Chinese..great bunch of lads..love their chicken balls and chips

Specialun

So most chinese takeaways have chicken balls and chips..do the chinese actually eat these..

Same with the thai takeaway over the road...chicken wings as starter or choc profitaroles as desert

The italian has wedges with the pizza..

Do these countries even eat these

Is it just here that commercialize these food cultures...

Links234

Specialun wrote: »

do the chinese actually eat these..

Nope!

kneemos

Ever seen a ball shaped chicken ?

TomBtheGoat

Specialun wrote: »

So most chinese takeaways have chicken balls and chips..do the chinese actually eat these..

Never mind chicken balls, the Chinese don't even eat chips

Duffman K

Sure isn't a 4 in 1 the national dish of China ?

kneemos

TomBtheGoat wrote: »

Never mind chicken balls, the Chinese don't even eat chips

Reackon a chip shop would do great business in China.

Jan Laco

I've never been but from people who have been, Chinese food is much different and healthier than what is in 'Chinese' take away. The only thing Chinese is the cashier.

vagazzled

My ex worked as a motorbike curry-er for a chinese takeaway in town.
He said the food they ate was nothing like the the food on the menu. They ate things like chickens feet, i can't rem the rest.
Each to their own, and if they can make money selling any type of food for people too lazy to cook themselves, fair play to them.

Help!!!!

Specialun wrote: »

So most chinese takeaways have chicken balls and chips..do the chinese actually eat these..

Same with the thai takeaway over the road...chicken wings as starter or choc profitaroles as desert

The italian has wedges with the pizza..

Do these countries even eat these

Is it just here that commercialize these food cultures...

No the UK is just the same

jippo nolan

I didn't know chickens have balls!

The Showstopper

Remember seeing a sign in the Chinese saying 100% Irish beef. Very disappointing, I wanted Chinese beef.

Right Turn Clyde

I love coming across those crappy Chinese 'restaurants' that also sell other types of fast food. So you're essentially in a Chinese restaurant, having an American hamburger that was popularised in Ireland by Italians.

the_syco

Specialun wrote: »

So most chinese takeaways have chicken balls and chips..do the chinese actually eat these..

Ever see a chicken in China?

The Backwards Man

Do you order corned beef in restaurants OP? I dont

Frynge

My wife is Chinese and she opened my eyes to actual Chinese food. Nothing like what you get in a normal take away. A lot of veg, pork, tofu and fish. There is loads of restaurants in Dublin that have separate Chinese menus with authentic food.
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Also loads of Dublin restaurants that do dim sum which would certainly be closer to what they eat.


Great bunch of lads.

Magico Gonzalez

Help!!!! wrote: »

No the UK is just the same

its everywhere really, no better in Spain or South America really. Authentic = more expensive or in areas where the chinese live and eat. isnt it moore st in dublin which has or at least had some pretty authentic chinese restaurants, cheap enough places with whacks of the menu in chinese only, toilets like a rugby club changing room.

Smiles35

Duffman K wrote: »

Sure isn't a 4 in 1 the national dish of China ?

It is, on a plate. But putting it in a box like ours makes it more like a Japanese Ekiben, showing a refind island culture.

ColeTrain

Jan Laco wrote: »

I've never been but from people who have been, Chinese food is much different and healthier than what is in 'Chinese' take away. The only thing Chinese is the cashier.

If you're lucky!