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If you are ever thinking of coming to China to visit or live long-term, then this is a really important post for you to read and digest.
In this post, I want to share with you my personal pros and cons of eating Chinese food!
PROS
1. Chinese food is very filling
The portion sizes in China are pretty big. I know in some countries like Japan, portion sizes are generally smaller than what a Western person might be used to. Chinese people love to eat. A lot.
The cost of a meal can be as little as $1.50 and that could fill you up really well. China uses a lot of vegetables, starch and meat in their food. All of these foods are filling and the portion sizes are very big for what you pay for. Chinese people will never let you leave the restaurant hungry!
2. Chinese food has a wide range of flavours
Every province in China is known for its food in some way. Every province has its own specialty. If you like spicy food, Sichuan province is for you. If you like blander food that preserves the original taste of the ingredients, then Guangdong is for you. If you like food with a lot of meat and sauce, up here in the north is where it's at!
Not to mention, food in all provinces cover all the distinct flavours. There are plenty of spicy, sour, bitter and sweet food available for you to chow down on. I really like sour food. There is a dish called Suan Cai Yu （酸菜鱼） which translates to "sour vegetable fish" that I love to eat.
It is a fish soup that primarily gets its sour flavour from a fermented cabbage found in the south. Theres also plenty of garlic and other spices that really makes this a satisfying dish.
Another excellent sour soup is Suan La Niu Rou （酸辣牛肉汤）which translates to "sour and spicy beef soup." This soup is frickin awesome.
3. Chinese food uses a wide range of ingredients
This country has so many vegetables and spices. You've also got so many variations of meat and seafood. A lot of countries focus on one food group and their cuisine is mainly based on that. In China, you've got countless dishes with chicken, pork, beef, lamb, seafood and a wide array of vegetables and spices. A lot of them have a flavour that is characteristic of Asian cuisine, but a lot of it tastes really good.
CONS
1. Chinese food isn't that healthy
Most food in China is cooked in a wok. As a result, plentiful amount of cooking oil is used to cook various dishes. When you go to a Chinese supermarket, you can see the long aisles of nothing but big containers of cooking oil. For that reason, a lot of Chinese food (not 100%) is quite oily. At the same time, I also find a lot of dishes too salty. You can buy various pastes in the supermarket to give your food a certain flavour and most of them are loaded with salt and/or MSG. Same is true in restaurants.
Although Chinese food is really good, I don't like to eat it too often for this reason. I like to eat fresh and healthy food, but constantly eating food that was cooked in a lot of oil, or fried isn't that good for your health and digestion.
2. Pork is frequently used in Chinese cooking
Now this might even be a pro for you, but personally speaking, I don't eat pork. A lot of dishes are cooked with pork in them, which makes various dishes inedible for me. Out of all the different kinds of meats used in Chinese food, I'd say pork is the most popular of them all. When eating in restaurants, I have to be aware of the dishes that contain pork in them. Usually, it's not difficult to avoid them, but sometimes I will look at the picture of a dish on the menu which doesn't appear to have pork in it and the name of the dish neither reveals that it does, but upon ordering it and arriving to my table, I only then realize that it has pork in it which is a major bummer.
Hope I educated you guys enough out there. Overall, Chinese food is quite good. If I had to rate Chinese food on a scale of 1-10, I'd say the average dish is probably around 7/10.
Thanks for reading & watching!
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