Probably happens more than we realize. How many times at chinese restaurants does the meat taste a little different than just regular chicken or beef?
I always attributed it to different cooks......Now, not so sure.........
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’ve only had that once about 30 yrs ago, a place in Houston. I had one bite and knew it wasn’t pork, chicken, venison, rabbit or lamb. I didn’t didn’t eat the meal and never went there again.
I don’t know, but the last time I ate Chinese I had an urge to play with a ball of yarn and chase mice.
The old adage says that one never sees dogs, cats, opossums, raccoons or other feral animals around a Chinese restaurant. :-)
Which is why I always order shrimp. You can’t fake shrimp.
Did they call it “Doe Lo Mein”?;)