It is not possible to dislike Chinese food. Trust me. So when you order, what do you get? I'm quite partial to beef on a stick (I'm positive it has an actual name but it escapes me right now) and chicken tenders. Yeah, I'm boring when it comes to food, but I eat what I like. What about you?
I love mongolian beef and pepper steak. My real favorite Chinese food is Korean-Chinese food though. Chachang myung (noodles with some veggies, and a soy bean paste--oh, all these spellings are approximate), champoigee (spicy/sweet chicken) and mapo tofu (spicy tofu with pork).
" Just for the record, the "Chinese food" you order in the US is rarely actual Chinese food. That goes for most buffets, take-out places, what have you. "
Shhhhh, don't break the illusion.
That would be like telling people in the UK that most of their Indian takeout food was invented by an Englishman... Oops.
Chinese food restaurants arent as popular here in Israel.. so the only "chinese food" i ever had was my mom's meal: she cooks rice with weird spicy vegetables and it tastes good.
I order an orange chicken from a local place that instead of making these overly battered, sauced and fried chicken paste nuggets that most places have, they take two tenderized chicken cutlets and bread and lightly fry them whole before slicing them for the plate which they accompany with a nice orange sauce on the side (same process for sweet and sour chicken). I usually order that with some crab rangoon or egg drop soup.
General Tso's for sure. We have a beef/scallion/cabbage stir fry type thing that isn't bad either. Chinese food is one of those things were you can always order the same thing and not get sick of it cause you don't eat it much. If I had to eat General Tso's more than once or twice a month, I'd die.
@Roflwaffles: Just looked it up. My bad. Turns out you can fry prok buns which is unusual since everytime I got to Hong Kong I've never seen such a thing. Must be a China thing instead.
Dude's, is it just me or is Chinese takeaway rice (specifically, like special fried rice, or any leftover dish mixed in with rice) the best fucking morning-after thing EVER with the exception of cold pizza.
" Dude's, is it just me or is Chinese takeaway rice (specifically, like special fried rice, or any leftover dish mixed in with rice) the best fucking morning-after thing EVER with the exception of cold pizza. "
After a hard night's worth of drink and waking up (still unable to find your elbow) then yeah it's fantastic. Tastes better with a curry too.
Fuckin' LOVE Chinese food. I don't go to buffets as much as I used to now, but I still do once or twice a month.
Crab rangoons, vegetable lo mein, pork egg rolls, pot stickers, mongolian beef, General Tso's chicken, and "rat on a stick" are all of my favorites. There's also a takeout place near my house that has THE best fried rice I've ever had. Anywhere else I've eaten from does not even begin to compare.
" Just for the record, the "Chinese food" you order in the US is rarely actual Chinese food. That goes for most buffets, take-out places, what have you. "
I can't get enough chow fun. My favorite, though, is Thai food. You got your Pad Kee Mao, Pad See Ew, Tom Kah Gai, mmm. And oh yeah, Sri Racha is great@lead_farmer said:
" @Turambar said:
" Just for the record, the "Chinese food" you order in the US is rarely actual Chinese food. That goes for most buffets, take-out places, what have you. "
Shhh! You want Dim Sum places to be MORE crowded?
My favorite is Beef Chow Fun. With some of this: "
Yeah, man, chow fun is great, and so is Sri Racha. My favorite, though is Thai food. Pad Kee Mao (Drunken Noodle), Pad See Ew, Tom Kah Gai, mmm.
In terms of region, New York Chinese is godly. I'm boring though so I get the usual pork fried rice with fried chicken wings. The most I deviate from this is General Tsao Chicken.
@Meteora: Right, right. I get what ya mean since I'm ethnically Chinese as well. I don't mind Chinese food but rice get's a little dull after ten years or so. I can't cook Chinese food very well but I can cook almost any Western dishes, much to the dismay of my parents amusingly enough.
The perfect dish (so far): Lo Mein (just noodles, no vege's whatsoever), with white rice layered on top, and sweet and sour sauce drizzled (generously) all over it.
@birdflu777: One of my local places also has a dish called the Dragon & the Phoenix. Like yours the one I've had is half General Tso's and half Hot & Spicy shrimp. However, the Hot & Spicy shrimp dish sounds considerably different than the "garlic fried shrimp" that is in yours. It is several large steamed shrimp in a sauce that kind of reminds me of chunky orange marmalade that has been cooked and caramelized a bit with lots of dry red peppers and garlic slices. It is quite tasty, but if I'm in the mood for the shrimp, I prefer to order it alone as I don't care for their take on General Tso's.
My actual favorite "chinese" dish is from another local place. They call it simply "Shrimp & snow peas" but it is a mixture of shrimp and crab meat in a garlic butter sauce with corn, carrots, and whole pea pods. The amount of crab each day varies from day to day so my guess is that the crab is the leftover crab meat from crab legs steamed but unordered the previous night.
My actual favorite "chinese" dish is from another local place. They call it simply "Shrimp & snow peas" but it is a mixture of shrimp and crab meat in a garlic butter sauce with corn, carrots, and whole pea pods. The amount of crab each day varies from day to day so my guess is that the crab is the leftover crab meat from crab legs steamed but unordered the previous night. "
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