Chinese Food

When you order take out from your local town Chinese restaurant, you may think you are getting some authentic Asian cuisine.  Not to say that it isn't real food or made with real ingredients, by there is no mystery meat of any sort, but its far from being authentic.  Instead it's "American" stylized Chinese food, very much like "fast food".  The recipes created were all meant to appeal to American taste, the type of seasoning, the type of meats and vegetables... etc.  

Where can you find "real" Chinese food?  Well, that's quite simple, Chinatown.  Yes, to get real authentic Chinese food you will have to head to your local Chinatown.  Almost all major cities have a Chinatown.  Once you had eaten at one of these fine restaurants you may never want to order take out from the Chinese restaurant ever again.  The flavors are just so much more richer, the quality, and freshness of all the dishes will leave you wanting more.  

My personal favorites are "Sang Kee", "Rising Tide", "Ocean City", and "Ken's Seafood", but you should check these out and some of the other ones to find your own favorites.

Happy eating, enjoy.

Soulmates..

I was presented with a question from a good friend of mine, whether I believed in people having soulmates or is it just a pipe dream.

Yes, i do believe soul mates are for real. There are soo many people in this world, there's bound to be at least a handful of people that you would be able to get along with extremely well in all aspects of each others lives.

But if your constantly looking for that one, you will most likely look forever. That is the real pipe dream.

What is really needed of yourself is to experience life as an individual. Have an understanding of your own values, morals, goals, things you like, things you dislike. Some find out early, some may need to go through many detours and speed bumps. When that someone does come along and shares similar traits of yourself then that's step one. Let's see how as a couple you guys are able to grow. Soul mate or not relationships in general are a work in progress, but being extremely compatible definitely will help things along. :)

I think people really need to just live life on its natural flow. Things always seem to fall in place if they are meant to be and you're doing what you have to do. Of course if those people are being shiftless individuals, they are not participating in this flow lol and it will not work out the way they want it to.

All Asians Are Chinese?

No.  There are quite a few types of Asian people living in America, not all "Asian-looking" people are from China.  Some may ask, "Then how can you tell?"  Asians all share similar physical traits, but do not all look the same.  If some people were to actually pay attention and really look, there are subtle differences physically depending on which nationality of Asian they are.  Plus, if they do speak another language other than English, that's a dead giveaway of what he or she may be. Well to risk not offending a person, it would be more polite to just ask.

Welcome & Stick Around Like White on Rice

Hi, readers, welcome to my blog.  My name is Richard and I am an American born Chinese aka ABC, and no I don't know kung fu lol.  I want use this blog to help give readers out there insight on life as an Asian in America, but also as a Asian male.  I hope to tackle topics on negative and positive stereotypes, debunking myths and general ignorance.  Also, I would like to give readers a look into Chinese and Asian culture.  From time to time I'll blog about interesting topics as I come across them and some personal happenings in my life. Stay Tuned, follow me, I promise that you'll learn something new.