I wonder...

After eating Chinese buffet for lunch the other day, I thought to myself, "Is this really Chinese food?"

The answer? A resounding "sort of"...

I am pretty sure that the Chinese food I dined on is vastly different than anything I would actually find in China... now, I dont profess to be a culinary expert, but I can still make that statement with a fair bit of assurance. I mean, the buffet consisted of the following:

ginger beef
sweet and sour pork
chicken fried rice
deep fried boneless dry ribs
deep fried spicy chicken legs
deep fried chicken legs
mixed vegetables
some noodle dish

Is that Chinese? Not sure... I guess its classified more as "Western Hemisphere Chinese Food"... regardless, its still damn tasty...

Once more thing I wondered about... when the staff of said Chinese restaurant shuts down for the day and heads home, what do you think they eat? Do they eat Chinese food? Or in their case, food? I mean, numerous friends of mine who worked in various food establishments have always said that they never ate the food or type of food they prepared each day... they just got sick of it... so, do you think that people who own and run a Chinese food restaurant order pizza or go out for steak or a burger and some fries when they are done for the day?

Who knows...