Chinese Food or Chinese Food?

For an international student like me who lives in a foreign country, one thing that I miss the most is a home cooked Chinese meal. I know how to cook and this helped me to adapt to the food here easier. As a native Chinese, I am lucky to live in Houston because it is a big city with many diverse groups. In Chinatown, there are a few Chinese grocery shops that I can purchase …

…prepared with various seasoning, which sometimes cast a shadow over the actual taste of the meat or seafood dishes and is a very common serving in Chinese restaurants here. In the United States does not even originate from Taiwan or China. Soy sauce is a common spice in Taiwan; in contrast, this is not used commonly over here. So next time a friend asks you to have Chinese food, ask him or her ¡§What kind?¡¨