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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 1798800" data-attributes="member: 527">One other thing is that Chinese cuisine has a lot of different aspects.  Depending on where you live, different things will be done well.  For instance, San Fransisco has a lot of Cantonese expatriates, so the Cantonese stuff is a good bet.  This will shade which things are good/bad/available.  Anyway, if you live somewhere with a large Chinese community then you have a lot of choices.  If you are living in a small town somewhere with one restaurant then you are likely facing a very Americanized menu.  (For instance, I am shocked to see Egg Foo Young recognized as actual Chinese cooking - locally no Chinese would consider eating at a restaurant that served that dish!)  So, what general area are you in?  Maybe someone nearby can recommend a restaurant/dish.  Note: If you are willing to risk something horrible and repulsive, yet quite authentic, ask for a dish with Bitter Melon (foo gwa).   Damn, that's bitter.  Like licking volcanic ash.  Apparently it grows on you though.  ;-)  This is another dish that is in the "fake" catagory locally, like Egg Foo Young.  As one of my friends said, "Number one, the Chinese do not cook with cream cheese.  Number two, Rangoon is not in China."  Not that it might not be tasty, but it's not authentic.</blockquote>