Chinese v Indian (takeaway)

Banjo String · 03-03-2013 02:10AM #1

Chinese, we Irish seem to be devout fans, but why?

Indian take-away, much tastier, healthier, easier to cook at home!

My personal favourite,

Veg samosas, to start

Chicken pathia (hot and sour chicken dish, spicy tomato sauce) with pilau rice on the side (Mains) garlic,.onion, coriander naan bread to'dip'

Lastly, kulfi (Indian ice cream) to end the meal.

Mods, please add poll... Chinese or Indian.

Why are most of us Irish obsessed with the Chinese take away?

Gbear · 03-03-2013 02:12AM

SamHall wrote: »

StsLChinese, we Irish seem to be devout fans, but why?

Indian take-away, much tastier, healthier, easier to cook at home!

My personal favourite,

Veg samosas, to start

Chicken pathia (hot and sour chicken dish, spicy tomato sauce) with pilau rice on the side (Mains) garlic,.onion, coriander naan bread to'dip'

Lastly, kulfi (Indian ice cream) to end the meal.

Why are most of us Irish obsessed with the Chinese take away?

I wouldn't be too generous with how healthy indian takeaways are. Heinous amounts of salt and they're cooked with massive amounts of oil - about 4-6 tbsp per portion.

Bipolar Joe · 03-03-2013 02:12AM

Because it tastes better. I find Chinese way easier to cook. also.

donvito99 · 03-03-2013 02:13AM

Because our own food is a load of shíte.

Which is an outright lie, food is one thing we do well. Indian/Chinese is cheap and quick OP, and there's fooking lots of them, that's probably why.

Smidge · 03-03-2013 02:13AM

Needs a poll OP!

Can't stand Indian food blueerghh:p

Not a big fan of Chinese take away either(greasy, salty imo)
But would pick Chinese over Indian

Dwork · 03-03-2013 02:13AM

SamHall wrote: »

StsLChinese, we Irish seem to be devout fans, but why?

Indian take-away, much tastier, healthier, easier to cook at home!

My personal favourite,

Veg samosas, to start

Chicken pathia (hot and sour chicken dish, spicy tomato sauce) with pilau rice on the side (Mains) garlic,.onion, coriander naan bread to'dip'

Lastly, kulfi (Indian ice cream) to end the meal.

Why are most of us Irish obsessed with the Chinese take away?

Our locals chicken balls are the dogs bollox. Or so rumour has it.

Chuck Stone · 03-03-2013 02:14AM

In Ireland?

Indian.

And it's not even close.

Banjo String · 03-03-2013 02:14AM

Gbear wrote: »

I wouldn't be too generous with how healthy indian takeaways are. Heinous amounts of salt and they're cooked with massive amounts of oil - about 4-6 tbsp per portion.

Cooked at home, healthiest 'take-aways' by far though. Onion, garlic, ginger, and tomato... Can't be unhealthy!

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · 03-03-2013 02:19AM

My missus can't handle spicy food so we usually get Chinese, I do love Indian though. I live in a decent size town and there are easily 4 or 5 Chinese restaraunts to each Indian one.

gurramok · 03-03-2013 02:21AM

Indians are dearer than a Chinese, might be a factor. Also there are more Chinese takeaways around than Indian, helps Chinese popularity. Then again, the quality from either is really from experience and word of mouth.

admiralofthefleet · 03-03-2013 02:21AM

indian is far superior

chinese is disgusting

DEFTLEFTHAND · 03-03-2013 02:22AM

I prefer Indian food, I was never really a fan of Chinese cuisine.

Gbear · 03-03-2013 02:22AM

SamHall wrote: »

Cooked at home, healthiest 'take-aways' by far though. Onion, garlic, ginger, and tomato... Can't be unhealthy!

Still - if you're doing it right(from a taste point of view) a lot of oil/butter/ghee as well.

I think that healthy Chinese food suffers less from being made healthy than Indian food.

I think that the worst indians are probably better than the worst chinese.
Bad Chineses tend to be more bland, greasy and salty. Once you get towards the more up-market end of the spectrum it starts to come down more to a matter of taste.

Good Chinese is yum. Bad chinese is like going to a **** chipper.

triseke · 03-03-2013 02:22AM

Indian all the way. Can't even stomach that generic, sugary gloop that passes for "Chinese" food here.

Gbear · 03-03-2013 02:23AM

deccurley wrote: »

My missus can't handle spicy food so we usually get Chinese, I do love Indian though. I live in a decent size town and there are easily 4 or 5 Chinese restaraunts to each Indian one.

Get Kormas!:P

Generally not hot at all in any way.

suicide_circus · 03-03-2013 02:23AM

Lamb Rogan josh with pilau rice, fluffy naan bread, rieta, popadoms

or

3 in 1 with chicken's balls

hmmmm

Darkglasses · 03-03-2013 02:27AM

I love both, I'm a real pig.

Indian is normally much better food, takes much longer and generally seems to be less sh*t in it. Still love swallowing a greasy chinese takeaway all the same...

Where To · 03-03-2013 02:27AM

I like the fish and chips better from the Chinese than the Indian.

super_furry · 03-03-2013 02:27AM

Thai is clearly the answer. Kanum, Saba, Diep and the rest **** all over greasy Chinese and bland but hot Indian food.

Gbear · 03-03-2013 02:28AM

super_furry wrote: »

Thai is clearly the answer. Kanum, Saba, Diep and the rest **** all over greasy Chinese and bland but hot Indian food.

If the indian food you're eating is bland than they're doing it wrong - seriously wrong.

gurramok · 03-03-2013 02:33AM

Can we ban this thread, its making me hungry

The Barefoot Pizza Thief · 03-03-2013 02:35AM

SamHall wrote: »

Chinese or Indian?

You know, I can't decide.

Tell you what, PM me and I'll give you my Just-Eat account details and you can order me both and I'll let you know in an hour or so what the verdict is.

cournioni · 03-03-2013 02:35AM

Love Indian take away food. Very flavour some, Saag Aloo is delicious, their curries are amazing and the naan breads are tasty as hell!

After a Chinese I feel like I'm after eating the earths salt content in one sitting.

kowloon · 03-03-2013 02:37AM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

In Ireland?

Indian.

And it's not even close.

Indian food still hasn't sunk to the levels of takeaway Chinese in this country. I did have the displeasure of being asked if I wanted chips or rice with my order a while back though. So if that's any indication, it'll get there.

There are good Chinese/Thai (etc.) places though.

Ruudi_Mentari · 03-03-2013 02:40AM

Chinese is crap,

Though I doubt I ever actually had one that was genuine for instance why is the only thing I ever want which is dumplings, never ever on the menu... as for indian I wonder is Naz still open.

gurramok · 03-03-2013 02:40AM

I've never ever wasted an Indian takeaway no matter how much they put on the plate, I have with a Chinese though but that maybe due to low quality of that particular local.

Mysteriouschic · 03-03-2013 02:47AM

I'm not too fond of spicy food although the mild curries are ok. I prefer chinese food.

dd972 · 03-03-2013 02:48AM

The Chinese win this war for me, I could eat Chinese food 4-6 times a week no bother, with Indian grub I have to be in the mood for it and that only occurs 3 or 4 times a year.