New favourite Chinese..

quarky

Not this one:



But Kung Po chicken. Had it for the first time last night, and can't believe how good it was. Why have I never ventured to that section of the menu before??




Although I think I will have to try the Pork next time.

usedtobe

Tough choice, but I think the top one just shades it..

axisus

No joke, I looked at the food pic once, I scrolled up and looked at the top pic 3 times.

munckee

Beef with ginger and spring onion is my current takeaway of choice. 

LuttiS

Ah Humans... Great series

57Deluxe

Kung Po Chicken. Buddhist monk's mixed veg and sticky chilli beef...

merlin

Szechuan hotpot. 

Phil_aka_Pip

I lurve szechuan cooking

Roysterdoyster

Has anyone ever ordered the omelette from a Chinese take away menu??  Who are these people?

RaymondLin

Roysterdoyster said:

Has anyone ever ordered the omelette from a Chinese take away menu??  Who are these people?

English people 

Axe_meister

I've never got on with Chinese food. Always feel bloated afterwards. But Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese is the best food out there (but I do have a massive weakness for Indian and Mexican)

Guitar_Slinger

We got a takeaway menu through the letterbox at the wwekwnd (I'm in London)  and they had Salt & Pepper chips on the menu.

I've seen that in Liverpool chippies but never down here.  Once or twice I've even taken a picture into a local Chinese who do salt & pepper other stuff, but they wouldn't do the chips for me.

Thanks @quarky, the thread has reminded me to try them this weekend.

Emp_Fab

OMG - Salt & Pepper chips are amazing!  Why chippies don’t do them all across the country is a crime!

57Deluxe

RaymondLin said:

Roysterdoyster said:

Has anyone ever ordered the omelette from a Chinese take away menu??  Who are these people?

English people 

this was a throwback to the 70s when Chinese takaways first appeared in numbers on every high street. In fact they were nearly all from Hong Kong as Britsh Passporters when rules were relaxed and from the mass influx of Vietnamese Boat People. Older people were suspicious, so to satisfy the nay-sayers and not lose out on a family meal sale they offered steak and chips with peas and omelettes as 'identifiable' fodder!

axisus

Roysterdoyster said:

Has anyone ever ordered the omelette from a Chinese take away menu??  Who are these people?

What else are you going to eat with your chips?

RaymondLin

57Deluxe said:

RaymondLin said:

Roysterdoyster said:

Has anyone ever ordered the omelette from a Chinese take away menu??  Who are these people?

English people 

this was a throwback to the 70s when Chinese takaways first appeared in numbers on every high street. In fact they were nearly all from Hong Kong as Britsh Passporters when rules were relaxed and from the mass influx of Vietnamese Boat People. Older people were suspicious, so to satisfy the nay-sayers and not lose out on a family meal sale they offered steak and chips with peas and omelettes as 'identifiable' fodder!

lol, my parents have a Chinese, he makes omelette too.....

munckee

All chinese restaurants I've ever seen adapt to local area and tastes, they know full well half the people in britain  consider chicken balls and chips as a chinese meal.

Had a chinese meal in a portugal once where there was pretty much only seafood on the menu.

Dominic

I used to live in HK in the 1980s.......many restaurants of all regional varieties although predominantly Cantonese.When coming to UK I was amazed at some of the food being offered in Take-Away and regional "Chinese" restaurants as it was nothing whatsoever like anything I was used to. I had never heard of Chow Mein which seems to be an American invention loosely based on the Hokkien Char Koay Teow that you would see in Malaysia.
 Obviously there is more authenticity in Gerrard Street and in general these days but it is still very different.

Kitsune

Hunan Red Pork for me. Utterly addictive. I like fairly simple Chinese generally.

http://www.asiandumplingtips.com/2009/12/-chairman-maos-redcooked-pork-belly-recipe-hong-shao-rou.html

I can cook quite a lot of Chinese food, but really I'm a Japanese food veteran.

RaymondLin

Dominic said:

I used to live in HK in the 1980s.......many restaurants of all regional varieties although predominantly Cantonese.When coming to UK I was amazed at some of the food being offered in Take-Away and regional "Chinese" restaurants as it was nothing whatsoever like anything I was used to. I had never heard of Chow Mein which seems to be an American invention loosely based on the Hokkien Char Koay Teow that you would see in Malaysia.
 Obviously there is more authenticity in Gerrard Street and in general these days but it is still very different.

My feeling is that the majority of the UK population would not eat what my mum cooks.

Steamed fish on the bone?

Fried Lettuce?

Perserved cabbage with pork?

Bitter melon?

These are the things that is normal to me, there is never anything Sweet & Sour, there are nothing deep fried eaten at home and we don't eat fried rice at home either.  

earwighoney

Dominic said:

 Obviously there is more authenticity in Gerrard Street and in general these days but it is still very different.

I walked through there and Lisle Street yesterday on my way to See Woo (Chinese Supermarket) for the first time in a while.  It seemed a few restaurants have closed down and are waiting for new developers.  

I hope Chinatown doesn't go the way of other parts of that area and lose a lot of the things which made it interesting. 

I've heard HK's food is different to other Chinese cities but my experiences of the food in HK was always very enjoyable.