niubi Posted October 1, 2003 at 06:52 PM Report Posted October 1, 2003 at 06:52 PM i just cook up a big ass bowl of mi xian for lunch. i wish i knew of some restaurant that served it (any where in the u.s.) or a real recipe (i have just kind of fashioned together something resembling it. i miss the stuff in kunming, and elsewhere in yunnan - breakfast lunch or dinner, its all good. oh well, i will be in kunming soon enough! Quote
Tsunku Posted October 1, 2003 at 07:36 PM Report Posted October 1, 2003 at 07:36 PM Chinese food in America is mostly crap, I usually don't even bother. It's impossible to find any real Yunnan or Sichuan style cooking where I live. I've given up on Chinese food mostly, even when I make it myself, it's just not the same. I feel like I need my meat fresh from the butcher and my veggies straight from the market for it to taste right. So yep, waiting it out till I get back Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted October 1, 2003 at 07:47 PM Report Posted October 1, 2003 at 07:47 PM Chinese food in America is mostly crap, I usually don't even bother. It's impossible to find any real Yunnan or Sichuan style cooking where I live. I've given up on Chinese food mostly, even when I make it myself, it's just not the same. I feel like I need my meat fresh from the butcher and my veggies straight from the market for it to taste right. Over the years, I've learned to accept the "American-styled Chinese food" as a different type of food, rather than trying to pretend that it's Chinese. With that mentality, I seem to start liking it more. Quote
niubi Posted October 1, 2003 at 08:46 PM Author Report Posted October 1, 2003 at 08:46 PM there are some authentic places to eat sichuan food in the u.s. my favorite was lao sichuan in seattle's chinatown. i don't know if it is still around but it was damn good. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted October 2, 2003 at 01:14 AM Report Posted October 2, 2003 at 01:14 AM I remember having guoqiao mixian for breakfast in Kunming and Lijiang. It's definitely something worth going back to Yunnan for Quote
andreabt Posted October 5, 2003 at 07:49 AM Report Posted October 5, 2003 at 07:49 AM Be persistent in seeking out good Chinese food! It can happen. Here in the Indianapolis area, I've found a few restaurants that have at least one or two dishes that I like, and while I used to be appalled at the plethora of "China Buffets" that seem to have sprouted up recently, I've even found a couple of those that I like, though my favorites there tend to be Mongolian barbecue/stir-fry or sushi...not particularly Chinese! We did discover a restaurant in Indy that has fairly typical Chinese food...unfortunately, the staff is rather surly (fairly typical Chinese service? ) When we get absolutely desperate, we go up to Chinatown in Chicago. But my husband being Chinese, I get him to cook for me from time to time, and he's a decent cook, if lacking a broad spectrum of flavors (he tends to make most of his stuff "red-cooked"), and we are also part of a Chinese church fellowship that regularly has pitch-in get-togethers, and that also gets me through when I'm craving fensi or stuffed lotus root! Quote
niubi Posted October 6, 2003 at 03:02 AM Author Report Posted October 6, 2003 at 03:02 AM andreabt, have you been to the tibetan restaurant in bloomington? Quote
andreabt Posted October 6, 2003 at 07:03 PM Report Posted October 6, 2003 at 07:03 PM andreabt, have you been to the tibetan restaurant in bloomington? No, sounds great! I don't get down that way as much as I do up to Indy (I'm on the southside), but do occasionally. Where is it? Is it hard to find? Are you from Indiana, or did you go to IU? Quote
niubi Posted October 6, 2003 at 08:13 PM Author Report Posted October 6, 2003 at 08:13 PM i spent a summer in the EASLI (East Asian Summer Language Institute) program at IU several years ago. its been quite a long time, i don't recall where the restaurant is in bloomington, but if i remember correctly it is owned by some relatives of the dalai lama. Quote
niubi Posted October 9, 2003 at 02:44 AM Author Report Posted October 9, 2003 at 02:44 AM my mi xian Quote
Tsunku Posted October 9, 2003 at 03:01 AM Report Posted October 9, 2003 at 03:01 AM mmm, looks good and spicy too. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted October 9, 2003 at 03:04 AM Report Posted October 9, 2003 at 03:04 AM <drool>... wipe wipe Quote
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