I stopped in a pathetic-looking little eatery, thinking it would be cheap and authentic.

There were over 300 items on the menu....all in Chinese. No one spoke English. So I just pointed to 3 things. When I pointed to the last one, the waiter looked at me with a troubled face saying something that I could quickly translate as "NO NO NO NO! BAD IDEA! WRONG!" He pointed to another and smiled. When I got my food, the one he picked out was great. One of the others was unidentifiable and it looked BAD. I left that alone. The final dish was interesting. I took it to go and gave it to a guy asking for food outside.