Take first and last names of a famous philosopher.
Change one letter in the first name to get a popular dish.
Erase two letters from the last name and rearrange the result to get this dish's origin.
What is it?
Author: Andrew Chaikin of San Francisco.
According to Wikipedia, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a famous German philosopher, cultural critic and philologist.
Friedrich - h + e --> Friedrice --> fried rice
Nietzsche - (tz) --> Niesche --> Chinese (anagram of Niesche)
Consequently, the dish is fried rice and it has a Chimese origin.