Cultural differences can be a beautiful thing but I think the British have officially dumbfounded Americans with their Chinese fusion takeout or “takeaway” as they prefer to call it.


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While starving and hungover, TikTok creator @corysworldd made a video and asked his followers to rate his Chinese takeout order.


Their order had everything; salt and pepper chips, chicken balls (what is that?), ribs, salt and pepper chicken, spring rolls, crispy beef, egg fried rice, prawn crackers, and papadams (which is an Indian flatbread). And to top it off a sweet and sour, peanut, and curry sauce poured over the entire plate.




This video made its way across the pond to American’s For You Pages this week, and the comments section was filled with questions like “Why is everything the same color?” or “What is a chicken ball?”


“I don't want to hear anything ever about American food being all fried ever again after watching this,” said one commenter.


One American who’s been living in England for the past ten years stitched @corysworldd’s video explaining to their fellow Americans what British Chinese tastes like.



“Trust me it does not taste like what you think it's gonna taste like,” @__mjmcm says. While American Chinese takeout is comprised of flavors like garlic and ginger, British Chinese takeaway is mostly fried and tastes either “very very vinegary or very very sweet.”


Curry sauce, which is like curry powder gravy, is apparently an acquired taste.


“I’ve been here ten years and I miss American ‘Chinese’ food so much,” says @__mjmcm before turning off their comment section.


Of course, fusion food is made to serve the taste of the region but many Americans used this debate to shit all over British Chinese takeaway.


At least here in the States, we dress it up to seem a bit more authentic. How was I supposed to know the lovely General Tso wasn’t real? Beef and broccoli make perfect (and delicious) sense together.


And no matter where you stand on the issues, these TikToks are not helping British Chinese takeaway’s case.



When the TikToks finally made it over to Twitter, the Brits began fighting back.


“I refuse to be lectured on Irish/British Chinese food by a country that puts sugar in its coleslaw” stated @ronronzo on Twitter.



“Americans have approx 12 hours to stfu about British Chinese takeaway before I do [something] historical n monumental,” ominously threatened @polomustdie.


But the best dunk on Americans making fun of British Chinese takeaway is ironically from an Irish writer, @miseryvulture on Twitter who said, “It's funny that Americans are getting upset over the inauthenticity of British Chinese food as if American Chinese food is any better. My friends, the crab rangoon is coming from inside the house.”