Either general's or honey chicken, depending on the place, white or fried rice, and spare ribs. Or beef & broccoli if I feel like it...
What do you usually get at chinese restaurants?
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Well it's more of an insult (to yourself) to call yourself 'perfect' since it's a bad thing, than to call yourself an arse, but you're right.Elsarild said:
'Chinese' restaurants don't serve real Chinese food.
I went all over China in the last 6 months and found much different food. I went to the west, to the east (got to find my way, all the way to One Piece!) and to the south of China. The food's much better there than in these expat restaurants.
God, someone's a little too obsessed with syrupy chicken!Ando85 said:
Orange chicken and crab rangoon have always and will always reign supreme. Eggrolls bursting with soy. Black pepper chicken/steak. Coconut shrimp. Calimari.
Stay the fuck away from the sushi bar! It's not a Japanese steakhouse, you round-eyed fool! If you want to taste something bland and possibly gross that will make your GI tract hate you, then try the sushi bar at a Chinese restaurant.
And crab legs and mini hot dogs and soft serve (get the swirl!). Best stuff the Chinese ever came up with
Ninja'd, except no one said "Thai food." Can't begrudge you for mentioning it. Too bad I moved 2 hours away from Thai Sweet Basil. One of the best damned meals I ever had. Spring rolls to fuckin' die for. And their pad thai is amazing.Sonicron said:
I like getting Dragon/Phoenix chicken combos.
But what I really love, when I can find it, is Singapore Fün. Usually chow fün or mei fün. I ask them to make it as spicy as humanly possible, and only some eateries can do it right. But it's so worth the money.
But what I really love, when I can find it, is Singapore Fün. Usually chow fün or mei fün. I ask them to make it as spicy as humanly possible, and only some eateries can do it right. But it's so worth the money.
I despise Chinese food, yet everyone else seems to love it, which means that's where we go half the time we eat out. So I plump for the plainest, simplest food possible, egg fried rice (if I'm feeling particularly adventurous, I'll upgrade to chicken fried), chips and gravy, prawn crackers or plain noodles
From the food truck down the road from class: Beef and Vermicelli soup. (because it's $5 and they give you sooo much)
At actual Chinese restaurants: I can't pass up chicken heart, and I love pork buns. Of course, if I'm at a real Chinese restaurant, I'm with actually Chinese people, and they make me try all sorts of tasty vegetables I can't pronounce or spell (and therefore cannot find again), or really, really, really spicy meats. But really, it's hard to say what *I* got, since traditionally you get a group of friends, order like, five or six giant plates and then you all share.
I like my friends' parents' cooking best though. All of them make interesting tofu dishes.
Edit: The staff at Chinese restaurants in Toronto are usually Chinese. The staff at Korean BBQ places are also usually Chinese. The staff at Japanese places are usually Korean (except Manpuku, which you know is real Japanese because they don't serve sushi). Although I suppose it depends where in the city you are...
At actual Chinese restaurants: I can't pass up chicken heart, and I love pork buns. Of course, if I'm at a real Chinese restaurant, I'm with actually Chinese people, and they make me try all sorts of tasty vegetables I can't pronounce or spell (and therefore cannot find again), or really, really, really spicy meats. But really, it's hard to say what *I* got, since traditionally you get a group of friends, order like, five or six giant plates and then you all share.
I like my friends' parents' cooking best though.
All of them make interesting tofu dishes.Edit: The staff at Chinese restaurants in Toronto are usually Chinese. The staff at Korean BBQ places are also usually Chinese. The staff at Japanese places are usually Korean (except Manpuku, which you know is real Japanese because they don't serve sushi). Although I suppose it depends where in the city you are...
Fried rice.
For 10 years, that was all I would ever order, be it a fine restaurant or a smaller chinese street kitchen. Taking memos to myself about the qualities of each and every different one I tasted.
For half a year I would every thursday go to the local small chinese kitchen somewhere in Berlin, I watched closely as the chef prepared my meal every time.
Half a year later, I decided the time had come, and so I made the PERFECT fried rice.
For 10 years, that was all I would ever order, be it a fine restaurant or a smaller chinese street kitchen. Taking memos to myself about the qualities of each and every different one I tasted.
For half a year I would every thursday go to the local small chinese kitchen somewhere in Berlin, I watched closely as the chef prepared my meal every time.
Half a year later, I decided the time had come, and so I made the PERFECT fried rice.
confused, because i don't by chinese food.
then i go across the street to the indian for a Donner kebab.
then i go across the street to the indian for a Donner kebab.
If they have it: vegetarian egg foo young. SO GOOD. If they don't, I get whatever mixed vegetables + tofu thing they have. And lots of steamed rice. And tea.
Unfortunately, all the local Chinese restaurants have is lots of meat and deep fried things. Curse the South.
Unfortunately, all the local Chinese restaurants have is lots of meat and deep fried things. Curse the South.
