I have a friend from Hunan and when she lived in the US there was a restaurant down the street from us that was called "Hunan Wok", it sold almost exclusively American-Chinese food. She was a little disappointed because she thought that having a place in the name as opposed to just "Lucky Garden" or the like indicated they would have dishes she missed from home. She was never too upset in Rochester though, because she knew what to expect from the take out places, and there is a fair sized Chinese population, so there were a few good dine in restaurants that made food she liked. However, she was taken aback when we were on our road trip and stopped at a Chinese buffet in a super small town in the midwest.... The buffet was lo mein, sesame chicken, rice, chicken nuggets, french fries, salad, those wontons stuffed with cream cheese and watermelon. She asked for hot sauce, and got Tabasco. I thought she might cry. To be fair, when she said "ooo a Chinese restaurant!!" I tried to warn her that it was unlikely to be any good.
