White Woman Causes Outrage For Opening “Clean” Chinese Restaurant

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I am Hispanic. I was born in Mexico and lived there until 5th grade. Mexican culture is very much a part of my life.

That being said, if someone who is not “Mexican” or Hispanic in any way likes and appreciates Mexican food – even decides they want to add their own “healthy” spin on it – I have no problem with that. Call me when you come up with some really great low-carb Mexican meals. Some of the best innovations in Human history have come from cultures borrowing from each other.

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A “white woman” opened a restaurant that borrows from Asian Cuisine and implements the “clean eating” philosophy. Basically, just a bunch of really healthy stuff that won’t bloat you or make you feel icky after you eat it.

People are HORRIFIED. How DARE her imply that gargling with soy sauce might give you salt bloat. She’s clearly a racist.

According to Daily Wire:

A new Chinese restaurant in Greenwich Village, New York, has faced heavy backlash in recent days because the owner used the word “clean” to describe the food.

Again – “Clean” doesn’t mean “not dirty like normal Asian food” in this situation. It means not full of salt and other things that could be considered unhealthy.

According to Eater, nutritionist Arielle Haspel wanted to create a Chinese-American restaurant for “people who love to eat Chinese food and love the benefit that it will actually make them feel good.” Since many of Haspel’s clients could not eat mein, fried rice, and kung pao chicken, she developed items with different ingredients, free of additives in order to “healthify” them. She has since been denounced as a racist for saying that lo mein makes some people feel “bloated and icky.”

Some people DO feel “bloated and icky” after eating MANY things. I never feel good after I eat too much sugar. There’s nothing racist about this.

According to Eater, nutritionist Arielle Haspel wanted to create a Chinese-American restaurant for “people who love to eat Chinese food and love the benefit that it will actually make them feel good.” Since many of Haspel’s clients could not eat mein, fried rice, and kung pao chicken, she developed items with different ingredients, free of additives in order to “healthify” them. She has since been denounced as a racist for saying that lo mein makes some people feel “bloated and icky.”

“There are very few American-Chinese places as mindful about the quality of ingredients as we are,” she told Eater. “We’re excited to offer it to people who want this type of food, and it can make them feel good and they can workout after and they can feel focused after and it will add to their health.”

Haspel added that her restaurant celebrates Chinese-American food and has no desire to “put down a culture.”

“I love love love American Chinese food. I made some tweaks so I would be able to eat it and my friends and other people would be able to eat it,” she said. “I am by all means never ever looking to put down a culture at all. I am very inclusive, and we’re here to celebrate the culture.”

I mean… She’s clearly a racist monster.

“This white woman just opened a ‘clean’ Chinese food restaurant,” said one user, “not only is she using Chinese food stereotypes/naming, she is shaming traditional Chinese food cooking with MSG/grease/starch.”

Lucky Lee’s Yelp page has also been flooded with negative reviews :

“Love to watch a Becky go bankrupt for racist appropriation.”

“This restaurant uses racist tropes to position itself as better than a traditionally Chinese-owned restaurant for no good reason.”

Ugh.

The owner has replied to the backlash:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BwCk8aqnWsV/?utm_source=ig_embed

It’s all so ridiculous.

Eat the food or don’t. But please – chill out and let people live. For crying out loud.

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