Escaping the Westernised menu, Chinese restaurants.....what's your order?

[Ken Gargett]

54 minutes ago, Nino said:

Yes, but not one of his best Mario Conde novels I am afraid.

Have you read "The Man who loved dogs" by Padura ?

agreed not one of his best but anything by padura is better than the best of a lot of other writers. i think i have read pretty much everything he has written. also enjoyed the netflix series. 

 

11 minutes ago, ha_banos said:

Crazy 🤣 much tamer now though https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kei

No duck tongue, chicken feet or tripe for me!

i've just cooked lemon and garlic tripe curry in coconut cream this afternoon. wonderful.

i quite like the feet. the tongue is okay but never really been excited. 

[El Presidente]

12 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

i quite like the feet. the tongue is okay but never really been excited. 

...nothing wrong with a little bit of fetish Ken 

[Ken Gargett]

23 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

...nothing wrong with a little bit of fetish Ken 

is it D's birthday again, already? 

[99call]

28 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

...nothing wrong with a little bit of fetish Ken 

For all the ill's of the internet, I love the fact, that for how ever random and mentally ill the thought.    there will be an image or a product to go with it

[Perla]

8 hours ago, Hollywood Ninja said:

I guess I’m lucky in that my wife is Chinese, so I never have to eat from the non-Chinese menu.


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Congratulations 

[Ken Gargett]

On 6/14/2021 at 4:27 PM, Nino said:

Yes, but not one of his best Mario Conde novels I am afraid.

Have you read "The Man who loved dogs" by Padura ?

nino, just saw that there is a new conte novel by padura out this week. perfect timing! 

[Bill Hayes]

From what I hear from travellers and English alike, is that a lot of what's known as Chinese food in England is fried for booze hounds to scoff down. Maybe that's just the everyday takeaway. There is a restaurant in St Kilda in Melbourne where English and Irish backpackers go called Dave's Chinese - English & Irish style Chinese. They actually make some really good fried chicken balls in sweet n sour sauce. Good quality chicken. In Melbourne where I'm from and especially in the eastern suburbs where I live there is a lot of Chinese people so we get a lot of Chinese restaurants. I think the variety of dumplings are my favourite fare. China Red in the city is great. You order from a screen at your booth as you go. I think the Chinese handle duck and pork well. Can't go past Peking duck. Classic. It's very popular with Chinese students to have a hot pot. Pick your stock, ingredients, noodles and it's put together for you. Plus one for the pipis in XO sauce. Dainty Sechaun is a long time fav in Melbourne. Spicy prawns in Sechaun sauce - Hot yet sweet, you know it's going to hurt but you can't stop eating them. My favourite is the Supper Inn. It's open late and up stairs in an alley. A favourite of hospitality workers finishing their shift. Very basic decor and busy, noisy service. I like their muscles. Can't stand razor clams or mantis shrimp or red mullet but love pippies, prawns and salt and pepper flounder .But to be honest, I personally prefer Korean, Japanese and Malaysian ahead of Chinese. But it's a big country and very varied.

[99call]

18 minutes ago, Bill Hayes said:

From what I hear from travellers and English alike, is that a lot of what's known as Chinese food in England is fried for booze hounds to scoff down

There is a think called a 'Chinese Chippy' in the UK, this should in no way be confused with any attempt at being considered a Chinese Restaurant  

'Chinese Chippy's'  are basically 'Fish and Chip' shops that also a have a reduced menu of lots of dumbed down cantonese food.

There are some really good Chinese Restaurants in the UK,  but I would say there is still a huge swathe of the country that still just want sweet and sour chicken or salt and pepper ribs.    And hey.....theres nothing wrong with that, those dishes can be delicious...............especially when you're pissed. 

[Fuzz]

Salted Egg Yolk Chicken

Marmite Pork Ribs

Wu Kok (Yam puff)

Xiao Long Bao

Bun Thit Nuong Cha Gio

Lao Charcoal BBQ Ox Tongue

 

 

 

[99call]

4 hours ago, Fuzz said:

Salted Egg Yolk Chicken

Interesting looking dish,  Are those curry leaves?

Wu Kok (Yam puff)  I've been tempted by these in the past, but have always folded and opted for the

Ham sui gok,  Just so naughtily good, crispy, gooey.  You can definitely feel your heart cringing as they go down. 

 

4 hours ago, Fuzz said:

Xiao Long Bao

Love these, when done well.  I've had them a few times, but oddly little focus seemed to have gone into making the internal soup intensely flavourful. I've always thought, what on earth is the point in putting in a stock, if it's not really good stock. 

Oddly the one time i've had these done really well, was by a half Chinese chef in Antarctica.  he was an absolute legend,  made really good fresh baguettes too. It's a good place to endlessly obsess about getting things right. 

[Fuzz]

On 6/16/2021 at 7:55 PM, 99call said:

Interesting looking dish,  Are those curry leaves?

 

Ham sui gok,  Just so naughtily good, crispy, gooey.  You can definitely feel your heart cringing as they go down. 

 

Yep, the curry leaves are used in the salted egg yolk sauce.

And ham sui gok is also one of my favourites at yum cha. Always grab at least one serving. Besides the usual holy trinity; har gow, siew mai, and char siew bao, you gotta have these...

Pai Kuat

Lo Bak Go

Ngao Yuk Mai

Cheong Fun (try all the different versions available)

Fung Jao

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You know what? Just order one of everything from the trolleys.

[Shrimpchips]

If you like spicy foods, Ma La Xiang Guo is a must try.  The numbing floral flavor of the Sichuan peppercorns is something else.

 

[jordandan]

 

[BrightonCorgi]

Anything Din Tai Fung serves... 

Just about any dumpling, most hot pots, or dry noodle dishes.  Do not like steamed/boiled chicken dishes.

[Fuzz]

8 hours ago, jordandan said:

 

Oh, no, no, no! Broccoli doesn't belong in Chinese dishes!! Gai lan, choy sum, bok choy etc should be used.

[El Presidente]

I just had to try them....

Chicken testicles

Ballsy call 

 

[99call]

1 hour ago, El Presidente said:

I just had to try them....

Chicken testicles

Ballsy call 

Jesus Christ! judging by the toothpicks these are over an inch long..........WTF!!???? did they come of Foghorn Leghorn or something?

[KavalanWhisky]

Love these soup dumplings from Din tai fung

[westg]

On 2/23/2023 at 11:59 PM, El Presidente said:

I just had to try them....

Chicken testicles

Ballsy call 

There is no way. ☠️☠️💀

[Meklown]

I'm Chinese and I love sweet and sour pork 😂

[BrightonCorgi]

13 hours ago, KavalanWhisky said:

Love these soup dumplings from Din tai fung

Best restaurant chain in the world.

[Slayer]

46 minutes ago, BrightonCorgi said:

Best restaurant chain in the world.

Also the best toothpicks in the world…

[Lamboinee]

Great topic! I often benefit from letting my friends with more experience and knowledge of Asian cuisine order for me.  Otherwise, I would pathetically default to Chang's spicy chicken and some noodles (I'm ashamed).  I love the variety of noodles available in Asian cuisine.  The most interesting I've had lately is a papaya salad (Tham Mak Houng) although it's technically Laotian and not Chinese and I do appreciate they are very different...."Fresh green papaya, tomatoes, fish sauce, shrimp paste, anchovy sauce, lime juice, sugar, and hot chilis" sorry I didn't take a pic. This dish was a wild ride for me.

https://www.stickyriceknox.com/menu

[Lamboinee]

On 9/13/2021 at 8:05 PM, Fuzz said:

Broccoli doesn't belong in Chinese dishes!!

Is that true? I learned something new today!

[Ford2112]

Sea cucumber with duck web feet? I'm gonna stick with chow mein