Chinese Chips

MistyCheese

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

that said leo burdocks in phibsborough does do nice chips.... REAL potato chips not that reconstituted crap.

I second that. Leo Burdocks would be my favourite chips.

mr.jingle

I got Chinese ordered for collection a couple of weeks ago and there's a chipper a couple of doors down so decided to get some chipper chips instead of the horrible Chinese chips.

Nice curry with nice chips. Try it

Nailz

The chips in the Chinese back in my home place are fecking brilliant, so much so that I opened this thread expecting it to be about how good they were.

dark crystal

My favourite chinese take away only use fresh chips - never frozen. They're fat and misshapen and absolutely delicious.

My partner gets the fried rice, I get the chips and we split both between us.

I love chinese food

pragmatic1

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

most of the irish chippers can't compete with the likes of mcdonalds, burger crap, and roma chippers..

that said leo burdocks in phibsborough does do nice chips.... REAL potato chips not that reconstituted crap.

Anywhere that serves real chips usually does good trade.

pragmatic1

You can get pizza in my local chineese but their pizza is really good.

johnnyjb

The King of Moo wrote: »

I've a facebook friend who's constantly posting that they're having Chinese curry, chips and rice, sometimes a couple of times a week it seems, and, well, they ain't skinny!

I'm sure having rice and chips together occasionally isn't so bad, but having both just seems redundant, like having mashed potatoes and chips with your dinner.

I guess it's because most people in Ireland get curry at the Chinese, and they're used to having curry chips. I've never had Chinese chips as I've never had curry from a Chinese: I like to try different things, and I don't think the cooks would be too passionate about making curry and chips, so I'd expect them to be of a lower standard than the other food.

No - its nothing like having chips and potatoes together.

Ill explain
Chips are made from potatoes
Rice is not made from potatoes

so it is nothing like having chips and potatoes as they are both different foods.

ebixa82

The only thing more bizarre than ordering chips in a chinese is ordering curry from a chinese.

Chinese do not eat curry dishes. Nor do they eat chips.

Both are served in Ireland to please the pallets of the Paddys'.

If you want chips go to an Italian chipper.

If you want curry go to an Indian.

If you want chow mein etc. go to a chinese.

Also, just so you know, long trays, 3-in-1's and chicken balls are also not native to China.

People need to educate themselves a little more.

The King of Moo

johnnyjb wrote: »

No - its nothing like having chips and potatoes together.

Ill explain
Chips are made from potatoes
Rice is not made from potatoes

so it is nothing like having chips and potatoes as they are both different foods.

Chips and mashed potatoes are both potatoful, of course, but they're still quiet different.

I could also have said pasta or rice instead of chips; they just would've sounded a little less likely to be combined with mash.

Foods like potatoes (in chip and non-chip form), rice, pasta etc, to me, are bases of dishes, fairly mild in taste in contrast to the meat/sauce/veg.

So to me having two of them seems a bit redundant, particularly when, in my opinion, most Chinese dishes go much better with rice.

But like I said, that's my opinion, and if people like rice and chips, more power to them.

Fart

The King of Moo wrote: »

Chips and mashed potatoes are both potatoful, of course, but they're still quiet different.

I could also have said pasta or rice instead of chips; they just would've sounded a little less likely to be combined with mash.

Foods like potatoes (in chip and non-chip form), rice, pasta etc, to me, are bases of dishes, fairly mild in taste in contrast to the meat/sauce/veg.

So to me having two of them seems a bit redundant, particularly when, in my opinion, most Chinese dishes go much better with rice.

But like I said, that's my opinion, and if people like rice and chips, more power to them.

By stating that they're both carbohydrates could have made your posts much shorter. Just sayin'.

The King of Moo

Fart wrote: »

By stating that they're both carbohydrates could have made your posts much shorter. Just sayin'.

True, but I think taste is an important factor too, so I wanted to mention it: all those foods are mild in order to take the edge off the stronger taste of the rest of the dish.

Also, I like the sound of my own voice in my head as I type, so I tend to write long posts.

Salt001

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Revolting flaccid things. Everyone knows only Italian people can make good chips.

And who uses 'massive' to mean 'fantastic'?!?

Cork people do

Pure_Cork

Salt001 wrote: »

Cork people do

No Cork person I know uses "massive" to mean "fantastic".

Salt001

Pure_Cork wrote: »

No Cork person I know uses "massive" to mean "fantastic".

Well its a number of years since I've lived in Cork, maybe its gone out of fashion

mattjack

ebixa82 wrote: »

The only thing more bizarre than ordering chips in a chinese is ordering curry from a chinese.

Chinese do not eat curry dishes. Nor do they eat chips.

Both are served in Ireland to please the pallets of the Paddys'.

If you want chips go to an Italian chipper.

If you want curry go to an Indian.

If you want chow mein etc. go to a chinese.

Also, just so you know, long trays, 3-in-1's and chicken balls are also not native to China.

People need to educate themselves a little more.

Thanks for putting my mind at rest,I got myself into a panic worrying about all the above.I can sleep easy now.

Peanut

Nothingbetter2d wrote:

most of the irish chippers can't compete with the likes of mcdonalds, burger crap, and roma chippers..

that said leo burdocks in phibsborough does do nice chips.... REAL potato chips not that reconstituted crap.

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Anywhere that serves real chips usually does good trade.

Who sells reconstituted chips?

McDonald's don't, neither do Burger King. You're more likey to find something like that in your local Tesco.

Teyla Emmagan

ebixa82 wrote: »

The only thing more bizarre than ordering chips in a chinese is ordering curry from a chinese.

Chinese do not eat curry dishes. Nor do they eat chips.

Both are served in Ireland to please the pallets of the Paddys'.

If you want chips go to an Italian chipper.

If you want curry go to an Indian.

If you want chow mein etc. go to a chinese.

Also, just so you know, long trays, 3-in-1's and chicken balls are also not native to China.

People need to educate themselves a little more.

Seriously - how thick do you think we are?!

joseph brand

Hazys wrote: »

Chinese food in Ireland is such a bastardize verison of Chinese food, its insane how different it is to the real stuff.

Just ask Karl Pilkington. He was served up some 'authentic chinese cuisine'. The cook had a bag of toads and a mallet. A little too adventurous for me.

mattjack

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Seriously - how thick do you think we are?!

Speak for yourself ,I know I'm think ... so ya are Mattjack ya thick.

also seriously.

oldyouth

I LOVE chips from a Chinese. I know the sauce from the meal helps but lovely anyway. Never experienced the frozen kind anywhere in Wexford.

Table Top Joe

Pure_Cork wrote: »

No Cork person I know uses "massive" to mean "fantastic".

I havent heard it in a while but its definitely used,more of an older person thing though....you know,Mary got a new top

"Its only massive on ya girl!"


Anywho.....i love Chinese chips:)

Teyla Emmagan

mattjack wrote: »

Speak for yourself ,I know I'm think ... so ya are Mattjack ya thick.

also seriously.

Matt love, it might be time for you to go to bed.

ebixa82

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Seriously - how thick do you think we are?!

As in the general population, I would consider a considerable proportion of those who post in "AH" to be floating around the "thick" level.

But that's irrelevant.

I don't understand how people are knocking chinese takeaways. I'm guessing a singificant % of those who are giving out have never even tasted authentic chinese cuisine apart from sweet and sour chicken balls etc.

There is no comparing an authentic chinese restaurant with a take away.
As has been mentioned here already, an actual chinese restaurant in Ireland usually has two menus-one bastardised version which contains western style "chinese" dishes and an authentic chinese menu.

Take aways contain the usual western menus because that's what the Irish ask for.
Go to the likes of "Mandarin House" on Parnell St. or any number on Capel St. and try some real chinese food before branding all chinese cusine as crap.

Teyla Emmagan

ebixa82 wrote: »

As in the general population, I would consider a considerable proportion of those who post in "AH" to be floating around the "thick" level.

But that's irrelevant.

I don't understand how people are knocking chinese takeaways. I'm guessing a singificant % of those who are giving out have never even tasted authentic chinese cuisine apart from sweet and sour chicken balls etc.

There is no comparing an authentic chinese restaurant with a take away.
As has been mentioned here already, an actual chinese restaurant in Ireland usually has two menus-one bastardised version which contains western style "chinese" dishes and an authentic chinese menu.

Take aways contain the usual western menus because that's what the Irish ask for.
Go to the likes of "Mandarin House" on Parnell St. or any number on Capel St. and try some real chinese food before branding all chinese cusine as crap.

I wasn't branding chinese food as crap, I love the stuff. And I'm pretty sure most people on here realise there is a world of difference between what the chinese eat themselves and what they serve us in the takeaways over here. That hardly needed to be restated. And I'm also pretty sure that most Irish people who don't like chinese food would find the authentic stuff EVEN LESS palatable than the take away variety, simply because they would be so unaccustomed to the tastes/flavours/textures. It's not a case merely of not trying the right stuff, more often it's a case that a lot of the food in the chinese restaurants over here is simply badly cooked.

I responded to your post because I thought it was condescending of you to suggest that Irish people are uneducated and don't realise that curry and chips aren't native to China. I'm pretty sure that they do. And I'm damn sure that most of the chinese restaurants and takeaways in Ireland would fail to survive if they didn't serve up cuisine that suited our palates. The fact that they may not be doing it very well is hardly the fault of the average punter.

ringadingding

I remember as a nipper going into the local Chinese and asking for a portion of 'chinky chips'
Got some clatter upside the head off the auld dear

CWF

Massive is a word used by Northside Dublin people to express their positive feelings towards something...

eg. Doze Vans are mmaaasif!!

shancoduff

Salt and chili chips anyone?

Charlie19

Half cooked chips, rice and diced chicken curry. China's #1 dish
Yum

California Man

o1s1n wrote: »

They're crap. As is Chinese takeaway food.

No, chinese food is great. Just go to the right place. The chips are usually shít alright.. But who the the feck gets a chinese with chips, anyway?

Rice ftw!

MsQuinn

3 in 1 - yum

4 in 1 - yuk