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The idea of haute cuisine is in and of itself highly rooted in the ideals of white supremacy - a thread
Cuisines such as French and Italian dominate, while other cuisines are relegated to being considered inelegant or even crude in comparison
French cuisine is seen to be the literal epitome of cooking, with its techniques universally acclaimed, but the techniques aren't exactly anything new for those cooking other cuisines
Emulsifying dairy and fat by heating both up and constantly stirring is something that most people trained in French food are taught through creating buerre blanc sauces, but that same technique has been used for literal centuries in Marwadi cuisine
Using a sear to create a seal for meat prior to cooking it in an oven isn't new either, and has been used in cooking all around the world, but France gets all of the credit for it as if they'd created and promulgated it
So-called "Oriental" cuisines are constantly sidelined for being "exotic" or "new" when they're literally older than this country, and I'm not here for it.
Almost all of these cuisines are forced to adapt, which isn't a bad thing, but the reason they have to adapt is. To be forced to pander to the whims of white people or to fail isn't exactly a choice for a struggling family trying to get by in a foreign country with little support
For example, Anglo-Indian food: So much of the stuff you find in an Indian restaurant isn't what's eaten in South Asian homes - South Asian food is wildly diverse and most of the stuff my family makes is never going to appear on a restaurant menu
In the same way, a South Asian family just one state away would make wildly different food, and when the British invaded, they essentially forced regional food into being less spiced, less flavored, and more white, and restaurants complied because otherwise they wouldn't succeed
As someone who has lived in Hong Kong for most of his life, I have the unique viewpoint of actually having had Guangdong cuisine from its source, made by people for whom its their literal heritage
Seeing how much the same cuisine has changed when it came to the US is weird for me. In Taiwan, one of the dishes I had were large, flat noodles in a soy and sesame sauce. I've never seen anything like that here, despite it being the best noodle dish I've ever eaten
It's honestly so sad to see the best parts of a cuisine stripped away till they're just a pale imitation at best or nothing even similar at worst.
