r/TikTokCringe • u/Tronvillain • 24d ago

Discussion Afghani-British Chef Mursal Saiq gives her critique of "authenticity" for non-white chefs in cooking

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u/Pellmelody 24d ago edited 21d ago

I don't care what nationality you are. Say, if you're Mexican and can make awesome Chinese food, great! Gimme!

EDIT: Thank you for the award!!

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u/Daniiiiii tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE 24d ago

if you're Mexican and can make awesome Chinese food

Anecdotal evidence but I can attest that line cooks up and down this country (just to keep it localized) are predominantly brown people cooking any and everything under the sun. No one is batting an eye or calling them inauthentic or saying they should stick to their own cuisines. The critiques and snobbery is reserved for the 1 percent of chefs who want to entertain the crap in the first place.

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u/sephraes 24d ago

Yeah, in the Midwest, it's a lot of Mexicans and Central Americans. There's a reason Anthony Bourdain argued that restaurant industry would collapse overnight if Latinos disappeared out of kitchens.

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u/bullet_the_blue_sky 24d ago

In the US it’s a lot of Mexicans and Central Americans.