There are those general bastardizations of Chinese cuisine that have become so ubiquitous with the genre that many eaters are surprised if they don’t get that cookie with the bill. This is not a map of those foods. Instead, we are talking dishes that take Asian concepts (many of them already bastardized) and mess with them to the point where it’s not really fusion so much as just plain weird—and often delicious. The result? Dishes like corned beef spring rolls and French onion soup dumplings. Check out the map for the wackiest bastardizations of Chinese food New York chefs are dishing out these days.
—Jetty-Jane Connor
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