Like the other commenters have said, a lot of American places will call pain au Chocolat a chocolate croissant, even if it's not crescent shaped.
It may be wrong, but when a dish jumps to another country the related history and etymology may not make it intact. Heck, is American Chinese food Chinese? What about American pizza? We put BBQ sauce, bacon, chicken, and ranch sauce on some of our "pizzas", good luck finding that in Italy.
EDIT: Not to mention here in the States, 95% of people will order a "cruh-sont", not a "kwa-sanh".
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Like the other commenters have said, a lot of American places will call pain au Chocolat a chocolate croissant, even if it's not crescent shaped.
It may be wrong, but when a dish jumps to another country the related history and etymology may not make it intact. Heck, is American Chinese food Chinese? What about American pizza? We put BBQ sauce, bacon, chicken, and ranch sauce on some of our "pizzas", good luck finding that in Italy.
EDIT: Not to mention here in the States, 95% of people will order a "cruh-sont", not a "kwa-sanh".