Plenty of Indian takeaways round here serve chips. Chips and curry is "a thing" apparently. Who knew?
Plenty of Indian takeaways round here serve chips. Chips and curry is "a thing" apparently. Who knew?
Yeah, but, as in, nothing at all like it.
I can't think of many foods from other countries that have been distorted quite as much.
Our curries are also not 'Indian' at all. Actual Indian food is nicer, though I suspect actual Chinese is worse.
It really is worse.
It's all worse.
Why the fuck would I eat Chinese when there's kebabs to be had? Madness.
Most Indians here double as kebab spots too. Best of both
I had Moroccan food on Saturday, pitta bread and hummus is the fucking tits.
'Actual' Chinese food is far, far better than the stuff we get here, although maybe the Cantonese are just better in general.
Get lost, Molton, you fair-weather wank.
Judging Chinese food by what you can get in Hong Kong seems pretty wrong.
Bet they don't eat that in Morocco! We will have to ask someone that's been there obvs like.Originally Posted by Benny
There are plenty of "authentic" restaurants that aren't there to pander to Westerners, but I'm not just talking about Hong Kong. It was good in Shenzhen and Guangzhou too. The stuff I had in Beijing wasn't particularly memorable but I never went out of my way to find anything decent.
I'm not doubting you but I'm intrigued now. What food are we talking about. It's all consistently shit from my experiences. Apart from dumplings of course.
We've seen what you eat mate (someone pull the chicken and pasta image out), I am not having you as the judge of what is shit and what isn't.
Mostly dim sum, and the dumplings are obviously the highlight of that, but they're just really good at simple meat and seafood dishes. It's not anything particularly fancy but just using good, fresh ingredients and cooking them properly. That there aren't any overly sweet or sticky sauces is the main advantage over the stuff you get in takeaways here.
When I've had 'chinese takeout' I have always found it dogshit but the couple times I've been to 'proper' Chinese places (with my labmates to ensure genuineness) the food has been quite good. Then again, I always go for some sort of meat in a spicy sauce, can't go wrong there.
I went to a 'proper' Chinese place in Hong Kong and we just got stared at throughout by everyone in the restaurant. Should have stuck to Smokin' Joe's Crap American Themed Shithouse or whatever.
That really is just Cantonese style food though. It's really not representative of Chinese food on the whole.
Okay, well I'm happy to scrap what I originally said and say that Cantonese food is better than other Chinese food. It's just a shame there are so few Cantonese restaurants outside of China.
I thought most of the places here were Cantonese? Or at least their owners are Cantonese. I suppose the food's not going to be the same.
Out of a small bowl usually, which mitigates against over mixing.
Usually from this place.
Generally just eat whatever dish I'm given, but then fuck having a Chinese takeaway, greasy horrible muck.
If I go for a Chinese, I have this (http://www.barandwok.com/) place a few minutes walk from my apartment, it's generally fantastic.
Test.
I had the best Kebab ever from an Indian in Bradfors a few months ago. A massive great naan bread full of lamb kofta, lamb doner and chunks of chicken. I'm getting emotional just thinking about it.Most Indians here double as kebab spots too. Best of both
I tend to stay away from Chinese takeaways. Heard some horror stories about super high levels of MSG in Chinese take away so stick to other stuff.
I searched recently and that utterly depressing image no longer appears to work.
I don't know if I've ever ordered Chinese.
Don't really feel a desire to. I do fancy a pizza though.
Don't derail the thread mate.
"Muslims!"
I've got a pretty good dinner I regularly have these days that I'll treat you to a picture of later.
Well, consider me creamed with excitement.
With my mouth.
Oh and Sama, where is the picture you said you'd take?
Alright, lads.
I'm still waiting on Moltons photo. I've had so many questions I've wanted answered.
Mate, I'm the guy that prefers to have a margherita pizza over actually putting any toppings on.
I live for boring food.
I made my own chicken In black bean sauce night. It was the balls
Here's the recipe. I did chicken instead but it's the same shit:
700 grams beef – use frying steak as its cheap (velveted)
2 tablespoons of oyster sauce
1 tbls soya sauce
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar or dry sherry
4 cloves garlic minced
3cm ginger grated
2-3 tablespoons black bean and chilli sauce
1 large onion sliced finely
2 peppers – any colour
Bunch of mange tout or any other green veggies
Add some finely sliced carrot too if you wish
Some sliced mushrooms
Cornflour for thickening
500 ml chicken stock
1. Heat up the chicken stock in a pan and add the beef, cook for about 4 minutes then remove from the heat – set aside
2. In a separate pan stir fry the ginger, onion and garlic for about 2 minutes
3. Add the other vegetables and cook for another two minutes then remove from the pan and set aside on a plate
4. Drain the beef from the stock and add to the pan the veg has just been removed from
5. Take half of the stock from the other pan and add to the beef
6. Add the oyster sauce, the soya sauce the rice wine vinegar and the black bean sauce and simmer for two or three minutes
7. Add the vegetables back to the pan
8. Mix a teaspoon of cornflour in with a little water and add to the pan to thicken the sauce
9. Eat
Easy as fuck and nice as fuck too. Gonna batch cook a load of it later in the week.
The fuck is this?
You want to get proper fermented black beans.
You can get proper fermented black beans in chilli sauce at most good Chinese supermarkets
I just bought the fermented beans on their own and then added my own chilli. I assumed you were talking about some crappy jar of sauce.You can get proper fermented black beans in chilli sauce at most good Chinese supermarkets
You assumed wrong, motherfucker.
Pho > most Chinese food.
Vietnamese is better in general. Thai is pretty much the worst cuisine possible for me since they use so much coriander, but Vietnamese is brilliant.
I'm addicted to a Japanese place at the moment... Udon, beef and a poached egg. Fucking lovely.
Like this...
EDIT: I think it's called ontama bukkake:
Filipino food is pretty fucking dire.
Pho is phenomenal (I had it today, and at least once a week at uni), but bun bo hue is the real star of Vietnamese soups. Bun rieu is also a contender.
That being said, the place I went to today didn't have culantro (long coriander) as part of their side plate of herbs, which was upsetting.
Bun rieu is indeed tasty, as is bo kho. Not a fan of bun bo hue, it can be a bit bland in the wrong place.
That's interesting to me, because I've had it in a few places here and it's never been approaching bland. That being said, there might be a hint of selection bias, because any place on this side of the ocean that's going to bother serving it (and not just the n^6 combination of beef pho + pho ga + non-soup dishes) will probably attempt to do it right. Bo Kho I've never had, but I'll add it to the list.
When I visit Vietnam, I'll probably gain about 10 stone. It's easily my favourite Asian cuisine (followed by Hunanese and Thai).
+1 to this.
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