/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>11766964
>battle
this is not pokemon, y'know?

Mexican if taco bell is included

personally I choose Mexican even though I think Chinese has some advantages

>>11766964
Chinese

>>11766964
>authentic chinese
>literally rat meat and melamine
Gee I wonder

>>11766967
>chinese used MSG
>its super effective

>>11766964
Authentic Mexican. Authentic chinese is completely different from what I'm used to.

i probably prefer mexican but i eat chinese more often

>>11766964
>mexican food is go-

chinese food has more variety
mexican food is literally this >>11767263

Authentic Chinese is genuinely delicious and varied. Authentic mexican is one of the most garbage "cuisines" in the world.
>Americans take mexican cow anus and cactus poverty slop
>add delicious meats, cheeses and sauces
>mexicans have the gall to shit on americans for ruining their ancient cuisine as if there was anything to ruin.

mexican

>>11767263
The thread is comparing "mexican" not your shitty "texmex," Cletus.

>>11767315
Weaboo detected

>>11766964
that is a Sichuan dish

>>11769328
thanks bro!

could you remind me where the sichuan province is please??

>>11767315
you clearly know jack shit about mexican food

I'm Mexican but I gotta give it to Chinese due to the sheer variety. Don't get me wrong, Mexican food is varied as well, but Chinese is on another level. Only other country that could compete with China is India.

>>11767192
>I can't taste any MSG from any other food except Chinese cuisine
>It's super effective!

Chinese is more diverse

You mean choosing one or the other for life? You're an asshole.

>>11766964
I prefer MSG free.

>>11767373
To be fair there is good Border Food. Most of the time you have to make it yourself because a Jesus or Jethro is cooking your grub but if you find a good place then Cherish it. You've got to Cherish it.

I traveled across Mexico from Cancun to Guadalajara. In China I've only been a week in Hong Kong and a few days in Shanghai and Nanjing.

I'd say authentic Mexican is better. Chinese cuisine probably has more variety but Mexican is quite a lot more varied than I thought based on Mexican restaurants in the States (not tex mex type of places but small family mexican restaurants). In Mexico I've never smelled any food that smelled awful, even the offal they put in tacos smelled amazing. On the other hand in China their food smells like shit sometimes, even though it doesn't taste too bad. Both places I feel do well on snacks and street food, are decent at main meals and bad at sweets. It's very close but for me Malay food is #1, Mexican #2, Indonesian #3 and Chinese likely #4.

I'll make my full judgement in a few years as I plan on traveling across China in 2021.

>>11766964
Chinese food is pretty good and varies a lot, authentic mexican food is shit and most people mistake tex-mex for it

>>11766964
Both pretty great, it's really hard to pick.

Both are way more varied than people give them credit for, both have some really unique techniques and flavors. I'd have to give my edge very slightly to proper Mexican- it has some incredible seafood techniques and some absolutely ridiculously complex saucemaking.

>>11769458
China has 10 time as many people so that makes sense.

>>11770459
wrong, authentic Mexican food is great.
>>11770445
Interesting. It does seem like some Chinese stuff can be really nasty, there's this dish they serve in Beijing which smells and tastes like burnt gym socks for instance

>>11770833
In HK they have street food stands where they serve deep fried pig intestines. The first time I smelled it I thought it was coming from the sewers as that's the kind of smell you have sometimes in 3rd world places. Nope, it was food. I actually tried it and it tasted pretty good, the sauces on it were great. But fuck me, that smell was just atrocious. I cook with offal a lot at home and there are ways to get rid of these smells, you boil the meat a few times or rub salt/acid into it to get rid of the funk. I guess they're too lazy to do it.

I did have some amazing food in HK though. Tried these noodles made with a bamboo that Anthony Bourdain showed on his show. They had crab roe on it, tasted amazing.

>>11770882
that sounds gross, I still wouldn't eat something that smells like shit. I think Chinese in general have not really mastered presentation. Although I guess that varies a lot. China uses a ton of offal though, I'm personally not into that so I'm always careful when I read menus. I tried X'ian food the other day in NYC for the first time and I really liked that though, that was awesome.

And yeah, even when the Mexicans near me cook tripa on their truck, it has a pleasant aroma.

Mexican seasoning is probably a lot more varied too. A lot of Chinese food doesn't seem to have true seasonings but is flavored more so with soy sauces and cooking wines

>>11770900
Mexicans don't really use seasonings

>>11770946
I'm not talking about Lawry's, but they do use true seasonings. Chili powders, garlic/onion powder, all sorts of herbs and spices

>>11770950
That's Tex-Mex lmao

Americans add cumin, onion and garlic powder, paprika, cheddar cheese, and parsley to every dish

>>11770989
you really think Mexicans don't use chilis, herbs, an spices? just look at the recipes for authentic taco meats

>>11766964
This is a difficult one since I love both, but I think I'd have to give it to Mexican. Honestly Mexican s the most Oriental of all the New World cuisines, and Chinese wouldn't be the same without Mexican ingredients. Take for example the recipe for Chinese/Thai/Korean &c. Chilli Oil, and Mexican Salsa Macha. They are quintessentially the same recipe (red chiles, oil, garlic, peanuts, sesame seeds, acid such as rice vinegar, and sugar like piloncillo). The Galleons that traded between Mexico and China forever changed both cuisines and they came to resemble each other. This is why such fusions like Korean Tacos, or Tempura Tacos are so natural. Having this Oriental legacy also allows Mexican to fuse with others like the famous Taco Al Pastor, with Middle Eastern flavours. In fact the last Greek food book I read had a bunch of "Mexican" inspired recipes and had the cringe word "Grec-Mex" in it.

>>11766964
Chinese
dim sum
all those variations of wontons and shumai
mapo tofu
red chili oil in general
egg noodle dishes
egg drop soup
hot and sour soup
chinese braised beef shank
ANY DISH WITH SICHUAN/SZECHUAN IN IT

what does mexico really have
Tacos/Burritos
Salsa/Guac
....
DogShit

Real chinese food beats real mexican all the fucking time

despite it using alot of oil it still uses less than mexicans, take a look at chinese vs mexicans to get a good sense of that too

>>11771097
you have no idea what you're talking about. You clearly have no knowledge of Mexican food besides shit that taco trucks sell

>>11771115
been to mexico and had plenty of home cooked meals by them

chinese food is inherently better and more diverse in selection and use of spices

>>11771120
>Chinese
>more divere selection in spices

That's just not true. Mexico uses a wider variety of chilis and spices. Parts of China use a lot of chilis and peppercorns but overall Mexico has more diversity. China is more about soy sauce and cooking wine, not as much true seasoning

>>11766964
chinese food includes all the muslim kebab fare sold in western china, the spicy szechuan stuff sold in central china, the dumplings of shanghai, the braised meats of canton, and the dimsum of hongkong. You can also include the curry infused dishes of south east asian chinese. Its incredibly varied.

>>11771132
>china is more about sauces and cooking wine
i dont think youve actually been to the spice section of a chinese market

>>11771135
it is varied for sure but Mexican food is too

I don't know it's fair to include Western China though, it's technically the same country but the culture is not that of Han Chinese people

>>11771147
>fair to use western china
what part is western china to you, Tibet? south west china I would still include

>>11771153
Tibet, Xinjiang, and Qinghai, everything else is fair game

>>11766964
What even is authentic Mexican food? Seriously?

>>11771097
t. Chink

Authentic Mexican. I like my Chinese like I like my vodka: cheap.

>>11771226
It's many things, but one thing is for sure -- You won't get it in California or Texas. You can, however, get authentic Mexican in Mexico, New Mexico and Arizona. You can only get authentic Chinese in China, though.

>>11771320
of course you can get authentic Mex in Cali and Texas

>>11766964
authentic sechuan style or yunnan style are my favorites, mexican gets kind of stale for me if i eat it often

>>11771097
Negro you've never had good carnitas, al pastor, or lengua. Good carnitas BTFO twice cooked pork any day.

>>11770989
This guys right >>11770950>>11771003

Here's the recipe of just two Mexican dishes

>Pulpo a la campechana
>Pulpo a la campechana is a traditional dish in Mexican cuisine. It consists of chopped octopus that is slowly boiled in water with its ink, vinegar, onion, garlic. The cooked octopus is mixed with a preparation of tomatoes, onion, garlic, coriander leaves, chile ancho and wine. It is served with white rice.

>Escabeche oriental
>Escabeche oriental, is a dish of the cuisine of Yucatan, Mexico. It is called oriental (eastern), because it is dish of the east of Yucatán, specifically the city of Valladolid. It is prepared with turkey or chicken, which was marinated in a mixture of coriander leaves, salt, pepper, cumin, cloves, cinnamon, vinegar and garlic. The chicken is boiled in water with onion strips and sour orange juice. Then, the cooked meat is fried in butter or oil with garlic, oregano and salt. The poultry is served crispy and bathed with fried onion and xcat-ik or blonde chilis strips.