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Those 2 things are <1% of what we Chinese thought as "Chinese cooking".

Fair, but that's a significant portion of Chinese cuisine in restaurants around here.

Exactly, right? And they are not Chinese cooking...

> And they are not Chinese cooking...

Lol, there's a huge Chinese population here, and Chinese restaurants only have Chinese cooks... And it's mostly Chinese who go to them.

Well there's that Sichuan style fish in chilli oil.

If you're into that sort of thing (and you live in SF), I highly recommend Chili House in the Inner Richmond.