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Chinese Chips

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  • #32
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    there is very few real chinese restaurants/takeaways in ireland. the vast majority are run by malaysians

    I'm generally a fan of Indian food over Chinese, but......

    The best, friendliest, goddam tastiest Chinese/Asian restaurant in Ireland has to be Victoria gardens in Johnstown/Naas in my humble opinion.
    Really authentic grub, and with dishes as diverse as frogs legs, salt and chilli quail, jumbo unshelled prawns, there its something for everyone on that menu!

    Anyone whose ever had the pleasure of dining here will testify to this fact!


  • #33
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,247 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    way nicer than chipper chips when you involve a sauce , but with salt & vinegar or plane , chipper wins every time.

    curry chips from a chinese are far superior to the chipper


  • #34
    Luap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,649 ✭✭✭Luap


    They taste like cardboard tbh!


  • #35
    saa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭saa


    At first I thought yes they are rank but then I thought to myself do I really like chips that much, even chipper chips?

    Not really anymore, I don't feel as Irish now I think I've gone off all chips.. how will I survive without chips now what will provide me with sustenance naow!


  • #36
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,507 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    saa wrote: »
    At first I thought yes they are rank but then I thought to myself do I really like chips that much, even chipper chips?

    Not really anymore, I don't feel as Irish now I think I've gone off all chips.. how will I survive without chips now what will provide me with sustenance naow!

    Egg Fried Rice and Chicken Curry.


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  • #37
    AgileMyth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,746 ✭✭✭AgileMyth


    BarackPyjama wrote: »
    Buy a decent Chinese cookbook and try cooking some authentic dishes yourself. Bleedin' delish man.
    Tried that before. Couldn't understand a word of it though. ;)


  • #38
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Only Chinese restaurant that supplies chips that are any way edible is Lees Kitchen in Dalkey.


  • #39
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    I love chinese chips, chipper chips are mank. Theyre too soggy and greasy, i like crispy chips.


  • #40
    Paulie Gualtieri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 420 ✭✭Paulie Gualtieri


    rubbish frozen crap. nothing like proper chipper chips. and in the Chinese they always ask if you want sore finger , its salt and v...!


  • #41
    saa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭saa


    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    Egg Fried Rice and Chicken Curry.

    Bleugh even worse, I'm sick of heavy stodgy food. I must not have any decent chinese take aways around my area because in my experience...

    Real fresh chips = mm I can dig "dat"
    Chinese chips = dry slimey shriveled bits of chips

    Erin quick curry sauce = hmmm nice, alright.
    Chinese curry sauce = watery grease

    Proper Thai green curry = mmm look coconut milk
    Chinese takeaway TGC = green greasy watery shi/te just like the morning after.

    Alls I'm saying is I've gone off chips, Chinese food all that because its not great but maybe I need to find a good Chinese, or maybe I've gone off it full stop.


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  • #42
    Wild Bill
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭Wild Bill


    I was reared on them...and look at me now!

    'nough said :cool:


  • #43
    Wild Bill
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭Wild Bill


    Apologies...I assumed everyone knew.

    This is the product of a lifetime of eating Chinese chips......

    IMG_0299-1.jpg


  • #44
    darlett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,316 ✭✭✭darlett


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    the vast majority are run by malaysians

    Im going to have to call shenanigans on this being a true fact.


  • #45
    sock puppet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


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

    Wow, what a shocking revelation.


  • #46
    Auvers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,987 ✭✭✭Auvers


    hhhmmmm

    monosodium glutamate


  • #47
    cock robin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 724 ✭✭✭cock robin


    MistyCheese wrote: »
    I've heard from quite a few people that chips from a Chinese takeaway are "mank" (I think that's bad - judging from the expressions on their faces when they say it. "Massive" seems to mean "fantastic" instead of "of a very large size"). This seems to be a commonly held opinion. I've sampled them myself and agree they are not the best, but surely some people like them. Maybe even prefer them? What do you AH'ers think?

    My local Chink buys their chips in Dunnes by the box load. A 1.5kg bag is around €1.50 so its no wonder the portions are "massive". That said they are sh1te. As are the bag of prawn crackers they give you free if you spend over a thousand yo yo's on food.


  • #48
    Fiona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Fiona


    I am one of those freaks who gets Chinese chips with their order am i love them. Rice doesnt agree with me and not a fan of noodles so not really left with much option when ordering.


  • #49
    Anyone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Anyone


    A great bunch of chips.


  • #50
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    the problem with chinese food in ireland is that most of it is just frozen stuff reheated in a microwave when ordered.

    Real chinese food (the stuff they themselves eat) is much nicer than the crap they sell to us.

    this is why i prefer indian food and most of that is actually cooked fresh as indian food doesnt reheat well.


  • #51
    AeoNGriM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 ✭✭✭AeoNGriM


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

    Oooh excuse me, your Majesty, more silk wipes to remove that piece of swan stuck in your golden beard?

    :pac:


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  • #52
    Warper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭Warper


    Chinese chips are hit and miss. Some place have them crispy while others have them soggy and whats the snobbery about ordering chips from a Chinese takeaway? I normally get chips and boiled rice with whatever i get or half and half is ideal. The worst of all is Indian chips - just avoid.

    Irish chippers are a dying breed now and its mainly Italians that have them. What happened to them all?


  • #53
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    Warper wrote: »
    Irish chippers are a dying breed now and its mainly Italians that have them. What happened to them all?

    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.


  • #54
    SteoL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭SteoL


    Never get chips from a Chinese. If I order a beef curry, schezuan, crispy duck or a hot garlic sauce dish it's always accompanied with soft fried noodles.

    Egg fried rice with black bean sauce dish.

    I never ever go out to Chinese restaurants. It's take out food IMO. Thai is far far superior and I absolutely love going out to Thai restaurants. Love Indian also though not as good as Thai.


  • #55
    _feedback_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,274 ✭✭✭_feedback_


    MistyCheese wrote: »
    Some people gert both egg fried rice and chips. Not all of these people are fat.

    I don't order chinese very often, but when I do, I order a chicken fried rice AND chips. I then pile them high on a plate, and shovel them in to my mouth. :cool:

    Judge me if you will.


  • #56
    aidan24326
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


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

    For some strange reason it's almost like they don't want us to have the authentic stuff. Like if you go to M&L Chinese restaurant they have an authentic Chinese menu aswell as a generic one, and the food is goddamsn delicious, always loads of Chinese people in there. But you almost have to beg them to let you have it. It's as if they'd rather just have Chinese people dining there and no-one else.


    SteoL wrote: »
    I never ever go out to Chinese restaurants. It's take out food IMO. Thai is far far superior and I absolutely love going out to Thai restaurants. Love Indian also though not as good as Thai.

    There are now a few very decent Chinese restaurants in Dublin. Good World which has been around a while, but also M&L (off O'Connell St) and Hilan on Capel St, are serving Chinese food that's far superior to anything you'll get from a takeaway, and not much more expensive.


  • #57
    irelandspurs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭irelandspurs


    There normally cooked in dog fat.


  • #58
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,383 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Stiffler2 wrote: »
    My Problem though is what the hell happened to Irish Fish&CHips Shops ?

    :confused:

    The only Irish Fish&Chips Shop I ever been to was Leo Burdocks, the rest were Italian.


  • #59
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    cock robin wrote: »
    My local Chink buys their chips in Dunnes by the box load. A 1.5kg bag is around €1.50 so its no wonder the portions are "massive". That said they are sh1te. As are the bag of prawn crackers they give you free if you spend over a thousand yo yo's on food.

    Oh dear :rolleyes:


  • #60
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Dravokivich wrote: »
    :confused:

    The only Irish Fish&Chips Shop I ever been to was Leo Burdocks, the rest were Italian.

    Johnny Walkers in Waterford, fooking beautiful!

    There are also a few Brennans chippers down there too!


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  • #61
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Is that an Irish thing, where you can get chips in a Chinese :confused:

    Where I live no Chinese restaurant serves chips and if I ever did come across a Chinese restaurant serving chips I would give it a miss.


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