Meet Ryan, a 22-year-old international student from China currently studying Environmental Science at the University of Waterloo. Having moved to Canada two years ago, he often reminisces about the authentic flavors of home. Frustrated by the discrepancies in Chinese cuisine between his hometown and what he finds in Canada, Ryan has taken to jokingly expressing his culinary disappointments on Reddit while bonding with fellow students over their shared experiences of adapting to life in a new country.