Are these Chinese ingredients? They are now.
马铃薯条 (mǎ líng shǔ tiáo). literally 'potato strips'.
Are they Chinese? Well, they're certainly not French! Grown in China, chipped in China, frozen in China and sold in my local supermarket in China.
When I first served some chips (I refuse to call them fries - I have standards) to some friends here in 1996, they were baffled and grabbed some sugar and poured it over them liberally.
Soon after, McD's and KFC turned up and they worked it out. Yesterday was the first time I saw them like this, though.
Did I buy them? No. I make my chips from this ingredient.
