It's almost like they want us all to be ill...
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Ok, so Europeans introduced chili peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, refined sugar, corn, etc., to Asia. So, by one definition, any food that includes one of those ingredients is "Western influenced."
There are a crapload of iconic national dishes that are Western influenced or of direct European origin.
Indian vindaloo -- Vinha d'alhos -- Portuguese wine and garlic sauce.
Japanese tempura (deep fried) -- Portuguese again.
North African Shakshuka -- any time this dish is mentioned people get in a pissing mass over whether Israelis stole it, who it "belongs" to, etc. Well, fuck off, it probably didn't even exist before ~100-150 years ago, and its direct precursor was Spanish or Portuguese or Italian. So, stop appropriating European culture?
There are many examples. If you look at Asian cooking today, across all of Asia, you will find ingredients like refined sugar all the time. "Chinese Cooking Demystified" youtube channel barely has a recipe without sugar.
The Donair was invented in Nova Scotia, by a Greek immigrant, and it's just a rip-off of the Greek gyro. I think the only real difference is that donairs have tomatoes in them. (Unless you actually go to Greece, and stop in one of their neighbourhood shops, where the gyro meat is an actual lamb on a spit. Makes the ones here look like shit.)