My GF and I crack up at Yelp reviews we see for restaurants around her neighborhood in Queens, NY. The GF is Han Chinese from Chendgu, and she laughs at many yelp reviews, she tells me " All these reviews by white people! They don't know Szechuan food!!"
Now when we go to really authentic Chinese places she laughs when she sees the metrosexuals taking pictures of food and posting yelp reviews and mentioning how good the "wok hei" (breath of wok) is..
Being a chef educated at CIA gives some cred, as does a resume of working with renowned chefs... Lying on the resume is egregious..
FWIW one of the most enjoyable and memorable meals I ever had was prepared in a rustic kitchen in rural China (Miangfeshen) probably was just techniques handed down... no shingle to hang on the wall
Fish rubbed with spices, grilled over an open fire in an outdoor kitchen.. fresh pepper shoots in vinegar, battered and fried rose blossoms...
Complete with kitchen mascot...
Choosing the fish
Mascot
