American Chinese food beats the hell out of “authentic” Chinese “food” like dog meat, monkey brains, scorpion on a stick or pretty much anything that contains DNA.
Rather than being fried in gutter oil, it’s fried in good old American seed oil.
chicken feet. Fish heads and rice, etc. I've heard all kinds of complaints from Western expats about the food in China. Famine has been a longstanding problem in China. It makes sense they'd eat just about anything. Taste wasn't always the top consideration.
The dead giveaway that a Chinese place is authentic: Frog Legs