A casual place for banter and anything that doesn't fit in anywhere else.
Have chat and a natter. Talk about anything and everything that's not political!
Keep it casual.
Here:
Elsewhere:
Mixed starter incl. seaweed, veggie spring rolls, prawn toast
Main: Singapore Fried Noodles
Crispy Shredded Chilli Beef
My main used to be Kung Po Chicken, but it turns out it was only delicious from one particular Chinese takeaway. Usually it's meh, occasionally 'quite good', but has never matched the recipe I fell in love with.
If YOU were the Chef at Peking Express in Brighton between about 2001-2007, PLEASE get in touch. I'll PAY you for that dang recipe.
27 and 53
That's numberwang
Oh... is that Skellig?
*scarfs down half a Kung Pao chicken*
"...mh...food of the gods"
Basically all of the starters
Cripsy chilli shredded beef in sweet & sour sauce
Egg Fried rice
Chips
Curry sauce
It's incredibly difficult to find a chinese that does a nice crispy shredded beef though; usually they end up being soggy rather than crispy and not chilli enough. The only really decent one I've had was down in Treforest, near Pontypridd in South Wales, and that was some years ago now.
I'm veggie so it's tofu for me. I typically go for whatever dish has a fuckload of ginger or cashew nuts. Have it with boiled rice
Sweet & sour pork or chicken with rice, one or two small spring rolls on the side.
I’d love to be able to branch out but I have IBS, so anything that goes too hard on chilli, bean sprouts, or greens is asking for trouble.
Sweet & Sour Pork
Orange/Lemon chicken (depending on the place and what they have)
Chow mein
Fried rice
Egg rolls
Egg drop soup
At the place I go to most often, I can get all of that for about $8 and it's enough for two meals.
$8? That's about £6. Lucky to find a Chinese in my area where the chow mein is below £7. Maybe it's just my area being expensive but that's really cheap.
Just checked a local chippie and chow mein would be £8 with fancy ones running to £8.40. That feels like a lot but prices have jumped up recently. I checked on Just Eat and the cheapest I could find was £7.60.
I suppose we now know why no-one ever cooks on American sitcoms.
I should point out that this is not really the norm. It's just this one place, and the place is a bit of a hole in the wall and does not have table service. But it's also not much of a secret because it's always packed.
A local Chinese does the most amazing S&P Siu mai and gives you loads of them. Definitely an order of magnitude better than the others. They don't do online orders or delivery, you have to phone up and show up. It's a clear sign of quality that they are always busy and you struggle to park nearby. When I was house hunting I even looked at one next door to them. People warned me about the possibility of rats or the issues with parking but it didn't half smell nice. I was put off by the used nappy someone had left in the front "garden". It was £20k cheaper than other houses in the street though... Ah what could have been.
Either a dimsum spread of Hargow, Siu Mai, Cheung fun, Lo mai gai, Char siu, stuffed eggplant, and beanburd.
Or western stuff like crispy pork (or beef), mushroom eggplant in black bean sauce.
If I make it, typically just Mapo doufu
Combo 7