Your typical Chinese Carry Out/Take Away Order...

[Applespider]

I say Pakistani because most times I got fish and chips in England the place appeared to be owned by Pakistanis - and the food was awesome.

English fish and chips are generally lousy since they leave the skin on the fish (eurgh) under the batter. In Scotland, most of the chippies are/were owned by Italians. The fish tends to be haddock rather than cod, which is slightly sweeter, and they take the skin off it. They also have a better brown sauce/vinegar mix so you can have salt'n'sauce on the chips

 

[Black&Tan]

English fish and chips are generally lousy since they leave the skin on the fish (eurgh) under the batter. In Scotland, most of the chippies are/were owned by Italians. The fish tends to be haddock rather than cod, which is slightly sweeter, and they take the skin off it. They also have a better brown sauce/vinegar mix so you can have salt'n'sauce on the chips

Mmmm. Fish & chips. The best fish & chips I've ever had was in Scotland, outside of Oban. There was this little van on the side of the road that sold the "best" ever. And it was haddock. I didn't see the brown sauce vinegar mix, however. I prefer my fish with a delicate dollop of ketchup and my chips soaked with salt & vinegar.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

EThe fish tends to be haddock rather than cod, which is slightly sweeter, and they take the skin off it.

Yep, I prefer haddock with my chips over cod. And I've never been that keen on the skin either so I tend to leave that...

 

[michaelrjohnson]

Sesame Chicken
Vegetable Egg Rolls

Main Moon is delicious!

 

[jelloshotsrule]

veggie spring or egg rolls (preferably the latter, if they're actually veggie)
broccoli with garlic sauce

if i'm with my girlfriend, we usually also add some form of bean curd (tofu)

if i'm with my brothers, we'll often get an order of veggie fried rice to go around.... mmmmm so good

 

[bousozoku]

Ma po to fu and hot and sour soup, but I haven't had Chinese food for around 7 years. It's normally restaurant food (not close to home made) anywhere in the U.S.A. but Orlando is especially bad. Philadelphia was much better.

Korean and Thai food are much more interesting, though.

 

[ToddW]

lo-mein noodles
chicken teriaki
egg roll

 

[XNine]

Combination fried rice and hot n sour soup from chinese...

There's this Ramen shop in Denver that serves this Oudon Noodle Ramen that is to die for. It's about 7 bucks a bowl, but it's more than worth it. They have awesome gyozas as well.

When I go thai I do anything that has lots of rice/noodles and is spicy.

When I go Japanese I generally get sushi (unagi, yellow tail) and teryaki rice bowls.

 

[bousozoku]

Combination fried rice and hot n sour soup from chinese...

There's this Ramen shop in Denver that serves this Oudon Noodle Ramen that is to die for. It's about 7 bucks a bowl, but it's more than worth it. They have awesome gyozas as well.

When I go thai I do anything that has lots of rice/noodles and is spicy.

When I go Japanese I generally get sushi (unagi, yellow tail) and teryaki rice bowls.

Udon isn't ramen.

I had some today...mmmm. $7.00? I paid $2.49 for a 3 pack.

 

[satty]

My local Chinese restaurants aren't great.

In town, I go for crispy duck or steamed dumplings and then fillet steak in black pepper sauce.

I haven't been in Soho for ages, but I have the tast of the crispy duck with pancakes in my mouth just by reading it. I also like Won Tom soup (?), crisp pork, pak choy (just to mention a veggy)...

Dumplingwise I thought they are not half as good as in Beijing though.

 

[XNine]

Udon isn't ramen.

I had some today...mmmm. $7.00? I paid $2.49 for a 3 pack.

Udon ARE the noodles he uses. I asked him myself. Long, thin noodles all made by hand. Sure, you can buy the crappy ramen (which I do still eat) or splurge on a 7 dollar bowl that's the size of your head, filled with real vegetables, meats, broths, and egg.

 

[Lau]

English fish and chips are generally lousy since they leave the skin on the fish (eurgh) under the batter. In Scotland, most of the chippies are/were owned by Italians. The fish tends to be haddock rather than cod, which is slightly sweeter, and they take the skin off it. They also have a better brown sauce/vinegar mix so you can have salt'n'sauce on the chips

Mmm, agreed. I never liked the skin on the fish when I was a kid, and am glad that someone else agrees. My mum always said "There's nothing wrong with it. Shut up and eat it". And she's Scottish! She should have known better.

I'm looking forward to my first salt n sauced supper for about 4 years...

 

[Applespider]

Mmm, agreed. I never liked the skin on the fish when I was a kid, and am glad that someone else agrees.

I remember how horrified I was when I first got a fish supper down here... and how equally horrified my other Scottish friends were...

I haven't been in Soho for ages, but I have the tast of the crispy duck with pancakes in my mouth just by reading it. I also like Won Tom soup (?), crisp pork, pak choy (just to mention a veggy)...

If we weren't all so likely to be stuffed stupid after the London picnic, we could have headed to Chinatown afterwards. My favourite is the HK Diner on Wardour St - never had a bad dish in there.

 

[Mal]

Sesame Chicken, or General Tso's Chicken, with rice and either an eggroll or wontons.

Actually, I just finished eating leftovers from my last visit to a Chinese restaurant (but it wasn't takeout, so it wouldn't count directly). It's sesame chicken, except that it's not chicken. In fact, it's not meat at all. It's a pretty decent likeness though. I'm not vegetarian myself, but my fiance is and she appreciates it when I take her places like that, and I don't mind the fake meat usually.

jW

 

[satty]

I remember how horrified I was when I first got a fish supper down here... and how equally horrified my other Scottish friends were...



If we weren't all so likely to be stuffed stupid after the London picnic, we could have headed to Chinatown afterwards. My favourite is the HK Diner on Wardour St - never had a bad dish in there.

I had HK Diner in my post, but removed it because I thought nobody knows the place

 

[iRachel]

This thread is making me really hungry - and I think I'm gonna have to get Chinese take-out tonight

 

[Applespider]

I had HK Diner in my post, but removed it because I thought nobody knows the place

Bizarre... of all the Chinese restaurants in Soho... I hope it's not getting too well known!

Perhaps when Gary makes it to London, we could have the MR London Chinese pig-out at the HK Diner

 

[mactastic]

Orange Beef or Beef w/Broccoli, ordered as a Complete Dinner, which at my local restaurant means that for $2 extra you get won-ton soup, fried won-ton, 2 spring rolls, and fried rice with the entree.

 

[mariahlullaby]

I too love Thai most of all.

But every now and then I'll get Chinese because there's a cute little "Wok Express" with the typical stuff next to where I work, which is a pizza place, and sometimes you just get sick of pizza!

I get chicken fried rice or sesame chicken with fried rice, two crab ragoons (and I only get them from this place because they're amazing...sort of sweet and not cream cheesy), and egg drop soup. Mmmm.

 

[bousozoku]

...Oudon Noodle Ramen...

Udon ARE the noodles he uses. I asked him myself. Long, thin noodles all made by hand. Sure, you can buy the crappy ramen (which I do still eat) or splurge on a 7 dollar bowl that's the size of your head, filled with real vegetables, meats, broths, and egg.

Interesting. Udon are the thickest noodles you can find.

 

[UKnjb]

For 1 (me):

Salt and chilli dry spare ribs
Duck with pineapple
Special fried rice

For 2:
As above, plus:
Peking duck
Singapore noodles
Chicken with black bean sauce

 

[rickvanr]

Had Chinese last night at a family birthday gathering. I'm not a huge fan of Chinese, with the exception of egg roles.

The choices consisted of; Egg roles, beef and broccoli, chicken chow mein, pork spare ribs, chicken fried rice, and a few others things I forget the names of.

 

[MattG]

Hehe...I'm eating Chinese carry-out as I type this.

Garlic chicken, fried rice, and an egg roll.

 

[Tanglewood]

From Mardarin Wok near my house:

~For Starters~
Egg Drop Soup
Tampura Shrimp
Wontons
~then~
Sweet and Sour Pork
Mongolian Beef
General Tso Chicken
White Rice
~Last~
The Fortune Cookie!

It's my feast to go.

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Indian food in Britain rocks! Still haven't found anything on par with it here in San Diego.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I usually get either sweet and sour pork, beef chop suey or beef and green peppers in curry. Every once in a while I like to get some duck though, one of my favourites is duck with lemon.

It's been a while since we had Chinese... maybe that was a great idea for tomorrow's dinner...