Do chinese people actually eat chinese take-away food?

Question

I know someone who worked in one, and they said that after the take-away shut, the chinese owners would eat totally different sort of chinese food. Nicer and not so heavy.

Answer 1

May be, may be not. Some reasons why Chinese chefs may not -

If you have been working on those dishes over twelve hours a day, day in day out, it would be nice to see a different dish for yourself when you call it a day.

Chinese food in the west has been customized to suit the taste of local customers. A classic example, there has never been a dessert called fortune-cookies on a genuine Chinese menu. These cookies simply originated from Chinatown in the west. A chef from China would not treat himself to a fortune cookie!

Even if the food served are genuine Chinese food. There are a lot of different cuisines on the Chinese menu. Though we agree that one should do what he is best at, given local demand for different Chinese cuisines, you may find a chef from Shanghai making Cantonese dishes, a Cantonese chef making Peking dishes, a Beijing chef making Chiuchow cuisines, a chef from Chiuchow making Sichuan dishes...........when they are done, they may just want to enjoy their homeland dishes.

Here are a list of different Chinese cuisines, though they are all called Chinese food, the tastes can vary greatly -

Northwestern Chinese cuisine
Mandarin cuisine
Jiang-Huai cuisine
Northeastern Chinese cuisine
Cantonese cuisine (Guangdong province)
Chiuchow cuisine (Chaozhou region, Guangdong)
Hakka cuisine (Hakka ethnic group)
Anhui cuisine
Henan cuisine
Hubei cuisine
Hunan cuisine
Shanghai cuisine
Shandong cuisine
Shaanxi cuisine
Sichuan cuisine
Fujian cuisine
Jiangsu cuisine
Yunnan cuisine
Hainan cuisine
Zhejiang cuisine

Answer 2

Hmm this is a bit of a debate Question
I'm Chinese, my parents have run Chinese takeaways
Ive eaten from Chinese take aways, ordered in, taken out and so on
most of what is served in takeaways is a menu that through adaptation over the years (since the 60's) has become standard/expected fare of the British Chinese food consumer
so basically the food that Chinese people eat themselves is much lighter and cleaner tasting. try going for steamed fish with soy-sauce for seasoning and garnished with ginger and spring onion. tastes sweet and meaty.
But i can honestly say Chinese takeaways are here to stay and yes Chinese people do eat from them. NB putting the question back out there, I'm Chinese i eat Indian curries in currie houses yet i don't see many Indians ever in them, Why?
PS my favourite cuisine is FRENCH!

Answer 3

Shanghai is just a distinguished global town pulling more and more attention from throughout the world; so see what this town is offering with hotelbye . Shanghai is a well known travel destination for visitors. In Shanghai you will see the splendid Yu Garden (Yù Yuán), also known as the Garden of Happiness. That Garden covers a location of more than 20,000 square yards and consists of an outer and an interior garden. The oldest section is the Outer Garden with further improvements being manufactured in the 18th century when Sansui Tang, the park's principal corridor, was added. The newer and much smaller Inner Garden appointments from 1709 and involves features common of a traditional Chinese writer's Garden: beautiful little pavilions, decorative stones, and miniature pile ranges, separating walls and little wetlands, and a good highly decorated theatrical stage.

Answer 4

I've seen a few chinese people eating just plain boiled rice - i think they are quite small eaters, and probably do eat different chinese food from the stuff here. The food in China is nothing like it is in the UK takeaways anyway - i think it's altered to suit western requirements. I'm from Scotland and there's no way i'd eat Haggis, a deep fried mars bar, or a 'walloper supper' unlike many tourists!! Lol........

Answer 5

Pregnant Chinese women each Chinese food each and every day. They seem to be fine, in fact, if you look at the Chinese population, there is over a BILLION of them. Just make sure there is not too much oil or any MSG then you will be fine.

Answer 6

It's americanized chinese food and usually cooked by Koreans not chinese people. Not an insult, it's a fact. I know two chinese restaurant owners and they are both from Korea.

Answer 7

We have Chinese friends who own a restaurant. The food they eat is different, and you heard correctly, it's much "lighter" fare. Also, we have been invited to a number of holiday dinners they have hosted, and though it's all Chinese food, it's absolutely nothing like what is served in the restaurant. It's much more unusual and steeped in tradition.

Answer 8

I've always liked the "take-out" type food once in awhile. It's called Chinese-American food for the Americans and the ABC's aka American Born Chinese.

At buffets hosted by Chinese families, it isn't unusual to see the aluminum pan of fried chicken and chicken chow mein which is standard. I was reminded, don't forget the trays of roast pork, barbequed pork ribs, tossed fried chinese greens or broccoli and fried rice. Someone can probably add to this list.

The American version is mac & cheese and fried chicken.

Answer 9

Chinese food is regional most of the food thats served in so called take aways is rubbish that you wont find any where near China .PS ever seen rice reheated 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,times under a microscope .ITS NOT NICE.

Answer 10

There's alot of chinese students that eat in my local buffet chinese.