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[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago

Chicken tikka masala was supposedly only invented in the 1960s - 1970s. Butter chicken only in the 1950s. Now I'm scared to look up naan for fear of learning it was invented by Nestle in 1994 or whatever.

[-] chaogomu@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Naan is safe.

General Tso's chicken on the other hand, is another 1960s invention.

Same with orange chicken.

In fact, most "Chinese" food that Americans or Brits eat was invented in the 60s or 70s.

[-] ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

And most of it wholly invented in the US, too. Hardly any Chinese takeout is legitimate food that is eaten in China, but an Americanized facsimile. Iirc almost all US Chinese restaurants are legit sourced from the same company in terms of most of their recipes and even their decorations and stuff like the "chinese zodiac" placemats

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

the thai government just straight up sponsors most of the thai restaurants the world over as a form of diplomacy/PR
https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-surprising-reason-that-there-are-so-many-thai-restaurants-in-america/

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