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2 North American 4 you has been created (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 47 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

My wife is Australian, but we live in Germany now. Last year, she was craving "Honey Chicken" which is ubiquitous at Chinese takeaway places in Australia. None of the Chinese places in Germany knew what I was talking about. Turns out Honey Chicken is a purely Australian invention.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    @fell
    > Turns out Honey Chicken is a purely Australian invention

    Like butter chicken from Indian restaurants ... in the anglophone world only, apparently. What is with us anglophones and our propensity for consuming jungle fowl in yellowish fluids?

    @FoxtrotDeltaTango

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    If I'm not mistaken, butter chicken is indigenous but tikka masala is the BIR style dish.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    @RecursiveParadox
    > butter chicken is indigenous but tikka masala is the BIR style dish

    Wikipedia agrees with you. I'm convinced. Who knew? I guess maybe the names confused the people who told me that. A name like "tikka masala" sounds traditional, while I can't think of anything more anglophone sounding than "butter chicken" ; )

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Sounds good! Is it close to orange chicken or General Tso's chicken in the USA?

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    We have honey chicken commonly in the US too. It is essentially orange chicken without the orange flavor/color.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago*

    Yeah our "Chinese" places usually just do chicken in a bunch of ways that may or may not be from Asia.

    Chicken with Broccoli, Chicken and snow peas or mixed vegetables, Moo Goo Gai Pan, Curry Chicken, Szechuan Chicken, Mongolian Chicken, Kung Pao, Chicken with Cashews, Hunan with black bean sauce, hot and spicy, black pepper w/ onion, Coconut, sweet and sour, lemon, honey, sesame, Bourbon, Orange, General Tsos.

    Is it all Chinese influence, no. The people making it know, the people eating it know, but if they called it "Chicken Many ways" then you wouldn't know they sold dumplings, pork and what not, lol.

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