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[My Name is Immaterial]

I visited a Chinese restaurant, where they brought out these fried noodles with ketchup.

[Orange Wizard]

I visited a Chinese restaurant, where they brought out these fried noodles with ketchup.

whyyyyyyy~~~~~

seriously. why.

[Frumple]

*vague shrug* Why not? It's not like it's conceptually distanced all that much from spaghetti. Noodles in tomato sauce est.

[RedKing]

I visited a Chinese restaurant, where they brought out these fried noodles with ketchup.

Was it a Chinese restaurant, or an *Asian* restaurant? (you know, that small-town phenomenon where all Asian cuisines are combined [horribly] under one roof?)

Spoiler: The Oatmeal nailed this one. (click to show/hide)

[mastahcheese]

Oh man, I know that one.

There's this one place called Yamato's where I live, and it has made me get food poisoning three times.

And I only went there twice. I'm not even kidding.

[Furtuka]

Hint, when deciding go to a restaurant always check to see if there are people of the ethnicity the restaurant food is eating at said restaurant.

[smirk]

The one I go to is a $10 all-you-can-eat called "Asian Buffet". They put cheese on everything, it's glorious.

[Lagslayer]

The one I go to is a $10 all-you-can-eat called "Asian Buffet". They put cheese on everything, it's glorious.

Wait, Asian food with cheese? What parts of Asia are we talking about, here?

[Furtuka]

O_o I have been raised since birth to be an asian food snob and so find that incredibly disturbing

[smirk]

The one I go to is a $10 all-you-can-eat called "Asian Buffet". They put cheese on everything, it's glorious.

Wait, Asian food with cheese? What parts of Asia are we talking about, here?

Well, strictly speaking, the only waitstaff/managers I've ever seen there are Latino, so I'd hafta say the Central American part of Asia =P

O_o I have been raised since birth to be an asian food snob and so find that incredibly disturbing

Never visit the small-town midwest.

[Sirus]

Hint, when deciding go to a restaurant always check to see if there are people of the ethnicity the restaurant food is eating at said restaurant.

I've seen Chinese people eating and working at Panda Express.

[Lagslayer]

Hint, when deciding go to a restaurant always check to see if there are people of the ethnicity the restaurant food is eating at said restaurant.

That's racist.

[My Name is Immaterial]

I visited a Chinese restaurant, where they brought out these fried noodles with ketchup.

Was it a Chinese restaurant, or an *Asian* restaurant? (you know, that small-town phenomenon where all Asian cuisines are combined [horribly] under one roof?)

Spoiler: The Oatmeal nailed this one. (click to show/hide)

It was significantly Chinese.

[Flying Dice]

Hint, when deciding go to a restaurant always check to see if there are people of the ethnicity the restaurant food is eating at said restaurant.

That's racist.

But not entirely inaccurate, albeit for a different reason. Namely, the non-chain family-run restaurants tend to be the best, and the family-run restaurants tend to belong to families who at some point immigrated from the region, which then means that they're using something closer to authentic recipes. The more of a hole in the wall it is, the better the food will be. Family places also tend to avoid that bullshit you get from chains where "spicy" is measured in pinches of dehydrated pepper shreds and the spiciest they'll make it is barely enough to notice. If you're weeping uncontrollably by the end of the meal, you're in the right place.

That aside, I've been to one of those "asian buffets" and walked out after I saw the onion rings. It's like going into a period-style diner, ordering a milkshake, and watching it be poured out of a bag.

[Furtuka]

I actually meant the customers, but theres that too.