[Food] Chinese or Curry

[Bakero]

Funny, I was about to post the exact opposite.

A really, really good Chinese is a superb meal, but they are so hard to find. Most are just sugary filled crap that all tastes the same. I can't remember the last good Chinese I had in Sussex. Are there any?

Where as a bang average curry is still perfectly decent.

I lived in Taiwan for three years and had a lot of 'proper' Chinese and local dishes like the incredibly fiery beef chilli noodle they do there that I finally managed to eat 'local style' after a few weeks of training.

For me the only place in Sussex I've found that comes close is Singapore Kitchen in Blatchington Road. Delivery still gets to you hot, it's not greasy, there are some good authentic dishes (Singapore Rice Noodles and Mapo Tofu) and they even managed to deliver salt and pepper squid from Blatchington Rd to Portslade and have it arrive hot, fairly crispy and not in any way rubbery.

Did also like an eat in Danny's before lock down. Apparently the two owners are related.

Every other Chinese I've had in the this country has been awful in comparison with the real thing but SK really hits the spot. Additionally amusing was being on the train to Norwich with @jackalbion on Saturday and discovering that both of our Friday night 'pre-match meals' had been a Singapore Kitchen delivery.

Here ends the advert. I have not been paid for this information.

I'm not fully au fait with the Sussex scene but there are few decent places in Brighton these days. From memory, Beijing House and CK Bistro (both Queen's Road) were decent when I visited. HK Place on Preston St too. I was going to mention Jia Mo for hand-pulled noodles but it seems they've closed down.

 

[ROSM]

I'm not fully au fait with the Sussex scene but there are few decent places in Brighton these days. From memory, Beijing House and CK Bistro (both Queen's Road) were decent when I visited. HK Place on Preston St too. I was going to mention Jia Mo for hand-pulled noodles but it seems they've closed down.

Back in the day, Sun bo Seng was the dog's doodahs

I too had a penchant for Singapore kitchen when I lodged in hove.

I now like shanghai garden off St James's street. Does deliver and food is better than many Chinese chukaways

 

[Bakero]

All eat ins are MUCH better than takeaways imo

100% agree. Especially pizza, which is best served straight from the oven. Who wants it half cold having been sat in a cardboard box for half an hour.

 

[Beanstalk]

Curry at a Tandoori

Chinese as a takeaway.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I first tried them a few months ago and thoroughly enjoyed them. However, there were significant after effects the next morning. I thought that might have been a consequence of the skinful I'd drunk so had another pack later that week; I can confirm the booze was not wholly to blame.

Edit: You can also buy bottles of Buldak 3x Spicy sauce if you're a fan. Best used sparingly

Are these the crazy just-add-water noodles which come in a red packet with two sachets?

 

[Bakero]

Are these the crazy just-add-water noodles which come in a red packet with two sachets?

 

[surrey jim]

Chinese for takeaway, Indian for eating out

Is the correct answer

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

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That’s them. Yes, I’ve had these. We always refer to them as “3 times noodles” hence I didn’t know the brand.

 

[Bakero]

That’s them. Yes, I’ve had these. We always refer to them as “3 times noodles” hence I didn’t know the brand.

The Carbonara ones of the same brand are also good (sounds odd, I know, but trust me). Especially, if you add a bit of pork and eggs. The bottled sauce is also decent:

 

[Guinness Boy]

I first tried them a few months ago and thoroughly enjoyed them. However, there were significant after effects the next morning. I thought that might have been a consequence of the skinful I'd drunk so had another pack later that week; I can confirm the booze was not wholly to blame.

Edit: You can also buy bottles of Buldak 3x Spicy sauce if you're a fan. Best used sparingly

I have in the office and almost passed out, I was affected by the experience so much that I have been back and bought them twice more.

This got me Googling. And......my word......

Samyang: Denmark recalls Korean ramen for being too spicy

The food authorities said the instant ramen contained such high capsaicin levels consumers could be poisoned.

www.bbc.co.uk

"The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration said it had assessed the levels of capsaicin in a single packet to be "so high that they pose a risk of the consumer developing acute poisoning"

 

[Left Footer]

Like them both but if push came to shove i would go Indian.

 

[Mr deez]

The majority of Chinese food in this country is rubbish.

Nothing wrong with a bit of MSG mind you.

 

[jackalbion]

I first tried them a few months ago and thoroughly enjoyed them. However, there were significant after effects the next morning. I thought that might have been a consequence of the skinful I'd drunk so had another pack later that week; I can confirm the booze was not wholly to blame.

Edit: You can also buy bottles of Buldak 3x Spicy sauce if you're a fan. Best used sparingly

I have indeed bought a bottle in Lidl, in small doses its a great compliment to some ramen.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

MSG isn't itself slimey but the slimey sensation is the human body playing a trick on us.

MSG has a strong unami flavour and the body mistakes it as a textural sensation rather than a taste sensation and makes people believe it's glutinous

What he said …..

 

[Notters]

This food blogger would beg to argue (and he still finds quite a lot using beef dripping in London)

Right you are! Generally speaking though.

 

[Notters]

That’s really not true, maybe just a preference and opinion. But you most certainly do and can.

I didn't want to go into huge detail, but dripping adds delicious flavour to the fish and the chips, and also due to the higher cooking temperature doesn't fill your stomach with oil and give you a dodgy stomach the next day. But yes, there are one or two (though very few) fish and chip shops here that do use veg oil so I guess some people must prefer it.

 

[dadams2k11]

Where does beef curry from a Chinese takeaway sit?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

This got me Googling. And......my word......

Samyang: Denmark recalls Korean ramen for being too spicy

The food authorities said the instant ramen contained such high capsaicin levels consumers could be poisoned.

www.bbc.co.uk

"The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration said it had assessed the levels of capsaicin in a single packet to be "so high that they pose a risk of the consumer developing acute poisoning"

Withdrawn because they’re too spicy

They are quite brutal.

 

[jackalbion]

Where does beef curry from a Chinese takeaway sit?

Usually in a runny mess in my toilet.

 

[stewart12]

You can't get good fish and chips south of Sheffield tbh. I wasn't aware of this until I moved to Yorkshire.

It's only because they refuse to use dripping down there, nothing to do with skill.

I generally think that the best fish and chips is found in working class coastal towns and particularly those on the north sea. Probably just my preference

The best I've had is in a small northumbrian fishing town called Amble. It's where my mum is originally from so we go there from time to time. There are two chippys by the harbour and most of the tourists go to the bigger of the two which has an eat in option (obviously the weather is consistently shit up there so not a bad shout) but if you can brave the elements the better of the two is down the road. Beef dripping really is a game changer