Humor: “Have They Run Out of Provinces Yet?” (Chinese food)

[Jingthing]

This is pretty hilarious.

Yes, in big cities in the U.S. anyway, it's very foodie trendy to "discover" the amazing DIVERSITY of Chinese foods from the many different PROVINCES.

"Sophisticates" don't say let's go for Chinese, but lets go for HUNANESE, etc.

In Thailand, not so much.

Pretty grim Chinese food scene in Pattaya.

Better in Bangok but difficult accessibility with language (unless you speak "Chinese").

The original Calvin Trillin (amazing talent):

Have they run out of provinces yet?
If they haven’t, we’ve reason to fret.
Long ago, there was just Cantonese.
(Long ago, we were easy to please.)
But then food from Szechuan came our way,
Making Cantonese strictly passé.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/04/have-they-run-out-of-provinces-yet-by-calvin-trillin

A response to it.

A but too "PC" for me, but still interesting:

See Trillin, we all like to laugh at food culture too
At cronuts, at raw foods, at fusion fondue,
Your intentions, we get it, were frivolous, glib,
In this poem’s exploration of the stains on your bib.

“Have They Run Out of Provinces Yet?” you inquired,
But your verse was, alas, far more white than required.
Your depiction of China made it seem like a place
The sole purpose of which is to intrigue New York plates.

http://forward.com/the-assimilator/338062/calvin-trillins-offensive-new-yorker-poem-a-response-in-verse/?attribution=home-hero-item-text-5

Edited April 9, 2016 by Jingthing