frdysk
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quote your favorite chinese cuisine cc: @ahn.eth @brendannn.eth 1. cantonese 2. teochew 3. fujian 4. hakka 5. shanghainese
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Colin Charles
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i think i am super exposed to cantonese/hakka cuisine, hailing from malaysia. i like jing cuisine (having spent a few months there once), and while there i came to enjoy chuanr, which is Xinjiang cuisine (and their other stuff too)
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frdysk
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recent years, there's been a number of xinjiang establishments in jakarta, lanzhou beef noodles are getting popular here
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Colin Charles
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yeah i've seen that! and maybe sometimes referred to as mee tarik? have to admit, i've not eaten either in .my
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frdysk
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when i had it, it's pretty good, but very fast became boring, taste was monotone throughout the meal
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Colin Charles
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i think their claim to fame is that its halal and chinese cuisine. i should really try it at least once, soon
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frdysk
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ya the main selling point is that it's halal, tbh the ones i've had here are really weak in terms of complexity compared to other chinese cuisines, even when compared to fujian, that's known to be light in seasoning
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