Chinese food

Killa_ken · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:13

Am I the only one who thinks it tastes like crap? The chicken tastes like its been boiled and the batter is grotesque.

daz · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:15

Where have you been eating your chinese food?

manjuice · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:15

Yes you are.

MonkeyNews · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:15

If you go to a terrible Chinese Takeaway then yes, if you go to a good one then no. I love Chinese takeaway and we have 3 good ones near us, never a problem over here.

Tunney · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:15

Killa_ken said:
Am I the only one who thinks it tastes like crap? The chicken tastes like its been boiled and the batter is grotesque.

Go to a better Chinese restaurant.

icey_haj · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:16

Yeh, I think you're the only one.

Glaucus · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:16

The meat has effectively been steamed, the batter keeps the meat moist and absorbs the sauce. It's fantastic.
However 4 in 5 takeaway places or even higher do taste like rubbish.

Pilky01 · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:16

Chinese food is awesome.

Deluxe1 · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:16

I love Chinese food,obviously the place you are buying it from havent got a clue how to cook.

Killa_ken · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:16

Tunney said:
Go to a better Chinese restaurant.

i've been to at least 3 and last nights was supposed to be a very popular one, the place was full and had to wait 40 minutes for a table. was bloody expensive too and it still tasted like crap.

Hedge · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:17

please stop talking about it.

i had a chinese last night and im tempted to repeat that

Atrox Moris · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:17

I cook my own chinese stuff. High street **** in a tray isn't that appealing to me.

tisonlyme · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:17

The chinese from my local takeaway tastes like its been fished out of a bin, chucked into a big vat of grease, shoved in a microwave then served.

I don't really eat from there anymore, the whole place (and people who own it) looks filthy dirty :eek:

Fisk · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:18

Depends on where you get it from. I've had bad Chinese food and I've had great Chinese food. I love it when it is good.

And you don't always have to go for battered chicken you know...

GingerNinja1989 · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:18

Am I the only one who thinks British food tastes like crap?

Glaucus · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:19

do you like the hot, sour, sweet, salty full bodied flavour. If you don't like such strong flavours you probably wont like it at all.

But what I can't understand is how restaurants and takeaways don't close down. I mean how the hell do people keep going back there and getting food.

Killa_ken · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:19

I like all of those except sweet. Since when did sweet chicken taste good? Honey on chicken? no.

Wicksta · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:19

Chinese food tastes completely different depending what country you are in, they adjust it for the local market. So I can imagine the American market is set towards quantity rather than quality.

Fisk · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:20

Killa_ken said:
Honey on chicken? no.

This I have to agree with.

Ricochet J · 30 Nov 2008 at 18:20

I'm in London so there are no shortage of really good Chinese restaurants. Bad news is they're all in Central.