Buzzfeed Reactions (revised)

Buzzfeed Reactions

            After watching “Mexican people trying Taco Bell for the first time” and “People in China trying fortune cookies for the first time”, I had an epiphany about how American food is really perceived around the world. Not only were Mexican people sincerely unimpressed by the American Mexican fast food, but the Chinese people actually liked eating fortune cookie despite confusing American origin. I am genuinely shocked by this revelation of everyone’s reaction.

            In the video about Mexican people trying Taco Bell’s food for the first time, the researchers gather around seven people for the social experiment to capture their reaction during the taste test. The participants’ ages range from young teenagers to the elderlies. The participants try five items from Taco Bell’s menu and voice their initial feelings to the camera. For many of the food, the elders did not enjoy it and responded negatively along with the younger teenagers. However, the middle age people respond positively and enjoy most of the food. In conclusion, most of the participants did not like Taco Bell’s food and would not recommend it.

            The next video was about people in China trying fortune cookies for the first time. The participants’ ages range from young adults to the elderlies. The participants that tried the fortune cookies are unaware about the fortune inside the cookies; one guy in particular did not realize he ate the paper until the researcher told him about it right after the guy ate the cookie. The people’s reactions are mostly positive as many of them compare the fortune cookies to the traditional egg roll dessert dish but with less sugar and slightly different textures.

            Out of the two reactions, I was most surprised by the Chinese people’s reaction to fortune cookies. However, I can relate to their reasoning and experience as I had the same reaction when I tried fortune cookies for the first time as a child. After trying fortune cookies and the egg roll dessert, both cookies taste very similar in the texture and taste but still differ minutely. I can also relate to first video’s reactions by trying American-Chinese restaurants and trying authentic Chinese food. Both videos are vastly different in expectations, and, from a biased standpoint, I have to go with the authentic Chinese food. However, American-Chinese food can be satisfying at times. All in all, the reactions of these two videos are definitely a shock but very informative about the food and cultural differences between American made and authentic food.  

Original post: http://jonathanlung.blogspot.com/2016/09/buzzfeed-reactions.html