To be fair, if you watch China travel and foodie videos — the cuisine is adventurous — but in the same way that frog’s legs and duck pate are part of French cuisine...
The foods vary by province and are NOT like what you get at Americanized takeout places.
I would stick to the Asian sweet potatoes roasted on the street corners by elderly men and women...and rice. LoL
I've seen youtube videos of someone taking a piece of chinese rebar and snapping it in half with their bare hands.
“The foods vary by province and are NOT like what you get at Americanized takeout places”
Same in Thailand and the American Thai restaurants I’ve been to.... but find a good Asian Grocery, there’s avlot of choice goodies in there.