Favorite chinese take-out dish..

[DianaBanana]

Dumplings, hands down.

[Edaarin]

Lo mein, cause I can usually get two meals out of it. :whistle:

[Weedmage Princess]

Peking ravioli and house special rice. Both things I'd never heard of until say a month ago.

Peking ravioli is pretty much like Dim Sum except it's in some sort of bread-like stuff. I peel off the bread and just eat the meat. House special rice is fried rice with shrimp, chicken, pork, beef and vegetables. Good stuff. :thumbsup:

Scallion pancakes AKA CHINESE PIZZA w00t.

[Atlanteax]

I avoid Chinese food at all costs.

Odd smell too...

Whatever happened to a good ol' fashion steak?

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Meanwhile, I've speculated that Americans' "need" to enjoy their meals (particularly along the "need for variety" is contributing to the obese trend.

[Tsa`ah]

General Tsao's chicken
Peking Duck
Moo goo gai pan

Egg rolls

[ElanthianSiren]

Crab Rangoon and Egg Rolls

-Melissa

[longshot]

Moo Shoo Pork or Moo Shoo Chicken.

I'm also a big fan of "fried lice".

General Tsa'ah's chicken is good too.

[Edaarin]

How's it like dim sum...?

Dim sum as in "A little bit of heart?" Where they push around food on carts and you point and choose?

[DianaBanana]

WTF dont any of you people enjoy dumplings?!? :rant:

[TheEschaton]

I like the General Tzo's as well (odd thing, I've seen like 70 different spellings for it before).

But hands down I'd go Orange Chicken. Mmmmmmmmmmmm.


-TheE-

[Tsa`ah]

Dumplings sound ... nasty.

[Hips]

Sesame chicken w/plain white rice. Mmmm, white rice.

::hugs her rice cooker::

[Weedmage Princess]

Uh dim sum the meatball type stuff??? Damnit where's Lalana?!? BACK ME UP ON THIS.

[Hips]

No, Edaarin is right... dim sum is what they serve when they push around a cart in teahouses or restaurants and you get to pick & choose what you want from it. It's not any particular dish.

[Edaarin]

If any of you are in the Northern Virginia area...

I strongly recommend going to Fortune by 7 Corners (there's one in Herndon too I think) on the weekends sometime around noon for the dim sum. It can be sort of pricey ($15-$20 or so a person), but it's so worth it.

[Weedmage Princess]

Hmm. This Chinese restaurant in Staten Island (where I'm from) served "Dim Sum" as an appetizer, closest thing I can describe it as is a meatball..seasoned with ginger.

I don't remember the name of the place, I'm trying to look for it now online. ;)

[GSLeloo]

Dumplings and Spareribs.

[Hips]

Oh, as far as good restaurents go... "A Single Pebble" in Burlington, VT has hands-down the best Chinese food I've ever had. They have lazy susans in the middle of all the tables so it's easy to share food, too.
...and now I'm getting hungry thinking about it. :(

[Bobmuhthol]

Chinese food is gross.

[Skirmisher]

Originally posted by GS3 Michiko
Sesame chicken w/plain white rice. Mmmm, white rice.


That or Tsa`ah's choice of the General Tsao's chicken.

Depends on which restaraunt is making it.

Nice place mear me makes good Tsao's chicken but there is a place near my brothers in nyc on i think 15th street that made some great Sesame Chicken. When thats fresh from the pan......MMmmmmmm heaven.

[CrystalTears]

Steamed or friend dumplings, crab rangoon, egg rolls, boneless spare ribs or lobster egg foo young. Mmm good.

[100% Wool]

chinese food in general sucks,home made chinese food is the best
but if I had to choose a take out dish

chicken with brocolli heavily seasoned with chinese hot oil
over white rice

[Hips]

I have a Japanese cookbook, but not a Chinese one...
Mmm, homemade onigiri and yakiniku beef. :heart:

[DeV]

I'm mis-trusting of most Chinese food from the restaurant because the Chicken always looks like it could have come from a cat or dog. If I do happen to have it with friends I stick to crab rangoon, and egg rolls. I prefer Thai food.

[Parkbandit]

Sesame Chicken or Sweet & Sour Chicken from a local Mom & Pop restaurant.

Or...

Almost anything at PF Changs.

[Kitsun]

Crispy shrimp!

[Parkbandit]

Originally posted by DarkelfVold
I'm mis-trusting of most Chinese food from the restaurant because the Chicken always looks like it could have come from a cat or dog. If I do happen to have it with friends I stick to crab rangoon, and egg rolls. I prefer Thai food.

Yea.. because there is NO WAY that the ground up "meat" could be anything but crab. :lol::lol:

[Wezas]

Originally posted by longshot
I'm also a big fan of "fried lice".


What kind of asian are you? Everyone knows it's "flied lice".

Also:


Originally posted by Bobmuhthol
Chinese food is gross.

Amen.

[Miss X]

Im having chinese tonight! Yay! Gonna have Chicken chow mein and chicken fried rice, with prawn crackers of course! :heart:

[DeV]

Originally posted by Parkbandit

Originally posted by DarkelfVold
I'm mis-trusting of most Chinese food from the restaurant because the Chicken always looks like it could have come from a cat or dog. If I do happen to have it with friends I stick to crab rangoon, and egg rolls. I prefer Thai food.

Yea.. because there is NO WAY that the ground up "meat" could be anything but crab. :lol::lol: Or, it could be because I expect to taste chicken and can't quite put my finger on what Im really eating. The crab on the other hand, taste's like just that. :saint:
I think I have bad luck with chinese food and Im picky as fuck.

[Latrinsorm]

I dunno if it's Chinese or not, but Szechuan Chicken rox0rz. It's no substitute for tacos, but then again what (food item) is?

[Skirmisher]

Originally posted by DarkelfVold
I'm mis-trusting of most Chinese food from the restaurant because the Chicken always looks like it could have come from a cat or dog. If I do happen to have it with friends I stick to crab rangoon, and egg rolls. I prefer Thai food.

Thats why I will not eat food from those little hole-in-the-wall chineese places. I only buy from certain ones and almost all are nice sit down restaraunts.

Just be careful and ask around or write your local newspaper and ask the food critic for a good suggestion if you are ultra paranoid cause good chinese food is too good to avoid.:D

[Snapp]

Shrimp and brocolli is my favorite. This thread made me super hungry and now I think I'm gonna get Chinese. :drool:

[The Korean]

TONY CHANG"S in DC.....god i love that place....anything spicy i'll eat...but General Tso's and any Lo Mein top my list!

[Soulpieced]

General Tso's extra spicy, duh.

[Soulpieced]

PF Changs = Amazing as well.

[Jenisi]

Usually I HAVE to have a buffett cuz i love chinese everything but if it comes down to it.. lo mein and orange chicken omg DROOLS I can't eat anything right now either otherwise i'd go get some haha

[Ravenstorm]

Just had Chinese food the last couple days...

Pork egg foo yung
Sesame beef
House special chow fun
Wanton egg drop soup

The place nearest my house happens to have the best food in the area. That they deliver is a bonus.

Raven

[Soulpieced]

My girlfriend and I went to some renowned place in Chinatown while we were in Boston, I forgot the name of it though..

[Stunseed]

Honey sesame chicken, most definately. If not, beef teryaki and some steamed veggies. I really enjoy how peppers are prepared in chinese food dishes.

[Kefka]

General Tsao's Chicken

Lo Mein/ Beef, Chicken, Shrimp doesn't matter

Fried or Steamed pork dumplings - if you're in Manhattan, I recommend the Dumpling House in Chinatown. :up:

Egg or Shrimp rolls. Never had spring rolls.

Personal favorite - Chicken wings and french fries. Woohoo!

[longshot]

Originally posted by Soulpieced
My girlfriend and I went to some renowned place in Chinatown while we were in Boston, I forgot the name of it though..

I ate pig's ears when I was there :sniffle:

[TheRoseLady]

Shrimp with Lobster Sauce or Sesame Chicken.

Egg Drop Soup or Hot and Sour Soup.

Yum.

Chinese food fucking sucks.

[Souzy]

Originally posted by Weedmage Princess
Uh dim sum the meatball type stuff??? Damnit where's Lalana?!? BACK ME UP ON THIS.

LOLz...xiu mai. They rock & I like lo mein, only done right at China pearl (the noodles are different), I don't do chinese food take out. Oh and pork and black bean sauce, yeah baby.

Edited to add my pork and black bean sauce.

[Edited on 4-30-2004 by Lalana]

[AnticorRifling]

I'm fat. My favorite food is food.

Sesame chicken, spring rolls (Vietnamese egg rolls are better) steamed rice, honey sesame chicken, etc. I eat it all.

[Souzy]

Originally posted by AnticorRifling
Vietnamese egg rolls are better


Word :cool:

I love bahn xao, I don't think I spelled that right. That shit is a bitch to make, but I love it!

[Edaarin]

Banh hoi xao chay

My mom makes me a few dozen to bring back to school everytime I go home.

[AnticorRifling]

Originally posted by Edaarin
Banh hoi xao chay

My mom makes me a few dozen to bring back to school everytime I go home.

One of my LCPLs is Vietnamese and whenever he went home his mom would make him all kinds of food to bring back. When she heard I loved the stuff she started making double batches. I wanted to hug him everytime he came back with her cooking.

Except for the time he brought me some beef jerky. I can't prove it but I think it was powdered deer penis.

[Myshel]

Lemon Chicken, Hot and Sour Soup and veggie lo mein

[Weedmage Princess]

Haha yeah Lalana and I had a discussion about dim sum a long time back, and I was pissed cause I wanted some but couldnt find it anywhere.

Anyway..maybe that would be the reason I couldn't find it up here! :spaz: The place in Staten Island advertised the stuff I mentioned as dim sum on the menu..so you asked for it, and you got those meatball things.

[Drew2]

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
SESAME CHICKEN
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3


Honey Walnut Shrimp or whatever it is is a definite second.
Crab Puffs, Eggrolls, Shrimp Lo Mein, Fried Rice...


<3 chinese food.

[MPSorc]

honey lemon chicken, S&S chicken, sesame chicken, umm chicken, im a chicken fiend, but got to have lo mein noodles too, also like a bit of Korean food, guess i need to since i live in Korea right now

[Edaarin]

I live near Little Korea when I'm home from school (read: Annandale, VA), I still hate Korean food.

[Warriorbird]

P.F. Chang's = godly.

[Hanksbane]

Have to go with Beef Chow Fun (dry style) with a hint of chili oil and a side of chili paste, and Mongolian Beef Chicago Style

All from the restaurant I work at,

And from this place in Chinatown, roast BBQ pork over rice with a fried egg with oyster sauce.

And when i was in San Fran i had scallion pancakes. Awesome.