Ray Mak

China can be the biggest Heaven for Cuisines be it authentic or normal dishes. It can also be the nastiest Hell for Cuisines that will damage your body for eternity. I was in Guangzhou a week ago and these are some information that I was seriously informed about prior to touching any food.


Cooking Oil from Drains, Gutters, and Sewages


Cooking Oil is dirt cheap in China, but Cooking Oil from Drains, Gutters, and Sewages is ten times cheaper than normal Cooking Oil. I was amazed when I was told about this, and I thought to myself, what does Cooking Oil from Drains, Gutters, and Sewages mean? 


Well, Cooking Oil is used extensively in the preparation of many Chinese Cuisines especially those from Sze Chuan. Most of the oil in the food is not consumed and they are simply disposed into drains, gutters, rivers, sewages etc. The oil will remain on the top part of the water which can be easily extracted from the source be it drains, rivers, sewages or any other sources. This is known as "Swill Oil". Due to the extreme pungent smell of the extracted oil, these "highly intelligent" business people will add some chemicals to it which removes the pungent smell and replaces it with a uniquely synthetic aroma. The oil will then be sold in bulk to street hawkers, restaurants, especially those that prepares Steamboat a.k.a. Luk Luk. The Swill Oil is Rich in Aflatoxin, a really yummy toxin that will keep you "Healthy". According to newspapers in Hong Kong, a single consumption will cause cancer for life. Though the Chinese Government is making lots of efforts to track it down, it is virtually impossible to put an end to it, a highly profitable business in China.


If you watch TV in China, you'll probably see advertisements that warn you not to consume food from street hawkers.

Paper Box Meat Bun

Yummy!! Meat Buns are delicious! Paper Box Meat Buns are even more delicious!!! They just bring you to Heaven upon consumption at the fastest rate you can't possibly imagine. This is another business opportunity, a really huge one! Chopped Paper Boxes or Cardboards, softened in an industrial chemical and made tasty with pork flavoring is the main ingredients of these Meat Buns. Have you heard of the Top Quality Beef known as Wagyu or Kobe Beef? I heard that the meat in these delicious buns taste like those. Wanna try?


Sewage Enhanced Seafood


If you're a fan of seafood and you're in China, you should check out the source of the fish on your table. Well, I went back to the village where my ancestors came from. It's called the Mak's Village. Nothing wrong with the village actually, but there was a huge pond over there. Being a person who loves water as much as me, I was running towards it to jump in for a swim, until I was told, "This is an Oxidation Pond". You know.... Sewage / Shit Pool... According to my cousin, if I had jumped in there, I would be his biggest JOKE for life.


Now take a look at the fish on your table. In that village, and many other villages, most fish products are raised in such Oxidation Ponds using dangerous drugs and chemicals to allow them to grow huge for better profits. Subsequently, China, is the leading seafood exporter to The United States.

Guangzhou is a city in China well known for its unique culinary styles. Food that we get in Chinatown everywhere else in the world is very different from those that we get in Guangzhou or even China in general.

First of all, I'm gonna share with you guys about the TASTE of food in Guangzhou.

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Generally Salty. Most of the cuisines are rather plain in taste. There is not much variety in comparison to cuisines from countries like Thailand, India, Malaysia, Singapore etc. where the food are blended in a variety of flavors ie Sweet and Spicy, Sweet and Sour etc. Unless you're dining in expensive international restaurants, the food that you get in typical ordinary restaurants are either Salty, Sweet, Sour, Spicy, or Bitter. The Spicy is plain spicy, salty is plain salty, sweet's just sweet. Not much flavor in them. Especially restaurants outside the city. The food actually tastes really good in its original taste on plain flavors provided that the raw ingredients are fresh, really fresh.

The modern restaurants in Guangzhou serves fusion food from all over China or all over the world. Those are much more flavorful.

Secondly, I'm gonna comment about the INGREDIENTS used in Food in Guangzhou. Well, in China, any animal with the back facing the sky is edible, which include monkeys since they hunch a little. For those are attempting to compete in Fear Factor, be sure you experience China first, probably for a few months. The food you eat in Fear Factor will be NOTHING. I mean NOTHING! to you.

Let me bring you to the cage...

The Results!!! Let me know if you can't take this anymore....

Errrrrr............ I think I'll just stick to Starbucks!