Favourite Takeaway.

[Cricko2]

Currently Pizza, However Indian and Chinede do adopt the number 1 slot in rotation.

Variety is the spice of life!!!

There wasnt a Chinede option..Lol....But that I have to try that mate..:D

 

[Kent Shrimper]

There wasnt a Chinede option..Lol....But that I have to try that mate..:D

Its nice, i think you would like it. Its a little like cyanide but a little softer on the palate. :-)

 

[Firestorm]

Curry all the way, Cafe Masala in Thorpe Bay is my fav at the moment. Thank you for introducing that to me Mr B & Bob Cratchitt.

Cafe masala is my favourite Indian, but Oriena (just up the broadway from CM) shades the takeaway poll with a great chinese.
(The new Mr Pings is great for a sit down as well)

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Stir fries are easy to cobble together at home; as for pizza, rather fond of the Tesco Finest ones - better than a takeway.

So for me, the king of takeaway has to be Indian. There's a Sri Lankan specialist place near me (called Mount Everest, randomly) which is superb... their masala dosa's are to die for. I can't even begin to think about cooking one of those, so Indian has to win the takeaway stakes hands down.

Matt

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

Haha - chinese is the best takeaway though everyone knows that - although when they eat it in China what do they call it then?!

They call it by the specific nomenclature: rice, mushrooms, beef, pork, etc.

 

[BoyWonder2]

Gotta be a ruby, with a chinese in 2nd place.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

They call it by the specific nomenclature: rice, mushrooms, beef, pork, etc.

Actually it can quite hard to decipher a Chinese menu even if you know the Chinese for pork, beef, mushroom etc. Dishes (not so much for takeaways, but in decent restaurants, especially for house specialities) are described in a very poetic way, often not referring at all to their ingredients. These can also vary restaurant to restaurant!

In fact the entire Chinese language is very poetical. It may lack English's vocabulary with which to enrichen its literature, but it compensates with a fantastic array of idioms, referring back to Chinese fables and legends. Fascinating language and culture, and one which I've sadly only dipped into.

 

[Ricey]

Chinky plainly because their is so much to choose from. I usually would have:

Chicken Chow Mein
Chicken Fried Rice
Sesame Seed Toast
Crispy Chili Beef
Prawn Crackers

And sometimes more!!

 

[steveo]

So Favourite Takeaway people and why?

No option for Fish and Chips or Pie and Chips? You deserved some neg rep there but it wouldnt let me.

 

[Ailsa Road Shrimper]

Definitely chinese for me. Always like the old school ones with an old tv in the corner, a disused tin as an ash tray, silver containers for the food and the cooking taking place in the kitchen out the back rather than behind the counter in view of the customers.

 

[McNasty]

I went for a Dim Sum breakfast in ChinaTown San Francisco a few years ago and we ordered "Crispy Pork" only to be told by the lady waitress "You no like this" and went on to describe the item as "Deep-fried whole Pig's Ears". :confused:

 

[Cricko2]

No option for Fish and Chips or Pie and Chips? You deserved some neg rep there but it wouldnt let me.

Hence the "other" option :thump:

 

[The Artful Shrimper]

Indian.
I am also doing a course on indian cooking in my spare time because i've wasted so much money on takeaways. I am nearly good at it, and they actually taste like curries now.

 

[SUFC_Al]

Definitely a Ruby, hands down. Curries are my favourite food anyway!

The missus has started making curries from scratch and they are very nice indeed, that'll save a few quid!

 

[Cricko2]

Indian.
I am also doing a course on indian cooking in my spare time because i've wasted so much money on takeaways. I am nearly good at it, and they actually taste like curries now.

I have cooked alot of them from scratch so's to speak. It does seem to take forever but well worth the effort..


I remember a few years back doing one for a dinner party of 8 ...Never again will I try to cook so many different courses...I started about 10 am and was still at it at about 5pm...The down side was I had a crate of those mini bottles of beer to assist me ...I think by 5pm there were 4 left out of 24.

 

[fatshrimp]

Indian.
I am also doing a course on indian cooking in my spare time because i've wasted so much money on takeaways. I am nearly good at it, and they actually taste like curries now.

Sounds like a superb idea. Can I ask where?