Chinese Food is the Best

[Daveway]

Who else here loves Chinese food? It's the only cuisine you can buy cheap and still have something that tastes good. Not many bachelors have a fridge without takeout containers.
My friends and I ordered some last night and as predicted, we had left overs.
HongKong Chow Mein, S&S Chicken, Lemon Beef, and rice (all white meat). $20 :)

[PlaceofDis]

ate at a really good place this past weekend actually called Big Bowl, its a bit more upscale and pricey seeing that its right off of Michigan Ave here, but it was some of the best food i have had in a while, might not be the best food ever, but its up there

[Daveway]

ate at a really good place this past weekend actually called Big Bowl, its a bit more upscale and pricey seeing that its right off of Michigan Ave here, but it was some of the best food i have had in a while, might not be the best food ever, but its up there

...Big Bowl...did the serve soup? :D

[PlaceofDis]

...Big Bowl...did the serve soup? :D


haha, could of ordered it, but they do serve their dishes in a huge bowl, i would say approx. 12" wide depending on the dish. i had Sweet and Sour chicken (never had pineapple in the sauce before, but was delicious) and my gf had Kung Pow Chicken which was also very mouth watering, i will probably be going back there again sometime soon...

btw, that bowl includes the rice, veggies, and main dish all in one....


edit: here is a link to their site: http://www.bigbowl.com/index.htm

[Sun Baked]

Those little paper boxes also turn out to become some of the best sources for future science experiments around. ;)

[dmw007]

mmm...Chinese food. Now I am starting to feel hungry :D

[puckhead193]

The best Chinese food is from "talk and wok" its near milton Mass, highly recommend it.

[stubeeef]

Meow, meow, meo.......................

[After G]

Sam Woo's. Awesome stuff for the price, especially when you are a college student.

[Doctor Q]

The best thing about Chinese food: You can get a few entrees and pass everything around for a group of people, whether you are eating out or having take-out. Everyone gets some of everything. Somehow, other types of food never seem as amenable to the group-eat system.

Eight of us ate at a Chinese restaurant yesterday and that's what we did. Yummmm.

[atari1356]

When it comes to Asian food, Chinese is generally my third choice... first comes Thai, then Vietnamese. It's all good though. :D

[absolut_mac]

Who else here loves Chinese food?

I really like Chinese food, but I prefer Indian food by far.

Samoosas anyone?

[Mav451]

When it comes to Asian food, Chinese is generally my third choice... first comes Thai, then Vietnamese. It's all good though. :D

Hrmm, I've never had Thai. Around North Potomac, its mostly Chinese anyway (some decent, some Americanized but overall still good); don't know many of the Vietnamese places to be honest--all I've had is pho -_-

But yeah, you have sit-down or dim-sum (e.g. New Fortune), heck you even got a Cantonese place down in Wheaton.

So yeah, by choice Chinese is easily #1.

[Daveway]

The best Chinese food is from "talk and wok" its near milton Mass, highly recommend it.

Our local place is "Chinese King".

[Doctor Q]

When it comes to Asian food, Chinese is generally my third choice... first comes Thai, then Vietnamese. It's all good though. :DI'm sorry, but your opinion is wrong. The correct order is Japanese, Thai, Chinese. We eat all three out, we bring all three home, and we make all three ourselves, so we must know best! :)

[Dros]

How about Korean bulgogi? I'd put that against a dan dan mein, or a pho, for a simple, tasty meal. It would be a close decision, though.

[Daveway]

I'm sorry, but your opinion is wrong. The correct order is Japanese, Thai, Chinese. We eat all three out, we bring all three home, and we make all three ourselves, so we must know best! :)

Doctor Q is now our in-house Asian foods expert. :D

[G5orbust]

Im a big fan. I eat it at least once a week from one of the array of fine restaurant establishments around my part of town.

[goodtimes5]

I live in San Francisco. Enough said.

I couldn't help but laugh at the posts that single out a single place.

[Daveway]

I live in San Francisco. Enough said.

I couldn't help but laugh at the posts that single out a single place.

Well I live in the suburbs so there aren't as many establishment as in the city. We have about 5 in my area.

[Xtremehkr]

Mmmmmm, chinese food.

[Daveway]

Those little paper boxes also turn out to become some of the best sources for future science experiments around. ;)

I saw a girl at school that had made a purse from one of the larger ones.

[ravenvii]

Another fan here. Beef lo mein and egg drop soup are my main frequencies. I love the occasional dumplings as well. But careful where you get those - some places make really BAD dumplings...

[barneygumble]

you bugger, now i am going to have chinese for dinner, chicker sezhaun(spelling???), and possibly some dim sims, and flied lice :D

[Leareth]

I live in Vancouver...
best food from around the world...
chinese one day , east indian the next anything you please...
sushi is great here too.
just too many bloody starbucks everywhere... I have one right out my back door... bad...there are six coffee shop in a 50 foot radius of my house.

[Daveway]

just too many bloody starbucks everywhere... I have one right out my back door... bad...there are six coffee shop in a 50 foot radius of my house.

I would love to have a Starbuck out my backdoor. Of course I would also require a gift card. Those $6 Frappucinos add up. :o

[Awimoway]

I'm sorry, but your opinion is wrong. The correct order is Japanese, Thai, Chinese. We eat all three out, we bring all three home, and we make all three ourselves, so we must know best! :)

I like Indian, Chinese, Thai and Filipino, in that order. Vietnamese, Japanese and Korean all tend to be a little too nauseating for my squeamish palate.

[Prelude2Tragedy]

my favorite asian food would definately have to be sushi. Too bad that it's so expensive at restaurants.

[raggedjimmi]

absolutely love chinese food. but not fast chinese food, no take aways or anything. theres a restaurant in Manchesters china town that do all you can eat buffets for £7 and its incredible. best thing for me cuz i just cant settle on one dish!

also going Spain in a few weeks and the restaurants there are like the equivalent of £2.

major faves of mine; duck pancakes, lemon balls, anything chicken, egg fried rice. and pretty much anything other than beef and sea food dishes :)

[wrldwzrd89]

I am a big fan of Chinese food also. The combination of shrimp and rice has to be my favorite Chinese dish.

[Applespider]

absolutely love chinese food. but not fast chinese food, no take aways or anything. theres a restaurant in Manchesters china town that do all you can eat buffets for £7 and its incredible. best thing for me cuz i just cant settle on one dish!

also going Spain in a few weeks and the restaurants there are like the equivalent of £2.

I like 'good' Chinese restaraunts where the sauces aren't laden in MSG and the crispiness of the veggies comes through. I don't think I could eat in a buffet for £2 restaurant, even in Spain! Where is the food coming from? I'd rather pay more and have the assurance the ingredients are 'real' rather than the risk that the meat is reconstituted reformed sludge from the abattoir floor. :eek:

Incidentally for those in London, I'd recommend the fillet steak in black pepper sauce from the HKDiner in Wardour St. Their grilled seabass with ginger is also brilliant tho pricey.

[broken_keyboard]

Haha! Great fridge shot.

[Sun Baked]

Meow, meow, meo.......................I'm surprised you didn't say...

"I usually avoid eating Chinese, they may be small, but they can sure run away quick (and make a lot of noise) when you chase after them with a big knife."

[njmac]

mmmm.... Chinese food is the best fast food I can think of and always the cheapest.

Any one in the Bergen County, NJ area? You should try the Asian Grill in Ridgewood. You will never go anywhere else, its that good!


I worked on a food network show once that had the theme Vietnamese Street Food, and the food was unbelievably great. If only there was a place in my neighborhood to get that, I could possibly give up Chinese food.

[MongoTheGeek]

Hrmm, I've never had Thai. Around North Potomac, its mostly Chinese anyway (some decent, some Americanized but overall still good); don't know many of the Vietnamese places to be honest--all I've had is pho -_-

But yeah, you have sit-down or dim-sum (e.g. New Fortune), heck you even got a Cantonese place down in Wheaton.

So yeah, by choice Chinese is easily #1.

House of Chu in Germantown was excellent. I haven't been back since Mr Chu died a few years ago so it may have slid.

Right now I live in central PA and you don't really get good chinese here. Even the "good" places aren't that good. Your best bet is the buffets where you can gorge yourself on mediocre chinese food.

[krimson]

I live in San Francisco. Enough said.

I couldn't help but laugh at the posts that single out a single place.

Im chinese :p

[Josh]

Chinese is awesome.

There's a buffet a couple blocks from where I work, and they have awesome General Tso's chicken :-)

[Abstract]

The best thing about Chinese food: You can get a few entrees and pass everything around for a group of people, whether you are eating out or having take-out. Everyone gets some of everything. Somehow, other types of food never seem as amenable to the group-eat system.

Eight of us ate at a Chinese restaurant yesterday and that's what we did. Yummmm.

Yeah, me and my friends have the same system. Everybody orders one item from the menu that they want, and we just share everything!

Also noticed that Chinese restaurants generally use round tables, which again facilitates the "group-eat" system. :)
Im chinese :p
Yeah, so am I, and to us Chinese people, its not "chinese food." Its just "food." :p
How about Korean bulgogi? I'd put that against a dan dan mein, or a pho, for a simple, tasty meal. It would be a close decision, though.

Korean, Thai, and Japanese are all fabulous, but Chinese is so simple to get, and easily accessible. I love it to death. :)

And take-away places are generally crap. Its where the white folk go. :p If you want take-away, go to a chinese restaurant and ask for food in a container. At least you'll get real chinese food. ;)

Its like the chinese menu and the "english" menu. The chinese menu is always better, and they sell the same thing to chinese people for cheaper. Knowing a bit of chinese is like a secret chinese handshake. :cool:

Some places also charge non-chinese people for a bowl of rice, while they would never do that to a chinese group.

[Josh]

What I think is hiliarious, is that a lot of "chinese food" isn't 'chinese' at all.

For example: Sweet and sour chicken. That's probably as American as it get's.

A lot of people (chefs) that end up working at Chinese resteraunts - even if they are amazing Chinese Chefs - have to be tought how to make 'americanese' food.

To be honest, I can't remember ever seeing an asian person eating at a chinese resteraunt lol. Perhaps they're either at home, or know of a better place, eating the real stuff lol

(Any asain members: please let me in "the know" lol)

[Applespider]

Yeah, me and my friends have the same system. Everybody orders one item from the menu that they want, and we just share everything!

And take-away places are generally crap. Its where the white folk go. :p


I've only known one person who goes to a Chinese restaurant and insists on ordering a dish for himself. Everyone else has always gone for the 'pick a range' option which can work really well if you co-ordinate with a meat/chicken/seafood/veg dish.

When I'm in an area with lots of 'ethnic' restaurants, I must confess to going to the one which seems to have the most 'ethnic' clientele on the grounds that if they're happy to eat there, it's more likely to be authentic.

[Mr. Anderson]

I'm sorry, but your opinion is wrong. The correct order is Japanese, Thai, Chinese. We eat all three out, we bring all three home, and we make all three ourselves, so we must know best! :)


Ok, its a matter of personal taste here -but I'd rate them

Thai, Japanese (sushi), Vietnamese, Japanese (non-sushi), Chinese

And then there is the Pan-Asian types, which can be right up there, but its just a matter of the restaurant. One of the best is Nobu, I've been to the one in Tribeca (NYC) and Malibu, CA. Yummeee!


I love making Thai at home and found one recipe that turned out so good it tastes as good or better than anything I've ever had in a Thai restaurant. One thing I do miss so much about Washington, DC is the cuisine. We have a couple Chinese restaurants here in Warsaw, but nothing else.

[krimson]

Yeah, so am I, and to us Chinese people, its not "chinese food." Its just "food." :p

IIRC, you're down in NZ, right?
Do you guys have the fortune cookie thing? Cause I still get surprised looks when I tell people that's an american invention.



And take-away places are generally crap. Its where the white folk go. :p If you want take-away, go to a chinese restaurant and ask for food in a container. At least you'll get real chinese food. ;)

The guys here (IT Dept) order out from a place near here. All the dishes smell HORRIBLE, but they love it. I tell them it doesn't smell good, and they get all huffy and give me the evil eye.


Its like the chinese menu and the "english" menu. The chinese menu is always better, and they sell the same thing to chinese people for cheaper. Knowing a bit of chinese is like a secret chinese handshake. :cool:

Some places also charge non-chinese people for a bowl of rice, while they would never do that to a chinese group.

SHHHH!!!!! :D

[obeygiant]

I live in San Francisco. Enough said.

I couldn't help but laugh at the posts that single out a single place.


San Francisco has the best chinese and the best thai food on the country, hands down. SF has spoiled me.

[Mr. Anderson]

Some Chinese-American can be really bad. I went to one a long time ago in Columbus, Ohio that served bread before the meal....bleh, real white bread. Couldn't figure out why, though, but it was a clear indication that I wasn't going to get authentic chinese food....

D

[takao]

i went perhaps 3-4 times eating chinese food in restaurants..while good it also was quite expensive.. no take aways either

personally when cooking myself i prefer italian like food but when eating i nrestaurants i'll mostly eat stuff which ae too complicated to cook by myself

[csubear]

I'm a big fan of Japanese Style instant curry ;)

[Daveway]

And take-away places are generally crap. Its where the white folk go. :p If you want take-away, go to a chinese restaurant and ask for food in a container. At least you'll get real chinese food. ;)

Its like the chinese menu and the "english" menu. The chinese menu is always better, and they sell the same thing to chinese people for cheaper. Knowing a bit of chinese is like a secret chinese handshake. :cool:

Some places also charge non-chinese people for a bowl of rice, while they would never do that to a chinese group.

Wow, thanks for the tips. I still haven't found out how to use chopsticks.

[broken_keyboard]

I used to really like Chinese food until last year...

I went to Yum Cha with some Chinese people at my work and I felt pretty sick afterwards. So anyway I thought it was probably just bad luck so I went again a few weeks later - same thing happened. Queasy stomach and a temperature for the rest of the day.

Now just the sight of Chinese food makes me lose my appetite which sucks because it's nice to have variety in your diet. Maybe in time I'll be able to try it again.

[krimson]

are you allergic to MSG?

[Deefuzz]

I too am a big fan of Chineese food, I love that and Japanese food.

I would love to be able to make some of the stuff as good as I can find in eateries. I am a pretty good cook, but I just can't get the hang of Asian cuisine.

Got a real nice Chineese bistro here called P.F. Changs that I like alot, I hear they have establishments in other states as well.

[broken_keyboard]

are you allergic to MSG?

Not that I know of, but it's possible I suppose.

[nw43]

mmmm Chinese food.

Strangely enough one of the nicest chineses I ever had was in Lithuania! :confused:

It's not my favourite asian food though and is knocked into third place by Thai and Indian. You can't beat a good curry - pretty much the British national dish!

[mactastic]

(Any asain members: please let me in "the know" lol)

Well I'm not asian, but my wife is taking Tai Chi lessons from a local Chinese woman. The class went out for Chinese after class one night and she said the menu was different from the one we got when the two of us crackers went there on our own. She said the food was better too. ;)

On a related note, I got my hands on a fantastic recipe for Orange Chicken, which I understand is a totally American form of Chinese food, but I really like it nonetheless.

The balance between sweet and sour and spicy is such a nice feature of Asian cuisine in general. I'm pretty much a fan of everything from that region, specially the uncooked fish.

[Eevee]

Sam Woo's. Awesome stuff for the price, especially when you are a college student.

Yes, Sam Woo's in Calif! Great BBQ duck and yummy food, though $$ and small portions.

[runninmac]

Oh I do love the Chinese food. I went to a open house that had it catered in the other week. It was so good.

[krimson]

Not that I know of, but it's possible I suppose.

if you've had stomach problems both times, that's where i'd put my bet. I'd try to get a straight answer from the dim sum hostess if you can. Just tell them you need to know because you'll get violently ill, im sure they'll want to avoid having the health dept come in for a check up.

[Eevee]

In Connecticut, there aren't a lot of decent Chinese restaurants. Have to go to NYC to get some nice food.

Has anyone tried soft shell crab dumplings in NYC? Only one restaurant carries it (sorry forgot the name and the location, please help!!!). It's fabulous!!

[wrldwzrd89]

I'll admit that I have no idea what MSG is...strange name for a sauce, if you ask me.

[Eevee]

Yeah, me and my friends have the same system. Everybody orders one item from the menu that they want, and we just share everything!

Yes, us Chinese like to have "family style." We also like to serve one another.

Its like the chinese menu and the "english" menu. The chinese menu is always better, and they sell the same thing to chinese people for cheaper. Knowing a bit of chinese is like a secret chinese handshake. :cool:

Did you find this out from your Chinese friends? Yeah, it is kinda like a "secret Chinese handshake."

Some places also charge non-chinese people for a bowl of rice, while they would never do that to a chinese group.

Like what krimson stated, "Shhhh...."

[Eevee]

I'll admit that I have no idea what MSG is...strange name for a sauce, if you ask me.

Mono-sodium glutamate (see attached molecular structure--sorry I'm a chemist)

Good stuff in Chinese food!!!

[krimson]

MSG is a preservative/taste enhancer, widely used in chinese food. Many of my caucasian friends have problems with food made with MSG in them.

I was fine eating food with MSG in it, until my parents stopped using it in dishes we made at home.. now i can't eat it either.

[Mr. Anderson]

Mono-sodium glutamate (see attached molecular structure--sorry I'm a chemist)

Good stuff in Chinese food!!!


No MSG for me, thanks - it gives me headaches.....

http://www.nomsg.com/harmful.html

D

[krimson]

Yes, Sam Woo's in Calif! Great BBQ duck and yummy food, though $$ and small portions.

I live walking distance to a Sam Woo (4 in a 5 mile radius), and it's cheap... yang chow fried rice is $5.95 for a large plate :p

[Eevee]

I live walking distance to a Sam Woo (4 in a 5 mile radius), and it's cheap... yang chow fried rice is $5.95 for a large plate :p

The one in Irvine is separated into two: one part is a fancy diner, and the second is a take out. The diner one is quite $$

[Eevee]

No MSG for me, thanks - it gives me headaches.....

http://www.nomsg.com/harmful.html

D

It's just your imagination! :D

Must...have...more...MSG...Ahh....

[broken_keyboard]

if you've had stomach problems both times, that's where i'd put my bet. I'd try to get a straight answer from the dim sum hostess if you can. Just tell them you need to know because you'll get violently ill, im sure they'll want to avoid having the health dept come in for a check up.

OK I will ask. I suppose it's important to know these things about yourself.

[iGary]

We're lucky to have abundant good quality Chinese places in our area.

I do miss D.C., though.

I usually walk right down to our "Joy Luck."

Excellent low mein, orange chicken and dumplings.

Yum. :D

[krimson]

The one in Irvine is separated into two: one part is a fancy diner, and the second is a take out. The diner one is quite $$

Ah, that's what you meant.. the BBQ ones are cheap, the Seafood ones are super spensive. (edit: Oh, but the lobster sashimi is so yummy, call ahead to reserve)

[encephalon]

San Francisco has the best chinese and the best thai food on the country, hands down. SF has spoiled me.

Yessssss. I didn't know chinese food until I went to House of Nanking in SF. It put everything else I've had to shame.

[wrldwzrd89]

Mono-sodium glutamate (see attached molecular structure--sorry I'm a chemist)

Good stuff in Chinese food!!!
Thanks Eevee...as it just so happens, I know enough about chemistry to understand your molecular structure diagram.

[glui2001]

cmon, expensive chinese food is an oxymoron! PF Chang's like the biggest insult to authentic chinese food.

[scem0]

Big Chinese food fan here. I'm a fan of most Asian food, though.

There is a Vietnamese restaraunt near my house which is amazing. I bolded it and italicized it to show just how good it is. The combination fried rice perfect. The vermicelli is also great.

As for Chinese food, I eat it whenever I can, but my family gets so sick of the Vietnamese food that they don't want Chinese food. I have yet to find an authentic Chinese restaraunt in Austin though. After being selected to go to China by Kalamazoo college last year, Chinese food hasn't been the same. The food in China was soooo much better than the 'Chinese' food in America.

edit - Any recommendations of Asian restaraunts in lower Manhattan? I'm moving there to attend Parsons next Fall and I'm clueless. Price is very important - I'm a student, remember? ;). Thanks.

scem0

[iSaint]

Meow, meow, meo.......................

I worked for a pork manufacturer (though I never figured out how they manufactured it, they just kill things and cut them apart) and I saw an invoice for the local chinese restaurant for their purchase of pork uteri, among other things.

[iSaint]

I live in Vancouver...
best food from around the world...
chinese one day , east indian the next anything you please...
sushi is great here too.
just too many bloody starbucks everywhere... I have one right out my back door... bad...there are six coffee shop in a 50 foot radius of my house.

so you have free wi-fi???

[iSaint]

Chinese is awesome.

There's a buffet a couple blocks from where I work, and they have awesome General Tso's chicken :-)

My favorite dish!!!

[devilot]

I'm Chinese (well, an ABC, but still!) and when my parents and I eat out, we still get charged for rice. I definitely agree, however, that the Chinese menus are ALWAYS better than the English printed ones... especially those corny flyers on the walls...

Applespider- the best veggies must be asked for! They are usually not on any menu; next time, ask which fresh veggies they have. My personal favorite is cooked w/ garlic (hee, mandarin attempt in English typing-- "swean rong") and it's almost like spinach but the stems are hollow ("cong ching ztai").

And for me, undoubtedly, Chinese food is the BEST. Growing up, my older sister would beg for burgers and McDonalds, I would literally cry and not eat until I got home and ate my mommie's homecooked Chinese food. :o

Oh yeah, and MSG is in a lot of other foods OTHER than Chinese food. Many restraunts now omit MSG in their dishes, and you can usually ask nicely for them to not add it, although it does taste good and mask poor cooking skills. :p

[Doctor Q]

my favorite asian food would definately have to be sushi. Too bad that it's so expensive at restaurants.That's because of the fuel cost to cook it. Oh wait... never mind. Yes, sushi is great (um, hamachi), so given the price we consider it an occasional treat.

I admit my ignorance about Vietnamese food. What should a beginner order?

[krimson]

That's because of the fuel cost to cook it. Oh wait... never mind. Yes, sushi is great (um, hamachi), so given the price we consider it an occasional treat.

I admit my ignorance about Vietnamese food. What should a beginner order?


if you like the vermicilli, i'd recommend Pho.. if you want, i can recommend something near you.



...
Applespider- the best veggies must be asked for! They are usually not on any menu; next time, ask which fresh veggies they have. My personal favorite is cooked w/ garlic (hee, mandarin attempt in English typing-- "swean rong") and it's almost like spinach but the stems are hollow ("cong ching ztai").
...


Kong Xim Cai aka "Empty Heart Vegetable" aka "Water Spinach" aka Water Convolvulus (Ipomoea aquatica) (aka Kong Shing Tsai <-- my phonetic spelling), which I had stir fried last night. :)

In case anyone wanted to look for it, it's packed with nutrients and stuff that's good for you.

[Leareth]

so you have free wi-fi???

Yep...
everywhere I go I get free internet...
free hot spots are all the rage here right now.
I have realized I can surf the net from the bus to school if I use channel 11 on my airport card I just connect through the radio on the bus...

chinese food here is great , the dim sum is really really good , if I want somewhat different food I just go the few blocks to chinatown into one of those hole in the wall restaurants that are crammed with asians and no menus in english and order things by pointing to other peoples plates...yummy

[devilot]

chinese food here is great , the dim sum is really really good , if I want somewhat different food I just go the few blocks to chinatown into one of those hole in the wall restaurants that are crammed with asians and no menus in english and order things by pointing to other peoples plates...yummy
That is a pretty fool proof way. I can speak Chinese fluently, but w/ soooo many characters and quite a few years after Chinese school, I can't really read any Chinese... So if memory fails and I can't recall what a dish is called, I sometimes resort to your fool-proof method! :p

[puckhead193]

anyone go to Shun Lee in the city (that's New York City, if your not from NY)....

[Daveway]

cmon, expensive chinese food is an oxymoron! PF Chang's like the biggest insult to authentic chinese food.

Agreed. PF Changs has OK food but they charge very high. I just go to fill my craving of cabbage rolls that comes on every couple of months.

[billyergs]

Many don't realize this but MSG is used in many American "Junk foods" too.
The flavor is a not too overpowering salt with a "zest" to it.
Read the ingredients to any barbeque, cheese flavor potato chips or doritos...That addicitve flavor, that's it.

I'm half korean so I like bim bim bap and jigaes.

[michaelrjohnson]

There's a "budget" Chinese place here in town (actually they just expanded to 2 locations), but I just can't seem to find any better.

Main Moon is incredible!

[stcanard]

Best cuisines are:

Thai (esp. the curries with coconut milk)
Malaysian/Indonesian (mmm, laksa)
Mandarin Chinese
Indian

I'm not crazy about Vietnamese, and Filipino is defintely not my style (a bit too bland, and the deserts are way too sweet).

Japanese will crawl back up eventually, but I'm kind of overdosed on sushi right now. That's what you get for living in an area with $6 sushi lunches, and $10 all-you-can-eat.

[Prelude2Tragedy]

Japanese will crawl back up eventually, but I'm kind of overdosed on sushi right now. That's what you get for living in an area with $6 sushi lunches, and $10 all-you-can-eat.

The all you can eat sushi place by my house ends up being $30 per person but for some reason i still go there occasionally. Its just so good and if you spend all day there, like my friends do, you can easily eat like 100 bucks worth of sushi. lol.

[stcanard]

The all you can eat sushi place by my house ends up being $30 per person but for some reason i still go there occasionally. Its just so good and if you spend all day there, like my friends do, you can easily eat like 100 bucks worth of sushi. lol.

Come to Vancouver, $100 worth of sushi would be enough to make you physically ill.

In any of the restaurants I go to around here, a sushi dinner for my wife, son and I plus a bottle of Sake will be less than $50 (Canadian).

[wide]

Sammy's on sixth avenue betw. tenth and eleventh streets (nyc manhattan) is the best Chinese in the village. Grand Sichuan is pretty good.

but for me, chinese is toward the end of the list: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indian (unless it's really, really good Indian). Guess i should add vietnamese to the end of the list too.....

[Daveway]

I went to a restaurant in my area a few weeks back and had the sushi. I wasn't impressed and it kinda turned me off the sushi.

[krimson]

i dont include chinese food, cause like was said previously, it's just food to me.

japanese > korean > thai > vietnamese > s'pore/malay

i have a sudden craving for some unagi-don :mad:

[csubear]

Korean food is by far the best asian food there is. Period. Gal-bi ? or is it Kol-bi is great, and give me some more Kim-Chi ;)


As for the MSG, my wife puts it on just about everything. She's Japanese, and she loves the stuff, I can't stand it.

[stcanard]

i dont include chinese food, cause like was said previously, it's just food to me.

My problem with the "I do/don't like chinese food" argument is that's kind of like saying "I like European food". It's way too broad. I love Dim Sum, Szechuan, and Mandarin, I'm not crazy about the Hong Kong style, and I have a campy affection for North American Chinese, since that's what I thought of as chinese food when growing up.

I'm not crazy about eating a formal seafood dinner (I love lobster & prawns, but can't eat something that's looking at me, jellyfish is a neither here nor there thing. I'll eat it, but don't really care, most of the fish is nothing special, it should either be Salmon/Trout or beer battered :)).

I'm guessing from the pictures at the start of the thread that we're talking about North American Chinese.

japanese > korean > thai > vietnamese > s'pore/malay

i have a sudden craving for some unagi-don :mad:

Korean and Vietnamese have never really appealed to me (although there is nothing like a huge bowl of Pho for a low cost dinner), but the first Korean restaurant I went to wasn't really that good (so I'm told) and that may have coloured my impression. But I love curries and cocunut milk, so almost anything south east asian is going to appeal to me.

[mac-er]

I don't think I've ever had Chinese leftovers for more than....an hour... :)

[Applespider]

Applespider- the best veggies must be asked for! They are usually not on any menu; next time, ask which fresh veggies they have. My personal favorite is cooked w/ garlic (hee, mandarin attempt in English typing-- "swean rong") and it's almost like spinach but the stems are hollow ("cong ching ztai").

Sounds marvellous! And thanks for the spelling Krimson! I'll make a note on my mobile so I can ask next time I'm in Chinatown.

[Daveway]

I don't think I've ever had Chinese leftovers for more than....an hour... :)

Am I the only one who will take Chinese leftover home and then eat them like 15mins after I get home?

[Eevee]

I don't think I've ever had Chinese leftovers for more than....an hour... :)

Whoa...then it can't be Chinese!!! :D

[Eevee]

Am I the only one who will take Chinese leftover home and then eat them like 15mins after I get home?

Does it taste better after bringing the dish home? More flavour?
:confused:

[Mav451]

Applespider- the best veggies must be asked for! They are usually not on any menu; next time, ask which fresh veggies they have. My personal favorite is cooked w/ garlic (hee, mandarin attempt in English typing-- "swean rong") and it's almost like spinach but the stems are hollow ("cong ching ztai"). Sounds marvellous! And thanks for the spelling Krimson! I'll make a note on my mobile so I can ask next time I'm in Chinatown.

That's the good stuff man, most non-Chinese don't ask for it, which is too bad. Cong Ching Tzai is pretty nice, though zong guo jie lan (chinese broccoli - yes, it is different from American kind) is pretty good too.

You can get it anywhere, but I have found that some Cantonese places do it just as good (if not better) than Chinese (Mandarin) places. Then again, I'm talking about Paul Kee's. Paul Kee's is good stuff, though it is oddly located in Wheaton -_- (for my Marylanders).

[Mav451]

Korean food is by far the best asian food there is. Period. Gal-bi ? or is it Kol-bi is great, and give me some more Kim-Chi ;)


As for the MSG, my wife puts it on just about everything. She's Japanese, and she loves the stuff, I can't stand it.

There is no best. Period.

Bulgogi + Kim Chi gets tiring, and jjang-myun is a play on the Chinese version. I mean, yeah we could all love a single/few set of dishes, but what's life without variety? While I would say hands down I think Asian food is the best, there's nothing like a big fat steak on a Friday night after a loooong week of work.

MSG gives me headaches dude. I've been to Tokyo, and I never heard about this style of cooking with MSG ?? Maybe its a personal thing then?

[bousozoku]

For me, Chinese food is way down the list. There is very little that's interesting, except for the Mongolian-derived recipes and I can do better with Korean food for that. :)

Korean, Japanese, Italian, Thai...yummy.

[devilot]

MSG gives me headaches dude. I've been to Tokyo, and I never heard about this style of cooking with MSG ?? Maybe its a personal thing then?
MSG is as a previous poster posted... an additive and preservative; it can and is frequently used by different cooks in different styles of food. Even packaged ramen used MSG, even potato chips (some); it's everywhere.

As for MSG use in Japan, one Japanese scientist had a theory that there was a totally separate taste area of the human tongue devoted to MSG; as in, spicy, sour, sweet, bitter, and salty, but he/she claims that maybe MSG as well. This theory surfaced awhile ago-- I never followed it so I don't know how the research is going, interesting though.

[barneygumble]

I am not a huge fan of chinese cooking, possibly becasue i have not tried a terribly large amount of it, there was one resteraunt i used to go to that served mongolian beef, good stuff. I should probably try to get more variety into my diet, never tried sushi, why eat it raw when you can cook it???

I like italian food better than asian dishes if i am going out to eat, though not into the creamy pasta dishes as much as the tomato based.

Personally i can go past a BBQ involving large quanties of steak, snags, fresh prawns and tomato sauce and a pavlova for desert, but hey thets just the aussie in me :D

[MongoTheGeek]

MSG is as a previous poster posted... an additive and preservative; it can and is frequently used by different cooks in different styles of food. Even packaged ramen used MSG, even potato chips (some); it's everywhere.

As for MSG use in Japan, one Japanese scientist had a theory that there was a totally separate taste area of the human tongue devoted to MSG; as in, spicy, sour, sweet, bitter, and salty, but he/she claims that maybe MSG as well. This theory surfaced awhile ago-- I never followed it so I don't know how the research is going, interesting though.

I think its been officially recognized as umame. Its a sorta rich taste. MSG triggers it. Some amino acids and proteins trigger it.

MSG btw is found naturally in seaweed.

Studies have shown that its okay in general for adults. Some people get migraines from it. There are a number of people who view it as the very devil.

[krimson]

Whoa...then it can't be Chinese!!! :D


Well, if you aren't hungry an hour later, it's not real chinese. ;)

[Daveway]

We had Chinese again tonight. Nine boxes. :D

[Lacero]

There are two types of Chinese food, authentic chinese food, and take-out chinese food. You really want to avoid the take-out chinese food as it is much greasier and much more salty than real chinese food. If you want real Chinese food, go to a restaurant whose menus are not written in English.

[Frank (Atlanta)]

A great treat - when they're in season - are snow pea leaves/shoots.

They have to be picked when young (don't recall the season); however, they're also very much like spinach and have almost a smoky flavor, too. Get them sauteed with garlic as just a veggie dish or have them add some chicken...excellent!

[Eevee]

We had Chinese again tonight. Nine boxes. :D

Nine boxes! You must have been hungry for Chinese food! Any leftovers?

[Eevee]

There are two types of Chinese food, authentic chinese food, and take-out chinese food. You really want to avoid the take-out chinese food as it is much greasier and much more salty than real chinese food. If you want real Chinese food, go to a restaurant whose menus are not written in English.

But as posted before, the menu that is Chinese has better food thanthe one that has English in the same restaurant. So, it's best to bring someone who can read Chinese.

Yummy...

[lem0n]

when I was in China, didn't eat a lot of Chinese food, a shame really... [ok, I was 3] Thai food is too spicy [can't eat anything spicy, my friends always marvel at it] Korean... hmmm, I've never tried it. Vietnamese food is only good when eaten in Vietnam, pho tastes significanty different there, the soup is much sweeter [since they actually cooked the bones in the soup] and the noodle is much fresher. They said Vietnamese food is the best of the best since it's French cruisine mixed with Chinese food [at least my mother's friend said so] For Singaporen food, I like their chicken rice. My homestay family there make me go and eat it on the first day I stayed with them, it's a bit sweet btu I've always like sweet so it's not that bad. Sushi... hmmmm... sushi... :rolleyes: Back in highschool [it was, well, 4 days ago] we used to have lunch together every Wednesday and this Korean guy would bring sushi that his mother made [his mother works in a Korean restaurant]... those were the good days...

[kungpao]

I like Chinese food, too. But, after I read this thread, I got the impression that I have a slightly different idea of what Chinese food is.

This is the Chinese food I'm talking about http://www.thekungpaochicken.com/recipeindex.html, straight from Guangzhou, China. No sweet and sour chicken. No fortune cookies. Lots of MSG.

[devilot]

I like Chinese food, too. But, after I read this thread, I got the impression that I have a slightly different idea of what Chinese food is.

This is the Chinese food I'm talking about http://www.thekungpaochicken.com/recipeindex.html, straight from Guangzhou, China. No sweet and sour chicken. No fortune cookies. Lots of MSG.
Man that egg and tomato dish is so classic; totally what my mom makes when she doesn't feel like cookin up a storm.

[krimson]

i made that tomato & egg dish last week, except i used green zebra tomatos. one of my favorite 'im in a hurry' dishes.

[devilot]

i made that tomato & egg dish last week, except i used green zebra tomatos. one of my favorite 'im in a hurry' dishes.
I'm jealous... I've been known to botch up Chef boyardee canned food. ;) I'm useless when it comes to cooking-- but I sure am good at washing dishes! :D

[Lacero]

Dim sum is the best. But I suppose this has already been covered in this thread.

[krimson]

I'm jealous... I've been known to botch up Chef boyardee canned food. ;) I'm useless when it comes to cooking-- but I sure am good at washing dishes! :D

If I cook, I dont do dishes. :rolleyes: :D