Any hidden gems on the typical Chinese menu?
I'm not talking any place special. Generic Chinese food where they all order from the same manufacturer.
This old korean guy I work with said maybe 20% of family owned asian restaurants will prepare dog for you if you look asian.
>>7393686
Crab rangoon nigga
Aromatic crispy duck with pancakes is probably the best thing on a generic Chinese menu.
>>7393692
Will this meme ever die?
>>7393701
my god...
>>7393710
I've had some really terrible mapotofu. It was like they used soda fountain syrup for the sauce and the onions were raw.
All the rest if your list is pretty hard to fuck up, yeah. Maybe add curry (protein)?
>>7393686
Singapore Noodles
Almond Chicken Guy Ding
Egg foo young
>>7393686
garlic spicy eggplant + rice
Okay crab Rangoon...
Sweet or not sweet?
When I was a kid, crab Rangoon were these awesome garlicky savory bundles of awesome that were an aquired taste, and liking them was a sign that you were growing up, like coffee or dark beers.
Now, a handful of decades later, crab Rangoon are a sickeningly sweet side that you get for the kids because they may as well be a desert item.
I'm literally down to one Chinese place in the St.Louis area that I know of where they make crab rangoon the old way, and it's in fucking Ferguson, so I can't be assed to get them except for the occasional midday run.
Did this happen nationwide? Where the hell did sweet crab rangoon come from? And WHY?!?!??!!!
Fuck.
>>7393686
We cannot get Orange chicken at all in the UK. Pisses me off. Mall Orange Chicken or bourbon chicken are a guilty pleasure of mine in the US.
A good chicken satay can be godly if they do it properly and put it in lots of sauce. Very few places do it properly though, half the time you get kebabs, the other time you get shitty watery sauce filled with beansports (I have really shit chinese restaurants around here).
Outside of that, if you've never had crispy aromatic duck with pancakes, you're missing out.
>>7393686
Show you true Chinese indoctrination & order the Virgin Boy Egg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_boy_egg
>>7394164
>Orange Chicken
its very hard to find Chinese places that serve orange chicken that actually tastes orangey.. But, there is a frozen brand from InnovAsian that is damn good. pic VERY related.
>>7394164
You can get lemon chicken most places though (and it's shit imo)
Singapore noodles are good.
Sweet & sour chicken balls are the real guilty pleasure doe.
>>7394894
That looks good.
My local "Japanese" restaurant makes a killer orange chicken, however it is kinda high priced.
>>7394907
there is enough for two people in that box -- all depending on how much rice you prepare. Its quite orangy and I love it.
>>7394918
I will have to try it next time my mom or gf wants something oriental then.
Thanks for the rec.
>>7394114
I've never had a sweet crab rangoon, the fuck are you talking about
who else /moo shu/ here?
fuckin plum sauce and salty pork goes together so well
>>7394930
>>never had a sweet crab Rangoon
Thank god. Hopefully it is only a local cancer then,
Around here almost everyplace makes crab ran goons with filling that seriously might as well be cheesecake.
>>7393703
it's not a meme
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nureongi
My favorites:
Lo Mein (thick round noodle)
Ho Feng
Shanghai Noodle
potstickers
fried rice
any curry
i don't really bother with anything else
>>7393686
God why does it look so mucous-y
>>7393703
The meme of Koreans eating dogs? That shit's reality, you stupid fuck.
>All these contrarians not saying chicken
Best taste
Most customizable
Healthiest
Compliments every side dish
And you people are saying you want wing-wong soy noodles and crab cakes?
You are living a lie!
>>7395018
damn straight. had some this afternoon for lunch
>>7394058
I have recently gained an appreciation for egg foo young, but it has to be done right. Bad egg foo young is depressing.
>>7395018
This is my other American Chinese favorite.
I'm also a sucker for lo mein and anything with black bean sauce.
>eating shit-tier Chinese
>not eating based teriyaki chicken and rice
I hope you plebs get food poisoning.
>>7394058
wtf is that
>>7395446
>not being able to read
>Low Mein
>Stir fried Broccoli (Not on menu usually but I have never had a place refuse to do it when I asked)
>General Tso's Tofu/Beef/Chicken(Ask them to make it really spicy).
>Spring Rolls
Best Fucking Cheat day dinner in the world.
Singapore Noodles every fucking day
sometimes I get 2 or 3 containers of them when I order chinese
>>7395474
>btw i work out xD
>>7395538
Actually I diet to lose weight.
>>7395538
>i'm a beta nu male or a hamplanet
>>7395474
How low does your mein go?
Duck Sauce vs Sweet & Sour Sauce
Spring rolls only, fight
>>7393686
the american style is when u serve all kinds of food in one plate and eat like a fucking disgusting pig .
>>7395474
>General Tso's Tofu/Beef/Chicken(Ask them to make it really spicy)
"White People Spicy" I had this regular place I used to go to and always asked for spicy. Well after a few times going there I asked if they had anything spicier I could add to it. He ended up giving me some awesome chili oil on the side every time I went back.
Same thing happened to me at another Chinese place. The cook started giving me pic related everytime I call in.
Why not Canadian-Chinese?
>>7395607
so is any breakfast i've ever seen from ireland or the UK or any meal from india.
nice try tho.
>>7395607
Only fast food places catering to individuals do that. Sit-down Chinese restaurants, even very westernized ones, serve food family style.
>>7395668
God damn, I hate these things. Accidentally bite into one and it tastes like burnt asshole.
>>7395681
Literally the same thing.
bbq pork on rice > *
so simple, so fucking delicious. i'd pick it over anything, every time
>>7395706
Literally different enough to warrant a separate Wikipedia article.
>>7395717
no same
>Mongolian beef
>boneless spare ribs
>white rice
>dumplings, fried or steamed, either way they are fucking delicious
>egg drop soup
Literally the perfect meal
>>7395779
I found the guy who knows what's up.
>>7395779
>egg drop soup
>not wonton
>>7395800
I'm just implying egg drop soup is gross, because it is.
>>7393686
I like the entree with the relatively low amount of breading and extremely viscous and thick sauce. The meat is usually heavily marinated already so the extra stuff just make the flavor too strong and salty.
That's why I like to order stuff kungpao, house special, teriakie, bbq chicken/pork over stuff like orange/lemon/sweet and sour chicken.
I like the small pork ribs once a while too.
I always order fried squid or calamarie though if they are avaliable though
>>7395800
>tfw recently moved and there are no good Chinese places nearby
That is up there with no good pizza places around for me. I'm somewhat in that situation now.
>>7393697>>7393710
I've found crab rangoon can be more hit and miss then expected. It's usually edible but great crab rangoon is rare. Quantity of filling, quality of filling, and shaping can vary more then expected.
Not OPs question but I've found Sesame Chicken a very safe bet for unknown Chinese places. Not sure I'd call it a hidden gem though.
>>7394894
>InnovAsian
>good
i have low standards when it comes to food because i eat a lot of frozen food but no, innovasians is fucking terrible. its not even decent, its just terrible.
bump ;_;
i like chinese food
>>7395987
Me too, senpai. I recently moved from Tacoma to Seattle, and I can't find good cheap Chinese food. I know I can probably find higher class stuff, but that's not what I'm looking for. It kind of sucks.
>>7394114
Because crab is sweet you fucking retard . Jesus christ taste ingredients sometimes.
>>7395681
Is ginger beef uniquely Canadian Chinese? Cause that is my favorite chinese dish. My local chinese place survives on serving10 people a day at like $30 a plate. You know its so fucking overpriced, but sometimes you need that greasy Chinese.
>>7396001
well i live in a tiny town. Theres literally no chinese food place here. Theres a SHIT korean bbq and 2 awful sushi places. I have to drive 40 mins for good chinese food. Its a pretty dire situation
>>7395874
>moved from Long Island to Upstate NY last month
>no good chinese food, pizza or bagels
I'm dying lads
my typical order
beef broccoli
some kind of noodles and veg
sweet sour tofu
garlic and green beans
chop suey or budda's delight
egg rolls
white rice
>>7394880
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_boy_egg
This is like the penis inspection day thing where it's a joke right?
>except for the poor bastards that were actually abused.
I recently discovered the chinese place around the block from me is an asian Bob's Burgers w/o a Tina.
I will become their Mort.
>>7396706
>white rice
>not based fried
What's it like being the plebiest of plebs?
>>7396731
its quite real. Chinese real.
>>7396747
>I will become their Mort.
I see you as more of a Teddy.
