Chinese food or Indian food?

Foxhound38 · 13-03-2010 3:08pm #1

Was deciding with the missus last night on which takaway to get, and it turned into a conversation about the possible merits of Chinese Food over Indian Food and vice-versa. So what is the After Hours opinion was on the issue?

dammitjanet · 13-03-2010 3:10pm

Indian food

Chinese food comes with prawn crackers
win

littlefriend · 13-03-2010 3:11pm

Indian - 100%. No comparison in quality, taste etc

Kasabian · 13-03-2010 3:11pm

Depends on the decor when I walk in

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 13-03-2010 3:18pm

Chinese - No one in the house likes Indian so it's what I'm accustomed to.:o

Jesus Wept · 13-03-2010 3:22pm

It's getting harder to find a reliable indian takeaway, very hit and miss the last few places I've dabbled with.

PeterIanStaker · 13-03-2010 3:23pm

I'd say Indian.

Griffen262 · 13-03-2010 3:27pm

Doesnt really matter with me, both dont go down that well, or should i say, they go down abit too well!!!:(

jd007 · 13-03-2010 3:30pm

Neither!

Schism · 13-03-2010 3:31pm

Indian food

Chinese overall. But Indian is good when I'm in the mood for somethig extra spicy.

biko · 13-03-2010 3:34pm

Was close but Indian won out eventually.

bonerm · 13-03-2010 3:34pm

"Chinese" food. Chicken balls and Curry chips ftw. No wonder they were able to win the Vietnam war! :pac:

Super-Rush · 13-03-2010 3:39pm

But curry is an Indian food.

dsmythy · 13-03-2010 3:43pm

I must be one of the few who likes neither.

SadieSue · 13-03-2010 3:45pm

Indian food.. I cook it a lot and if we get a takeaway, it'll be a good Indian. YUM

IvySlayer · 13-03-2010 3:46pm

Indian food

Chinese food is the best.

brummytom · 13-03-2010 3:49pm

Indian, by far. Really don't like Chinese food at all.

Can't beat a good Jalfrezi, had a curry last night actually

Jesus Wept · 13-03-2010 3:50pm

Good Indian food to be had in Brum.

liah · 13-03-2010 3:51pm

Indian food

Chinese, I don't have much of a tolerance for spicy stuff and Chinese has a much wider non-spicy variety. With Indian I'm kind of stuck with corma.

brummytom · 13-03-2010 3:53pm

The-Rigger wrote: »

Good Indian food to be had in Brum.

I live in the most English place I know; and there's still 4 amazing curry houses within a few miles. Not sure what the quality's like over there, might not be as good.

Indian food in America is horrible; they just can't do it. I don't know why, but Americans seem less adapted to spicy tastes - their idea of Currys and Fajitas are pathetic!

spurious · 13-03-2010 3:53pm

When done well, I think Indian wins in terms of the breadth of flavours it offers.
Take-away, Chinese is often better.

Mars Bar · 13-03-2010 3:55pm

Indian food

Chinese for me, had one last night in fact! Yummy!

OutlawPete · 13-03-2010 3:59pm

Indian food.

I'm crazy about Chicken and Veg Kormas (Coconut Milk and Almond Sauce) and Lamb Saag (Spinach sauce), Aloo Palak (Spinach and Potatoe)

Peshwari Naan on occasion.

Onion Bhajee are great for people with Coeliac if made with Gram Flour (most are but do check).

Vermilion is the BEST in Dublin, thank me later.

Bu Ali if on a budget.

Basq · 13-03-2010 4:01pm

Indian food

Chinese..

.. but tough decision!

RobertFoster · 13-03-2010 4:02pm

Thai tbh.

alex73 · 13-03-2010 4:05pm

I like chinese food, but the Chinese food I ate in China is not available in takeaways in Ireland. Here they make their business when drunks come out of the pub an want curry chips or burger. So the chinese "takeaway" is just a glorified chip shop. But there are some nice real chinese restaurants, for example in Blanchardstown there is one near shopping complex and chinese themselves go there for parties and such. Food is great, its even better if you go with a Chinese person who can recommend different plates.

Scarydoll · 13-03-2010 4:06pm

Indian food is way nicer I think.

lamai · 13-03-2010 4:09pm

liah wrote: »

Chinese, I don't have much of a tolerance for spicy stuff and Chinese has a much wider non-spicy variety. With Indian I'm kind of stuck with corma.

loads of none spicy indians dishes

Canis Lupus · 13-03-2010 4:10pm

Indian food

I think most of it all tastes the same. One curry is the same as the next and likewise but not as bad with chinese food. All tasty tho.

lamai · 13-03-2010 4:14pm

alex73 wrote: »

I like chinese food, but the Chinese food I ate in China is not available in takeaways in Ireland. Here they make their business when drunks come out of the pub an want curry chips or burger. So the chinese "takeaway" is just a glorified chip shop. But there are some nice real chinese restaurants, for example in Blanchardstown there is one near shopping complex and chinese themselves go there for parties and such. Food is great, its even better if you go with a Chinese person who can recommend different plates.

Was chatting to someone recently who said that chinese food was amazing.

I asked them what they eat, chicken balls and curry chips, or chicken

curry.:rolleyes: The problem I have with chinese food is that it is very hit and

miss if you try anything different from that. same as thai, try eating thai

food in thailand and then try it in alot of takeaways in Ireland and it is usually

disgusting.

scooby2791 · 13-03-2010 4:14pm

Chinese. Indian places are too hit and miss.

kraggy · 13-03-2010 4:15pm

Anyone who says Chinese over Indian is stark raving mad.

Indian is the nicest food on the planet. Narrowly beating Mexican.

perri winkles · 13-03-2010 4:18pm

Indian food

Indian is so overrated. Ive been to a good few very nice Indian restuarants and still can't get my head around it. I just dont like it!

Chinese all the way

Milky Moo · 13-03-2010 4:19pm

Indian food

Japanese! Yamamori FTW!

I agree chinese food here is just glorifed chip shop stuff, but I like chip shop food so it gets my vote!

Cheap Thrills! · 13-03-2010 4:27pm

Indian! Bang it in! :pac:

Karl Hungus · 13-03-2010 4:36pm

Milky Moo wrote: »

Japanese! Yamamori FTW!

Yep. Good Japanese food is amazing.

But I do love Indian as well, I'd go to a good Indian place over a good Chinese place any day of the week.

MaybeLogic · 13-03-2010 4:38pm

I'd say Indian.

< wiggles head to confirm >

kryogen · 13-03-2010 4:40pm

Indian, just love it

enjoy chineese too but push comes to shove ill take a madras over a szechaun

dlofnep · 13-03-2010 5:03pm

Indian food

Where's the "Both are revolting" option?

kryogen · 13-03-2010 5:06pm

dlofnep wrote: »

Where's the "Both are revolting" option?

doesnt exist!

you just havent had a good one yet obviously

stovelid · 13-03-2010 5:19pm

Indian food

If I had to choose once-off it would be Chinese, but I love a Vindaloo or Phal as well.

dlofnep · 13-03-2010 5:22pm

Indian food

kryogen wrote: »

doesnt exist!

you just havent had a good one yet ever obviously

Agreed.

But I picked the Chinese option, but only cos like Bruce Lee.

KnifeWRENCH · 13-03-2010 5:29pm

Indian food

Both are nice but Chinese wins out for me. A good Penang chicken or chicken satay just about beats a good Chicken Jalfrezi. And prawn crackers easily trump poppadoms.

steph1 · 13-03-2010 5:29pm

Used to be a fan of chinese but now its Indian all the way. Went to visit my cousins in Birmingham a few times and we would always go to what they call over there a curry house. The food is amazing over there.
I had to laugh at a previous poster commenting on people saying chinese is amazing and then having chicken balls and chips

:D
Some chinese dishes I do like would be the beef or chicken in black bean sauce. Some of the curries you get in chinese nowadays are rotten and the sauce is awful.
Anyway curry is an indian dish. Had a simple chicken curry there recently and it was so nice but my favourite dish now is jalfreizi chicken its delicious and not too hot. Haven't quite progressed to the vindalooo yet

banshee_bones · 13-03-2010 5:42pm

RobertFoster wrote: »

Thai tbh.

+1 thai ftw :cool:

lamai · 13-03-2010 5:48pm

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

Both are nice but Chinese wins out for me. A good Penang chicken or chicken satay just about beats a good Chicken Jalfrezi. And prawn crackers easily trump poppadoms.

both are thai not chinese

lamai · 13-03-2010 5:50pm

steph1 wrote: »

Used to be a fan of chinese but now its Indian all the way. Went to visit my cousins in Birmingham a few times and we would always go to what they call over there a curry house. The food is amazing over there.
I had to laugh at a previous poster commenting on people saying chinese is amazing and then having chicken balls and chips :D
Some chinese dishes I do like would be the beef or chicken in black bean sauce. Some of the curries you get in chinese nowadays are rotten and the sauce is awful.
Anyway curry is an indian dish. Had a simple chicken curry there recently and it was so nice but my favourite dish now is jalfreizi chicken its delicious and not too hot. Haven't quite progressed to the vindalooo yet

got chicken chopsuey last week, the house was stinking and soo was the food:mad: truely rotten

anplaya · 13-03-2010 5:55pm

indian food,especially when yer over in manchester. feck me,some munch.

benzie · 13-03-2010 5:55pm

Indian Win

Joey the lips · 13-03-2010 5:59pm

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Was deciding with the missus last night on which takaway to get, and it turned into a conversation about the possible merits of Chinese Food over Indian Food and vice-versa. So what is the After Hours opinion was on the issue?

Indian all the way... Its much sweeter when its sweet and spicer when its spicey but the chinese is hotter.

I also prefer egg fried rice over indian rice.

However indian wins generally.

13-03-2010 6:04pm

None, Thai food is way nicer and healthier than both! I would never get Chinese or Indian really.

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