen how the restaurant family eats “family meal”? It’s looks better than what you order! Because it’s hard to sell the real deal anyway. Furthermore, other people see cash cow in trying to buy out or take over these restaurants . And have NO CLUE how to do it! If your local Chinese family restaurant is still pumping out good food.. you see the real deal. Go and get some. It’s going corporate or fading away. Look I to recent radio and video documentaries and podcasts about this phenomenon.

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Worried_Position_466@reddit

I mean, all the dishes you mentioned in the beginning were heavily modified for the American palate already. They were literally the cheapest shit thrown in a wok with tons of filler like broccoli or cabbage. Chop suey basically means "miscellaneous crap." Like, I grew up eating Chinese food in the US and never ever had chop suey or moo goo gai pan. I never even heard of crab rangoon until a few years ago.

But I actually like the deep fried sugary stuff, still fucking love orange chicken from Panda. And there are actually a few dishes like sweet and sour spare ribs that are pretty authentic.

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Majestic_Parsley9156@reddit

Absolutely. Your commentary is correct. And I can’t order Chinese for my family without General Tso’s and Cream Cheese Wontons being the main goal. I had the great opportunity to eat traditional Chinese in Columbia , MO with Ren Wang Li and Sunday’s in Dallas where chicken feet were freakin delicious. Meat on the bone.. fried rice as a true “leftover “ dish. Moon cake. Rare wheat crop noodles. Texture oriented foods. No American really wanted to try. But, Singapore Mai Fun and Spicy Bean Curd , or Hot and Sour Soup or my go to. Still Americanized .. but sooo amazing! Chinese long beans.. cmon. Dim Sum is hard to come by these days. But, Noodles and Dumplings franchise is keeping that alive. They are still making BANG NOODLES to ORDER. Right in front of you! Soup dumplings.. open kitchen crazy. And I Love Panda Express! Mushroom Chicken. Delicious.

The history is so rich as it transcends and transpires and , unfortunately, often disappears in America. I just hope those who take it over and make it like the picture of origin in this thread.. don’t rob and cheat us out of the opportunity.

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