Good oriental food in the middle of Kansas is just as common as fresh seafood.
Even in suburban NYC, most Chinese Restaurants do not serve anything that resembles real Chinese cuisine. Some places are better than others, but "horsesh-t" is sadly the norm.
Have you ever had Chinese food from the East coast? More specifically, the North East. I’ve had it in MA my home State, FL where I lived for 25 years and here in MO (including the Cashew Chicken capitol, Springfield, MO) and like all the other restaurant food out here in the Midwest, it’s bland.
I don’t think I ever had bad Chinese food in Mass. Found a few good places and the rest were ok in FL. Found one place with good fried rice here in MO but everything else sucks. Found another place with decent food except for the fried rice which sucks. Most every meat dish is sweet even if it isn’t supposed to be.
It’s a regional thing. The coasts have been getting spices for hundreds of years but the Midwest only since mass production, mass shipping has been available.
Smokehouse/BBQ joints in FL - very flavorful, fall off the bone, fork tender. There’s some old black guys with roadside stands/smokehouses that cook some awesome stuff.
Here in MO, better hang on to that rib firmly with both hands when taking a bite, oh, and it’s bland. This was a top rated bbq place that everyone raved about, including the city people that have recreational property here.
Pizza, all good in Mass, most good in FL and Casey’s convenient store has the best pizza here with Red Baron being a close runner up. Papa John’s didn’t even taste like Papa John’s.
Still not sure what all the rave is about KC Strip either. Seems like it’s a hit or miss cut of meat. I’ve had two good ones out of ten. Gimme a ribeye.Can’t screw that up.
You are absolutely right about that.
Boy you can say that again.
I tried the hot and sour soup at one place out there. It was like dishwater. I know someone who runs a Mongolian BBQ. I told them they should travel there and teach them how to make it.
Too bad - young couple but small town. Where your best option for lunch is a Taco John’s or Sonic if you want to pay the tip. After that, it’s a toss-up between McD and a Casey’s.
>>>Good oriental food in the middle of Kansas is just as common as fresh seafood<<<
Uh oh, you used the word “oriental”. Very un PC in today’s world.
Oops, make that “o******l”.
That’s blasphemy and I’m sure the Mods will be deleting both out Posts soon.