house special in the chinese? how special is it?

pyramuid man

Random though while trying to decide what to have for my Friday takeaway, how special is the house special? Its just really a load of meat and sauce, its like the leftovers from the last 4 sitdown customers! why dont they call it left-over chow mein??

and its not a house special, every chinese has the same dishes, its not like it is unique to that particular restaurant!

towel401

special roadkill? hit by an aston martin and therefore tastes better?

Overheal

House Special is usally pretty good in my experience. Usually it just means chicken+pork+beef and sometimes +shrimp with your A-typical mix of rice and veg and a sauce (sometimes BBQ)

brianthebard

man I'd love some Chinese...

Kintarō Hattori

Damnit I want grits. I know it's got zero to do with chinese food but I've been oddly obsessed with the idea of grits lately. Overheal - does anyone over this way sell grits?

ronbyrne2005

How special is it? Special enough to have you on the bog half of the next morning.

Overheal

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Damnit I want grits. I know it's got zero to do with chinese food but I've been oddly obsessed with the idea of grits lately. Overheal - does anyone over this way sell grits?

I dislike the grainy texture of grits. I wouldnt know where youd get them, but then I used to find little surprises here and there in Tesco: one time I even found a box of Oreos. Best Day Evar.

ejmaztec

Specials have a pedigree, and pedigrees don't come cheap.

brianthebard

Overheal wrote: »

I dislike the grainy texture of grits. I wouldnt know where youd get them, but then I used to find little surprises here and there in Tesco: one time I even found a box of Oreos. Best Day Evar.

Dunnes sell oreos all the time. Weirdo. Are grits much different to pinhead oatmeal?

Also, will someone please buy me chinese??? Willing to give payment in kind....

Holsten

It's just a load of meat.

Aka it's very special.

engrish?

Caution: May contain dog.

dSTAR

You know what is the business?

Reheated Chinese (or Indian) for breakfast after a big night on the grog.

Nyum :-P

Overheal

brianthebard wrote: »

Dunnes sell oreos all the time. Weirdo. Are grits much different to pinhead oatmeal?

Also, will someone please buy me chinese??? Willing to give payment in kind....

THEY DID? ****.

Dunnes was all the way on the other side of town. like, **** that.

Aoibheann

Centra totally did them aswell. And SuperValu..

Possibly Spar.


(I Oreos. Nyom. Oreo hot chocolate is win also. Butlers is great!)

dSTAR

dSTAR wrote: »

You know what is the business?

Reheated Chinese (or Indian) for breakfast after a big night on the grog.

Nyum :-P

My mate buys two kebabs from Zaytoon when he is out - one for that night, one for reheating the next morning/afternoon when he gets up.

Checkmate.

Kintarō Hattori

Pfft Overheal man, loads of places have been selling Oreos for a long time now. I don't understand why they are so popular, I didn't find them particuarly tastey.

ratinakeg

Whats the name of that Chinese restaurant in town that had the strippers in it last week? I'd say the house special would be great in there except the bill would be sky high:)

themadchef

It's special in that most drunk Irish people think 3 different varieties of animal (and the odd king Prawn) all slopped in with a bit of slobbery stuff is NYOM.


Most places things are special for a reason.
A: You need to get shut of it before it grabs it coat and walks out itself.
B: It's cheap to prep so we can squeeze more €€ out of yee, and yee think "bargain"
C: Easy to make and popular.

Question you have to ask yourself is which of the above fits house special?
Is it easier to prep than a one meat dish? is it cheaper than a one meat dish? Can you fire anything "in a hurry" into it?

I generally avoid anything with the word "special" like the plague

Overheal

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Pfft Overheal man, loads of places have been selling Oreos for a long time now. I don't understand why they are so popular, I didn't find them particuarly tastey.

To hell with my oversight. Im not usually one to go down the biscuit aisles - usually after the meat and cheese.

dSTAR

Myth wrote: »

My mate buys two kebabs from Zaytoon when he is out - one for that night, one for reheating the next morning/afternoon when he gets up.

Your friend sounds like an awesome dude who is highly intelligent and great fun to be around. :cool:

Sharpshooter

The house special is always at the top of the selection of
your choice.
That's because the people who run the Chinese Take Away, know that we the Irish automatically think " lf it is more expensive , it has to be good".

funk-you

pyramuid man wrote: »

house special in the chinese? how special is it?

That depends, does Snyper work there?

-Funk

rubadub

I don't think I have ever seen something just called a "house special". In my local ones they will have different sections like

CURRY
house special curry
chicken curry
beef curry
prawn curry.

The house special is top of every list and is just a mix of chicken, beef & prawns. Some also put that in brackets after.