>>102191214Resort food and food offered near tourist locations is typically also in that style. In places I've been to they referred to it as food made 'a la gringa'.
>>102191212>>102191440>>102192134>>102192168There isn't really anything fundamentally wrong with the white variants of foreign cuisine. People SHOULD create their own variants that they like and can relate to in their own way. Cuisines aren't static things written in stone long ago, they are dynamic engaging parts of human culture.
The issue comes in when people start saying that their new creation is a dish that people eat in another country solely for marketing purposes. Instead people should proudly take credit of the changes they've made and they should own the food as an addition to their culture because at the end of the day it's something that they recognize and relate to.
With some exceptions, there isn't really such a thing as "authenticity" when it comes to food. Even the most standard dishes have variations from household to household. What they do have in common are aromas, flavor profiles, appearances, cultural context, and they make sense in the context of the cuisine. Foreigners that go to a restaurant and order a foreign dish from home are expecting something they understand and can relate to.
Becoming familiar with a foreign cuisine isn't a matter of eating a few dishes from it that have been prepared in ways those foreigners wouldn't recognize. Rather, becoming familiar with a foreign cuisine means getting a sense for how all the smells and flavors of the cuisine work together as a system. It's the difference between hearing a song with elements from a new music genre and getting a sense for what that music genre is all about.
Whether you're just eating food you like or trying to get into a foreign cuisine or whatever you're doing, you should focus on being authentic with yourself.
