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decoy
2004-01-20, 02:45 PM
so am I crazy or is all chinese food the same? I ponered this while eating an order of general tso's chicken the other day. I got a few menus out and they were almost identical! The chicken even has the same texture no matter where you get it. Do all these restarunts get their food from the same distrubuter or something? Quite a mystery this is.
punkasschikadee
2004-01-20, 02:46 PM
the chinese place up the st from me has AWESOME general tsos chicken... not like the rest :D
ravetildawn
2004-01-20, 02:54 PM
i can't order in chinese anymore - one time i had some delivered from a place by my house and my food had pebbles in it.
almost broked my teef.
decoy
2004-01-20, 02:57 PM
pebbles? woah, beatnuts. I hate it when you bite into a chunk of the battered chicken and get a hunk of connective tissue, blech:FUBAR:
ggfab
2004-01-20, 02:57 PM
PEBBLES?!?! :afterbuzz: AHHH hahahhaha
xX J-Dat Xx
2004-01-20, 02:58 PM
I <3 chinese food!
retail
2004-01-20, 02:58 PM
there are some places around here that are borderline edible... otherwise you are going to have to go someplace like P.F. Chang's :yummy:
ggfab
2004-01-20, 02:58 PM
Originally posted by decoy
I hate it when you bite into a chunk of the battered chicken and get a hunk of connective tissue, blech:FUBAR:
uh god...*RALPH*...:nixo:
ravetildawn
2004-01-20, 03:03 PM
like i always says, you can't trust the chicken.
KittyBleu
2004-01-20, 03:05 PM
Mr. Chens out at Woodley park has organic yummies...and Sunflower has vegan yummies...but yes, all Chinese is the same except in chinatown..there's also a place called Miyuki or something out on Rt. 50 that has real chinese...and the chinese in Europe is different then american chinese...pretty interesting..........
brkbt junglegrl
2004-01-20, 03:34 PM
blah...i will never eat chinese food...cuz u never know exactly what u are eating.
RITMGuy
2004-01-20, 03:37 PM
Chinese isn't made the same. It depends on who is running he restaraunt and where they came from. Different areas in China use different spices. But that's just me I can tell the difference.
Emporium76
2004-01-20, 04:00 PM
Tony Cheng's in Chinatown has the BEST chinese food.
Mitaic
2004-01-20, 04:06 PM
Originally posted by decoy
an order of general tso's chicken the other day. I got a few menus out and they were almost identical!
Well, that's not even Chinese, really. Please do not equate American Chinese food with propa Chinese cuisine. Heck, even fortune cookies are American. (Invented in San Francisco in the 1960s.)
In Baltimore, the only place that barely makes the par is Szechuan Best on Liberty Rd (near the intersection of Old Court Rd). Remember to bring a friend who can read Chinese and ask for their Chinese menu.
I heard the only place to get good Chinese food in DC is in Rockville.
If you are in Seattle or California or up in NYC, obviously you are going to have a few more options. But seriously, stay away from General Tso's chicken. Although it's probably the most popular dish here in many Chinese take-outs, no one would know what the hell you are referring if you try to order it in China.
korbendallas
2004-01-20, 04:08 PM
mmmm general tso's....I had some saturday. :D
there was a chinese restaurant in my neighborhood years ago that got shut down, because the health department did a surprise inspection and found that they were storing all the food in drawers...instead of a refrigerator or freezer. *puke*
Yakko Red
2004-01-20, 04:08 PM
Originally posted by decoy
so am I crazy or is all chinese food the same? I ponered this while eating an order of general tso's chicken the other day. I got a few menus out and they were almost identical! The chicken even has the same texture no matter where you get it. Do all these restarunts get their food from the same distrubuter or something? Quite a mystery this is.
....or maybe they all go to that one alley with a plethora of cats taking up residence?
:shrug:
ggfab
2004-01-20, 04:11 PM
That's ef'n disgusting, Cliff...I've heard some pretty ugly horror stories. :scared:
FYI: Golden Dragon in Randallstown has always been a fave. I think you just have to watch for the places with a counter/glass window with speaker hole and no bathroom for the public.
Oh...I guess that's only in the ghetto...:rolleyes:
Mitaic
2004-01-20, 04:17 PM
Originally posted by ggfab
FYI: Golden Dragon in Randallstown has always been a fave.
If you are already in Randallstown, Szechuan Best reigns supreme!
For small fare, I recommend beef noodle. You can also have it with brisket.
try the spicy beef tendons. Their soups are pretty good. stir fried bamboo shoots with tofu is highly recommended for all you vegetarians. Eggplants with fishsause (Yui-xiang qei-zi) is pretty good, too.
If you *must* have General Tso's, they also have the best in the area.
Shinin*Sta
2004-01-20, 04:20 PM
da funny thing is, restaurant chinese food isn't actually real chinese food. my best friend's mom is chinese, moved here from taiwan, and she makes bangin food that's nothing like the stuff we get around here.
ggfab
2004-01-20, 04:20 PM
SPICY BEEF TENDONS AND FISH SAUCE!!! *YACK!* :nixo:
:afterbuzz: I think I'll stick to Orange Chicken and Shrimp in Lobster Sauce, Thanx! :D
Mitaic
2004-01-20, 04:24 PM
haha. Well, you do need to get advanturous sometimes!
ravetildawn
2004-01-20, 04:26 PM
fish sauce can't be good in any situation.
ggfab
2004-01-20, 04:27 PM
Tendons are semi-equivelent to muscles...correct?
There's not enuff brave in me for that- I rule out ALL uncooked (that should be cooked) food and weird stuff like muscles and tendons/ whatnot. :dan:
Mitaic
2004-01-20, 04:28 PM
have people had spring rolls in vietnamese restaurants? the dip that come with it is made of fish sauce. Most people don't even realize it. :shrug:
Moebius
2004-01-20, 04:28 PM
There is def a diference between good and bad chineese food. I have had some realy good shit in China town, Also Mr Lees in Weaton is excelent.
hold not weaton we'en
:)
korbendallas
2004-01-20, 04:29 PM
Originally posted by ShininSta
da funny thing is, restaurant chinese food isn't actually real chinese food. my best friend's mom is chinese, moved here from taiwan, and she makes bangin food that's nothing like the stuff we get around here.
do they just call it food over there? :D
ggfab
2004-01-20, 04:30 PM
:haha: yer silly Mike. *cute!*
Mitaic
2004-01-20, 04:32 PM
Originally posted by ShininSta
da funny thing is, restaurant chinese food isn't actually real chinese food. my best friend's mom is chinese, moved here from taiwan, and she makes bangin food that's nothing like the stuff we get around here.
very true.
Once a friend from Shanghai offered to cook and hosted a Chinese dinner. The American guests were like, "this food is good. this doesn't taste Chinese." We were just laughing.
BestBoardHooker
2004-01-20, 04:34 PM
finally someone else who agrees with me! dude, I made that observation years ago. hell, my friend even came up with this crazy theory that there's some "chinese food mafia" that runs the whole deal out of some huge warehouse where the store and ship pre-made, pre-packaged chinese food all over the United States...
oh know, I think I've said too much.... :bolt:
ggfab
2004-01-20, 04:35 PM
Chinese here is so greasy and weird...ever had shrimp toast??? it's like a regular dish sponge dipped in the deep fryer to soak up as much fat as possible and then they wrap it in those wax paper bags so none of the grease can escape!!
heart attack in a pouch! and gross/
Mitaic
2004-01-20, 04:39 PM
sidestory:
Chinese also have stereotyped Americans and what American preferred as Chinese food -- such as General Tso's chicken. I have heard Chinese mom's refusing to order GT's chicken in her children's request, fearing that they would be turning out to be "too Americanized."
:nono:
the sex molesters
2004-01-20, 04:40 PM
i had some really good general tso's chicken yesterday. it had vegetables in it. different.
Buzzin
2004-01-20, 05:05 PM
That's not real chinese food. That stuff is Americanized chinese food. You have to go to Rockville, the new chinatown, to get real chinese food. How do you know if the chinese food is good? When you walk in there, if there are a lot of chinese people, it means good. Otherwise get the heck out. I recommend:
Maria's Bakery Cafe - Hong Kong style healthy food, behind Storehouse furn. store,
Joe's Noodle House is great, behind On the border mexican joint,
A&J, across from Best Buy.
These are all in rockville,md.
the sex molesters
2004-01-20, 05:08 PM
so what do real chinese people eat?
Wickity
2004-01-20, 05:12 PM
I like Kung Pao Chicken.. The moral of this story? Everyone needs to use peanuts in their cooking. :yes:
leal chinese eat lots of lice. :bowasian:
the sex molesters
2004-01-20, 05:13 PM
flied lice?
no flied lice with combo :bowasian:
Buzzin
2004-01-20, 05:15 PM
Originally posted by elad
leal chinese eat lots of lice. :bowasian:
Originally posted by djinergy
flied lice?
Originally posted by elad
:bowasian:
They eat a lot better than you fat Americans!
the sex molesters
2004-01-20, 05:17 PM
i'll admit, i eat some fatty, deep fried crap. but i'm still skinny as shit. good breeding.
decoy
2004-01-20, 10:31 PM
I had sushi once, it was bangin until I got a piece with seaweed, yuck :nixo:
badkitty3804
2004-01-20, 10:42 PM
Originally posted by decoy
so am I crazy or is all chinese food the same? I ponered this while eating an order of general tso's chicken the other day. I got a few menus out and they were almost identical! The chicken even has the same texture no matter where you get it. Do all these restarunts get their food from the same distrubuter or something? Quite a mystery this is.
I don't know if it's been said....
BUT...
this is all 'americanized' chinese food. The REAL stuff is :yummy:
Although I'm not one to turn down a meal of the americanized stuff :wink: especially buffet.
Amalthea
2004-01-21, 04:57 PM
I didn't read any of this thread so i have no idea what you all are posting about .... but mmmmmsweetandsourchickensoundssogoodrightnow :drool:
n-root
2004-01-21, 05:13 PM
Originally posted by decoy
so am I crazy or is all chinese food the same? I ponered this while eating an order of general tso's chicken the other day. I got a few menus out and they were almost identical! The chicken even has the same texture no matter where you get it. Do all these restarunts get their food from the same distrubuter or something? Quite a mystery this is.
You are not eating real chinese food. You are eating Chinese-American food. and yes it is all the same.
KittyBleu
2004-01-21, 05:35 PM
Originally posted by decoy
I had sushi once, it was bangin until I got a piece with seaweed, yuck :nixo:
That greenish/black stuff that the rice is wrapped in (Nori) is actually seaweed....so you'd probably been eating seaweed the whole time. No...shredded seaweed salads or fresh slimy seaweed.. :noway:
Hitoi
2004-01-21, 05:43 PM
I don't question nor do I even look at chinese food while I'm eating it. I'm scared to find out what I'm really putting in my system.
happygrl
2004-01-21, 05:46 PM
I just go for it. I figure what I don't know won't hurt me. Besides, I loooove fried rice and sweet and sour chicken/shrimp too much to push myself away from it!
Buzzin
2004-01-21, 05:56 PM
Originally posted by Hydegrl
I don't question nor do I even look at chinese food while I'm eating it. I'm scared to find out what I'm really putting in my system.
Trust me, can't be worst than the cafeteria food you had in high school or your typical fast food joint. Have you read Fast Food Nation? I bet you won't touch another burger or eat a cow again.
Hitoi
2004-01-21, 06:07 PM
Actually, I did read Fast Food Nation.
Afterwards, I stopped eating red meat and all fast food for a good, oh, 2 weeks. I guess I'm just not very easily swayed.
Buzzin
2004-01-21, 06:14 PM
Originally posted by Hydegrl
Actually, I did read Fast Food Nation.
Afterwards, I stopped eating red meat and all fast food for a good, oh, 2 weeks. I guess I'm just not very easily swayed.
I actually stopped eating fast fast and I cut back on red meat. Everytime I eat beef, I think of how they kill them. Horrendous!!:nixo:
decoy
2004-01-21, 07:02 PM
Originally posted by KittyBleu
That greenish/black stuff that the rice is wrapped in (Nori) is actually seaweed....so you'd probably been eating seaweed the whole time. No...shredded seaweed salads or fresh slimy seaweed.. :noway:
the place I was at had piecies of fish on a rice patty and that was it. the offending piece was wrapped in the item you speak of. On a side note the taiwanese lady at work had a bottle of some sort of spice. She offered me some and I ate it on a cracker and it turns out it was dried seaweed. eeeww, no thank you. I was not smiling like the manga-type children on the bottle.
Buzzin
2004-01-21, 09:31 PM
Actually I love dried seaweed. Sushi is my favorite food. Yummy...
Warning!! Do not buy Sushi from a chinese restaurant. It's like asking a spanish dude to cook chinese food. Bad!
A.J. Inx
2004-01-21, 09:34 PM
<---- :lessthanthree: the sushi, but won't touch chinese food with a ten foot pole...
Buzzin
2004-01-22, 12:56 AM
Originally posted by A.J. Inx
<---- :lessthanthree: the sushi, but won't touch chinese food with a ten foot pole...
Like I said before, go the restaurants in Rockville, and make sure there are chinese people in there eating too. That 's always a good sign.
happygrl
2004-01-22, 04:35 PM
Originally posted by Buzzin
That's not real chinese food. That stuff is Americanized chinese food. You have to go to Rockville, the new chinatown, to get real chinese food. How do you know if the chinese food is good? When you walk in there, if there are a lot of chinese people, it means good. Otherwise get the heck out. I recommend:
Maria's Bakery Cafe - Hong Kong style healthy food, behind Storehouse furn. store,
Joe's Noodle House is great, behind On the border mexican joint,
A&J, across from Best Buy.
These are all in rockville,md.
I grew up in Rockville, and my parents still live there. I'll def have to check these places out :thumbsup: LOL my boyfriend once noted the large amount of Asian restaurants and stores in R'ville. I had a lot of Chinese friends when I was in high school, and there's a place, I forget exactly where it is, called China Gormet, that my friend's family member owned. Everyone who ate there was Chinese, and yes, it was delicious. :drool: There's also a place in Aspen Hill--damn, I wish could remember what it was called or what shopping center it was in--that another friend's family owned that was also quite yummy.
ravetildawn
2004-01-23, 04:16 PM
a friend was just telling me how another friend of hers was eating a chinese dumpling and it started to taste real chewy - well, apparently there was a bloody band-aid inside.
i am NEVER eating chinese ever again.
http://www.dumbpics.com/pictures/62.jpg
babii3 xtc
2004-01-25, 11:50 PM
2 words...panda buffet :bravo:
madeofwires
2004-01-25, 11:58 PM
a friend was just telling me how another friend of hers was eating a chinese dumpling and it started to taste real chewy - well, apparently there was a bloody band-aid inside.
i am NEVER eating chinese ever again.
uck ! :noway: :nixo:
:yummy: chinese food :yummy: I had chinese food today...it was good
Charran
2004-01-26, 12:13 AM
Originally posted by A.J.
:yummy: chinese food :yummy: I had chinese food today...it was good
You are still a
http://www.weirdpicturearchive.com/img/def-4leggedchicken.jpg that is all I am gonna say!
punkasschikadee
2004-01-26, 12:40 AM
thats the worst kind
punkasschikadee
2004-01-26, 12:40 AM
i still have chinese food in my fridge from like a week ago
Article One
2004-01-26, 12:40 AM
red x's will be the end of humanity.
cleophite
2004-01-26, 12:45 AM
they're eeeeeeevil.
buzzboy
2004-01-26, 12:45 AM
evil³
Article One
2004-01-26, 12:51 AM
they are the Jolt Cola of evil: so evil, even the kids cant drink it.
:asian::asian::asian: ???
punkasschikadee
2004-01-26, 01:27 AM
evil overload :dougEfresh:
:asian: = :sellyoursoul: ??
iminxtc
2004-01-26, 01:36 AM
i like beef and brocoli... i had it on saturday but it made me feel like shit for eating it...:sadblue:
Charran
2004-01-26, 01:38 AM
Originally posted by A.J.
:asian: = :sellyoursoul: ??
http://www.weirdpicturearchive.com/img/def-4leggedchicken.jpg
:D
Charran
2004-01-26, 01:41 AM
Argh, it still won't work. Just right click on the original X picture and go to properties and get the web address from there then it works. Hrmpf...
Article One
2004-01-26, 01:44 AM
Originally posted by punkasschikadee
evil overload :dougEfresh:
watch for the swarm...these mo fo's are tough as nails.
:dougEfresh::dougEfresh::dougEfresh::dougEfresh::dougEfresh:
yvonison
2004-01-26, 01:46 AM
Originally posted by decoy
so am I crazy or is all chinese food the same? I ponered this while eating an order of general tso's chicken the other day. I got a few menus out and they were almost identical! The chicken even has the same texture no matter where you get it. Do all these restarunts get their food from the same distrubuter or something? Quite a mystery this is.
not ALL the same places. ghetto chinese places are the best.
then there's this place in DC called Mr. K's... they serve chinese food and give you gold eating utensils.
PetuniaButtrcup
2004-01-26, 10:48 AM
Oh God Chinese food is so nast! The thought of all those tiny little containers is sickening...
asian
2004-01-26, 12:30 PM
tiny little containers = sickening?
sorry, i'm not following the logic...
PetuniaButtrcup
2004-01-26, 01:24 PM
Originally posted by asian
tiny little containers = sickening?
sorry, i'm not following the logic...
My logic is not always logical - whenever I see those little boxes with the handles my stomach turns...ugggghhh