Friday, October 14, 2016

Buzzfeed Video Reflection Revision


I watched the videos titled, Mexican People Try Taco Bell For the First Time and Chinese People Try Panda Express For the First Time. In both videos, the people had many different reactions to each of the dishes they tried. Though most people had varying opinions about each individual dish, everyone did not approve of the dishes overall. Most of the people were surprised that the food was not like authentic Mexican or Chinese food. The people tasting the food said that the meal did not look or taste like the authentic version, even though the dish was said to have originated in those countries. Some of the dishes served have no ties to where they “supposedly” originated. A few of the people tasting the food enjoyed these dishes, but said that they are definitely not Mexican or Chinese. In Mexican People Try Taco Bell For the First Time, when asked if they would return to Taco Bell, everyone said that they would not.
While not too surprising that food from these fast food restaurants are not authentic to their country of origin, it does reflect that American people can be ignorant about other cultures and customs. Many people believe that Americans know less about other countries than people living in other countries know about America. The videos also show that some Americans simply do not care to learn about other cultures. The success of fast food places like Taco Bell and Panda Express shows that people are eating at these places instead of making an effort to try out more authentic restaurants. 
It is hard though, to realize that these restaurants do not serve authentic Chinese and Mexican foods, when many people—including myself—have never been to either China or Mexico. For me, Taco Bell and Panda Express is the closest I have come to eating authentic Mexican and Chinese food, which is disappointing, because I know that these restaurants do not offer a correct representation of food from those countries.

1 comment:

  1. Solid overall. I noticed a typo (counties instead of countries), so just be sure to proof-read carefully! I think the reorganization of sentence structures in the first paragraph works, although the first version was also okay. You can also omit "so" in front of "many people are eating," as the "so" makes the statement hyperbolic and overly colloquial (more like "spoken" language rather than "written" language).

    Grade: Check

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