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Default fake chinese recipes

On Jan 7, 8:07*am, "ViLco" > wrote:
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> What are the most common fake chinese dishes served in chinese joints and
> restaurants in your area? Here in northern Italy the most widespread fake is
> "riso alla cantonese" (tr. "cantonese rice"), which does not exist nor in
> Canton nor in all of China, or so a chinese friend told me: basically it's a
> dish of rice with no sauces but just a lot of peas and bits of scrambled
> eggs, along with diced prosciutto cotto (!!!). Every chinese restaurant or
> take-away has them on the menu, every single one.
> Here a shot of the infamous cantonese rice:http://www.giallozafferano.it/images.../slide-450.jpg
> And in your area?
>
>

That looks very similar to 'fried rice' with the exception I've not
seen any meat in fried rice. It does have peas, smidge of carrots and
diced onion, all cooked together.