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Default Is there something special about Chinese takeout fried rice?

Roy Jose Lorr wrote:
> Mitch wrote:
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>> I can't seem to get "that taste."
>> Don't even know how to describe it.
>>
>> My fried rice is good, but it's just not like takeout, which I love.
>>
>> And it's not MSG. The places around here don't use it.
>> And I'd know if they lied because my friend would have an instant
>> migraine.

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> Have you ever found two restaurants whose fried rice tasted the same?


Thats mainly because there is no standard dish called fried rice.
Classically fried rice is a way to use leftovers.