Chang’s “farm to wok” approach is a novel idea.
Chang’s founding partners (the “Chang” in P.F. Her son and culinary disciple Phillip is one of P.F. Often called “the Julia Child of Chinese cooking,” Cecilia essentially introduced authentic upscale wok-centric Northern Chinese cuisine to America at her legendary San Francisco restaurant The Mandarin. Chang’s roots are deeply and authentically Chinese with an impeccable and unimpeachable culinary pedigree that includes Cecilia Chiang. Chang’s but only to prove how inauthentic and unoriginal it is (as if I’m really an expert on the 2,000-year-old tradition of wok cooking in China). In a thinly-veiled attempt at saving face, I agreed to take her to P.F. Further, she argues “ if it’s not “real” Chinese food, it must be original.” Aaargh! She got me again! Chang’s back in the mid-1990s before I became so narrow-minded (she doesn’t buy my claims of being enlightened) about food. She reminds me (and rightfully so) that we both used to like P.F.
Chang’s stands for “Paul Fleming,” the American restaurant impresario who co-founded the Asian-themed casual dining restaurant chain in 1993. My retort is typically something along the line of “ but it’s so Americanized” or “ it’s not real Chinese food” and of course “ but it’s a chain” and most often “ but the P.F. “Does it matter?” It’s a question my Kim asks when I whine and complain at her suggestion that we give P.F. Rather than declaring “nothing is original” as the only possible answer to the proposed poll question, Jim Jarmusch’s sapient quote prompted even more questions such as: Is adding red or green chile to a non-New Mexican recipe inventing something original? Isn’t any variation to an existing recipe actually making it an original recipe? Does it matter? Butternut Squash Dumplings We were deliberating whether to ask if you believe New Mexico’s talented chefs “invent” new dishes or if the cuisine found across the Land of Enchantment is primarily dishes that have been copied from recipes by chefs in other cities. I discovered that pithy pearl shortly after a recent email exchange with Gil’s thrilling pollmeister (my spellchecker still insists on “poltergeist”) Bob of the Village of Los Ranchos. “It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.” In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: Authenticity is invaluable originality is non-existent.Īnd don’t bother concealing your thievery – celebrate it if you feel like it.
If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Chang’s China Bistro on The 25th Way in Albuquerque
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