Yea... i make Ravioli with the dumplings here... its great..... using tomato paste, garlic, onions and tomatoes

While I do enjoy Chinese food, I see nothing wrong to cook it my way when at home.  For example, sometimes I do make rice and add some butter to it, sometimes add olive oil and garlic powder.  It does taste different, but Chinese friends find it too salty (and I do not use salt).  Another thing I do, is when I make soup, I take the waterly part and use it instead of plain water to cook the rice.  To me it does taste great, better than I am served at any restaurant. 

Another thing I do is to make things like a heavy (thick) soup and add rice to it to simulate a "gumbo".  For example, squids, add some potatoes, carrots and celery (like beef stew but use squids instead of beef), add some rice and allow everything to cook.  They like it, but complain that I should leave the ric outside of it.

As you may have realized, I do like rice, but not enough to have a bowl of the same thing every day, I do not mind it that much if I can change the taste.