chinese night, finding something new

[The Major]

Now I normally just go for chicken fried rice, chicken chow mein, sweet and sour sauce and prawn crackers.

BUT

I feel like a change coming on, but I dont know what to order.

had crispy shredded beef before but as it was deep fried it was faaar to crispy for my liking.

so, over to you.

[malbon]

Salt and Chilli Prawns or Spare Ribs are a great starter

Singapore Chow Mein is a bit spicy but loads better than a std chow mein

Black pepper sauce is a great exchange for sweet n sour

Chinese chicken curry with fried rice is underated !

Crispy Shredded Beef is a good one

Chicken with bamboo shoots and water chestnuts

Crispy Duck - better as an eat-in chinese but can also work as a group takeaway dish

[egomeister]

Kung Po chicken!

[Pferdestarke]

House special chow Mein is often good

Kung po is a little livelier than s&s

Anything salt and chilli or salt and pepper is good, but usually dry so needs a sauce

Black bean needs no intro

Crispy seaweed, everyone loves it even though they think they're the only one who knows it's shredded cabbage

I just tend to stay awar from syrupy dishes like lemon chicken and go for the spicier savoury dishes.

I want a Chinese now!

[steveo3002]

i can advise against the chicken in yellow bean sauce...tried that the other day spit

[5705]

steveo3002 said:

i can advise against the chicken in yellow bean sauce...tried that the other day spit

And conversely I can recommend it.

I'm also partial to char sue foo yung.

ETA: Of course, the correct answer to the question is to find a local Thai restaurant. It's chinese cooking with attitude.

[SammyW]

A personal favourite is duck in plum sauce. Not crispy, just lovely moist breast meat sliced up in a sweet sauce

[LooneyTunes]

Best one we've had from our local (having also taken a concious decision to avoid our usual choices) was chicken with ginger and spring onions.

[Flat6time]

Salt and pepper squid is a new fave of mine.

[Davey S2]

Sweety and sour pork (cantonese style)

Chicken with cashew nute

Beef in black bean sauce

Kung Po king prawns

[anonymous-user]

egomeister said:

Kung Po chicken!

+1

I ALWAYS get a Kung Po chicken (kind of spicy sweet and sour with cashew nuts) and fried rice, along with one of the following:

- chicken with green peppers in black bean sauce (a bit of a marmite choice for some it seems)
- szechuan chicken or beef
- pattaya chicken (spicy sweet and sour - a thai dish our takeaway does)
- singapore chow mein (as said above a spicy chow mein)
- stir fried satay beef, not the satays on skewers but beef stir fried in satay sauce, very nutty and spicy

and prawn crackers are a must, used as a mini-shovel

[PaulHogan]

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[anonymous-user]

PaulHogan said:

13, 42, 71

Never, char siu is the worst choice of meat for a green pepper and black bean sauce - doesn't complement it at all, and duck is a bit of a 'love it or hate it' choice isn't it - the tao pan sauce perhaps a little spicy for some palates?