Does anybody else cringe when they see french fries at a Chinese restaurant?

So I'm going to a new (new to me) Chinese place tonight, and I looked them up online to see their menu where I saw the thing I always dread at Chinese restaurants, french fries. Is it just me or does anyone else notice a trend with Chinese places that serve fries to have lower quality food?

Who knows perhaps I will be surprised, but it's quite common for me to walk away with an experience that feels half-baked at best.

Our local Chinese buffet has some items like that, but the quality of the food is still good. I usually think its for families that have kids who aren't interested in Chinese food.

Never in my life have I seen fries at a chinese restaurant.

tbh i have never seen that, but, but i would imagine they can fry up potato slices as well as as anyone else. Still weird though~

Sounds like this may be a local problem, Serraph.

tbh i have never seen that, but, but i would imagine they can fry up potato slices as well as as anyone else. Still weird though~

GamingTitan

Sounds like this may be a local problem, Serraph.

Pirate700

I've tasted chinese buffet fries before and they were pretty good. I definitely don't go to those restaraunts to order fries though lol.

Never in my life have I seen fries at a chinese restaurant.

Pirate700

Yes, and I also cringe when I see fried chicken. I understand they're trying to cater to the obese cheap crowd, but give me a f*cking break.sammyjenkis898

Yes, and I also cringe when I see fried chicken. I understand they're trying to cater to the obese cheap crowd, but give me a f*cking break.sammyjenkis898

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]Yes, and I also cringe when I see fried chicken. I understand they're trying to cater to the obese cheap crowd, but give me a f*cking break.Pirate700

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[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]Yes, and I also cringe when I see fried chicken. I understand they're trying to cater to the obese cheap crowd, but give me a f*cking break.sammyjenkis898

Yeah, I don't think I've ever eaten at a Chinese buffet by choice. At least once you should try to hunt down a pricey, clean place if you want the real deal. Greasy spoon Chinese places are great and all, but you have to hit up those restaurants that do the staple ten-course banquets. I live in Vancouver so there's a pretty good array of choices to pick from... it's been a good long while since I've been to the kind of place that includes fries on its menu.

Every Chinese restaurant in England that I have been to serves chips (french fries).

Never in my life have I seen fries at a chinese restaurant.

Pirate700

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Never in my life have I seen fries at a chinese restaurant.

Capitan_Kid

I've seen that before. I just pass them by on my way to the sushi. Makhaidos

I've seen that before. I just pass them by on my way to the sushi. Makhaidos

[QUOTE="Makhaidos"]I've seen that before. I just pass them by on my way to the sushi. Pirate700

It depends. I never get a portion of chips in a Chinese restaurant but I love 3-in-1s which contains chips.

It depends. I never get a portion of chips in a Chinese restaurant but I love 3-in-1s which contains chips.

35cent

Sounds like this may be a local problem, Serraph.

Pirate700

Never in my life have I seen fries at a chinese restaurant.

Pirate700

I've never seen fries in a Chinese restaurant in the U.S., But in several restaurants in China, I've had a dish that is pretty similar. The strips of potato are fried in a wok with onions and fresh chili peppers. They're not as crispy as french fries though.  This dish is kinda like spicy hash browns and is freakin' delicious.

Also Chinese buffets are as much Chinese restaurants as CiCi's Pizza Buffets are Italian restaurants.

[QUOTE="lamprey263"]Funny you should mention but my family recently went to some Italian restaurant because my mother has a boner for anything that's Italian, even though an Italian restaurant in a shitty strip mall that looked third world wasn't ringing any warning bells. Well, the food was horrible as expected, and they had french fries and my thought was "french fries in an Italian restaurant"... anyhow the food was bad, but worse than expected, my father got food poisoning and was throwing up by the time he got home. Then again it might have been just this place I went to was horrible. Maybe the Chinese restaurant has decent food and they just something generic like a burger or grilled cheese and french fries (I'm guessing) for whiny children or people who are phobic of ethnic food so the adults can enjoy their meal. I noticed some Mexican restaurants do this too. Though most ethnic restaurants that serve burgers and fries shame the order by announcing it for the entire restaurant "cheese burger!!". You'll never know though if this Chinese restaurant will be any good until you try it. But I'd at least check out a Yelp or Google review or few to see if there's cause to stay away.thegerg

Statement of fact. Thanks for sharing, I guess.

I don't like chinese buffets. It's all about take out.

Never in my life have I seen fries at a chinese restaurant.

Pirate700

Chinese food + buffet are not two words that should ever go together. Usually pure garbage and risking food poisoning/ diareahha 

I agree about western entrees in a chinese resataurant menu as being for squeamish kids not wanting to eat chinese food. It has nothing to do with the quality of the food.

restaurants before.

Chinese food + buffet are not two words that should ever go together. Usually pure garbage and risking food poisoning/ diareahha 

consoletroll

I live in the hood. Fried chicken and french fries are the common food for kids.

One of the best burgers near where I live is at a Mexican place. If they make it well, who cares?Rhazakna

Because it's like breaking some unwritten snobbery rule or something.