“This is Indian food for me, not Chinese”, exclaimed a Dutch guest in an Indian restaurant.
A friend’s family asks for ‘Indian Chinese food’, on a holiday to India from Thailand. They’ve been missing it so much.
There was a ‘Boycott Chinese’ wave in 2020, when the world held China responsible for the pandemic.
Consumption of Chinese food showed no decline.
I understood the meaning of localization and adaptation only then. It happens when a person or item is identified by skin color, name or appearance as belonging to a particular nation.
Beneath that, lifestyles and mindsets have completely blended.
Written for Friday Fictioneers
Reena Saxena 
It’s so interesting how that is true, how Chinese food has become so localized. I’ve lived in Canada, the US and Korea and all of them had different Chinese foods there.
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Agree. Thanks for stopping by, David!
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like they say, food brings us together. 🙂
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Yes. I guess the phrase ‘breaking bread together’ emanated from there.
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I do love Indian Chinese 😋
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Great 🙂
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The world is a place of variety, let’s eat in peace.
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Eat what you enjoy, not the politics you subscribe to.
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You captured so much in so few words. Scenarios like this make my blood boil. People are just people, most trying their very best to get by.
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Good choice of words – most trying their very best to get by.
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Reblogged this on NEW BLOG HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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I have no less than three Chinese take-aways and restaurants a few steps from my door, and we made sure they weren’t blamed for what happened.
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👏👏
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Interesting! Thank you!
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Thanks, RMK!
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Reena, I think how much that is true depends on which mass media outlets an individual focuses on, or whether they pay attention to (including having access to) it. In some respects I see a growing “top crust” that pretty much ignores our commonalities. A unified global population has to scare the hell out of the powermongers.
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Mass media is biased. Social media is algorithm driven. People choose what they want to see. And yes, divide and rule is an old game
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Reena, have you heard of or read the book, “Everybody Lies”? The author studied the contrast between what people verbalized and what the algorithm said they were actually doing. It was *very* interesting!
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Just bought the Kindle version. Thanks for the reference! ☺️🙏
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Awesome, Reena, you’re welcome. Let me know what you think about it ok?
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Sure!
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I’d like to think a lot of Americans by birth have broadened their perspective on “foreign” foods. They’re wonderful! So much flavor!
Interesting thought there at the end, Reena.
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Thank you, Linda!
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Dear Reena,
That’s a little like putting Japanese Americans in camps because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor isn’t it? Never lost my love of Chinese food, even during the Pandemic…or Vietnamese or Indian or Japanese….etc.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Good to know that. Thanks, Rochelle!
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I remember going into the local asian grocer during the pandemic. The looks of fear on their faces… it broke my heart. I tried my best to counter with cheerfulness and smiles. I bought more than I usually do, and left with my heart in prayer. So sad how people treat people.
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It was a wise thing to do. The local grocers have done nothing to harm others.
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True that. Now, when I go in, I get smiles and nods. I try to get there at least once a month when I can afford it. I’ve a fondness for some things I can only get there.
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Exclusivity is the key to success in business.
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I was thinking about some similar story. Lol
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Indian minds think alike on Chinese food 🙂
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Exactly.. it is not easy to forget about Boycott Chinese products. We still follow 😊
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Very true
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Thanks, Neil!
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