These foods are typically unique to where you eat them For example neither deep fried ice cream or honey chicken are ["Chinese food" here in Canada][1]. The [Wikipedia article][2] on American Chinese food does a pretty job of identifying which North American "Chinese food" dishes map to food you might eat in China and which do not. I don't know if you can construct a similar list for Australian "Chinese food", but look for ingredients like carrots and tomatoes, as well as anything salad-like, to be particular to your home version of Chinese food and less likely to be available in China or other parts of Asia.


  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Chinese_cuisine
  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Chinese_cuisine