# Subject: Ginger Beef is Possibly the best tasting food known to man. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subject-ginger-beef-is-possibly-the-best-tasting-food-known-to-man/242273 "2004-04-27T14:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fluffball86\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/91b2a8/32.png) [@fluffball86\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluffball86_1)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subject-ginger-beef-is-possibly-the-best-tasting-food-known-to-man/242273/1 "2004-04-27T14:26:35Z")
I had chinese last night, from a place called star house, or star something. It had increadible Ginger Beef; the chinese food was also good, but that is to be expected because they had a bunch of chinese people working in the kitchen. I hereby declair that Ginger Beef is my favourite food. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subject-ginger-beef-is-possibly-the-best-tasting-food-known-to-man/242273/2 "2004-04-27T14:32:35Z")
Without even looking, I can tell you’re in Western Canada. Don’t ever leave, if you ever want Ginger Beef again. I love the stuff, and I miss it horribly, but I’ve found a recipe that works passably. Oh my GOD I want some now now now! For the record, Ginger Beef was first created by a chef at a Chinese restaurant in Calgary. It isn’t actually a Chinese dish. I didn’t find that out until I moved away from Alberta and couldn’t find it anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subject-ginger-beef-is-possibly-the-best-tasting-food-known-to-man/242273/3 "2004-04-27T14:34:35Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > I’ve found a recipe that works passably. Give. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fluffball86\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/91b2a8/32.png) [@fluffball86\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluffball86_1)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subject-ginger-beef-is-possibly-the-best-tasting-food-known-to-man/242273/4 "2004-04-27T14:38:28Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > Without even looking, I can tell you’re in Western Canada. Don’t ever leave, if you ever want Ginger Beef again. I love the stuff, and I miss it horribly, but I’ve found a recipe that works passably. > > Oh my GOD I want some now now now! > > For the record, Ginger Beef was first created by a chef at a Chinese restaurant in Calgary. It isn’t actually a Chinese dish. I didn’t find that out until I moved away from Alberta and couldn’t find it anywhere. Are you serious that there is no ginger beef out side of western canada!!! Where do you live. I don’t think I want to go to an area that is so uncivilized that it doesn;t have Ginger Beef. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subject-ginger-beef-is-possibly-the-best-tasting-food-known-to-man/242273/5 "2004-04-27T14:40:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Give. > > 🙂 How could I possibly deny such a sweetly-worded request? 😉 It can be found here: [“Quest for Ginger Beef”](http://chinesefood.about.com/library/weekly/aa052600a.htm) It’s not as sweet as you’ll normally get in restaurants. And how did someone in the south develop a taste for it, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subject-ginger-beef-is-possibly-the-best-tasting-food-known-to-man/242273/6 "2004-04-27T14:42:08Z")
> [@fluffball86\_1](#): > > Are you serious that there is no ginger beef out side of western canada!!! Where do you live. I don’t think I want to go to an area that is so uncivilized that it doesn;t have Ginger Beef. Welcome to America. I married Weirddave and moved to Baltimore, Maryland in May 2002. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subject-ginger-beef-is-possibly-the-best-tasting-food-known-to-man/242273/7 "2004-04-27T14:51:36Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > How could I possibly deny such a sweetly-worded request? 😉 > > And how did someone in the south develop a taste for it, anyway? Must’ve been the smiley. I don’t remember when or how I became interested in Oriental cuisine. Beef and ginger go together well. We don’t eat fired chicken all the time. Although I did find a mustard barbecue sauce that is the best I’ve tasted. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subject-ginger-beef-is-possibly-the-best-tasting-food-known-to-man/242273/8 "2004-04-27T15:01:49Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Must’ve been the smiley. > > I don’t remember when or how I became interested in Oriental cuisine. Beef and ginger go together well. > We don’t eat fired chicken all the time. Although I did find a mustard barbecue sauce that is the best I’ve tasted. I guess fried chicken is a Southern thing? I wasn’t asking because I thought you all ate fried chicken and catfish all the time, but because it’s so unusual for someone not from Alberta to have eaten Ginger Beef. Actually, I had trained the chefs (heh) at a restaurant my friend owns in Yellowknife on just exactly how I liked my Ginger Beef. Edward makes the best Ginger Beef north of 60, now - if not the only. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subject-ginger-beef-is-possibly-the-best-tasting-food-known-to-man/242273/9 "2004-04-27T17:55:47Z")
Personally, I’d bet that **Ginger Spice** is rather tasty. Sorry, for that remark. But if I hadn’t said it, I’m sure someone else would have.