I have always noticed that. I have never eaten at a Chinese restaurant but that it seemed the texture, taste, etc of the chicken or whatever was different to any I ever tasted. But for that, and other reasons, I hardly eat restaurant food anymore-I don’t trust whoever prepares it to not spit in it or worse. I have read disgusting things about how employees pass time, especially in chain restaurants, doing things to the food.
I have also read some pretty disgusting things about what immigrant farm workers do to the produce.
I don't like eating out either. Haven't been to Whataburger in years since I watched the cook scratch his butt as he was frying up burgers. That horrid George Lopez did an HBO special from San Antonio a few years back where he talked about illegals wiping produce on their butts to get back at gringos.
Most people think all restaurants get inspected by the health department. Uh, no. It’s mostly a rarity because there are a limited number of inspectors and many geographical areas don’t have one assigned. I have never seen a grade sheet on any restaurant in this whole county.
We used to have a meat inspector who would visit the grocery stores and processing plants. Haven’t had one in 25 years.