Chinese v Indian (takeaway)

humbert · 03-03-2013 03:03AM

Can't believe you started this thread now that they're all shut for the night.

ITS_A_BADGER · 03-03-2013 03:18AM

Indian all the way!! Chicken tikka masala with pilau rice or even just an ordinary chicken curry great after a few pints or when you are hungover and just want something satisfyingly messy

Aquagakka · 03-03-2013 03:32AM

Indian.

arcius · 03-03-2013 03:37AM

Did you know that chinese food in Ireland is not actualy a real chinese food? I couldn't find a real chinese takeaway in Dublin. Nobody servs food similar to what I used to eat in China. All food from chinese takeaways are made special for european's taste. I deal a lot with chinese people and they all say there is only few restaurants in Dublin serving real chinese food (One is somewhere in or near parnell street). Plus if not chinese person wants to eat in that restaurant staff gives different food menus.

lorenzo87 · 03-03-2013 03:43AM

For me, Indian. Hands down. Fresher ingredients, tomato based sauces, yes there are high salt contents in it though, so don't be fooled thinking it is toooo healthy, but still is healthier than chinese by a long shot.

I do like chinese food too though, I like to mix it up now and again. You can't beat a good Balti or Jalfrezi though, pilau rice, naan bread and a can of Druids :-)

eyeball kid · 03-03-2013 03:59AM

I'm getting the JustEat.ie ad at the bottom of the page for this thread. Do they deliver at 3 in the morning??

Smidge · 03-03-2013 04:34AM

arcius wrote: »

Did you know that chinese food in Ireland is not actualy a real chinese food? I couldn't find a real chinese takeaway in Dublin. Nobody servs food similar to what I used to eat in China. All food from chinese takeaways are made special for european's taste. I deal a lot with chinese people and they all say there is only few restaurants in Dublin serving real chinese food (One is somewhere in or near parnell street). Plus if not chinese person wants to eat in that restaurant staff gives different food menus.

Try "Good World" on Sth Great George's St.
I'm not sure if they do take away but if you eat downstairs in the restaurant they give you the "Chinese" menu.
V.V. good, can recommend as authentic Chinese food:)

Esel · 03-03-2013 04:34AM

arcius wrote: »

.. Chinese people ... all say there is only few restaurants in Dublin serving real Chinese food (One is somewhere in or near Parnell Street).

You need to be a bit more specific here! Do you know how many Chinese restaurants there are on that section of Parnell St?

Anyway, I'm happy enough with my local Chinese take-away (or delivery, even post Celtic-Tiger...). The local Indian alternative is way more expensive, and a thing that pisses me off is that meat dishes are just that - meat and sauce -(not a single vegetable! I need my fraction of five a day. Sometimes rice is extra, too.

Also, I wonder how 'authentic' the Indian food we are talking about is?

Oranage2 · 03-03-2013 05:06AM

Esel wrote: »

You need to be a bit more specific here! Do you know how many Chinese restaurants there are on that section of Parnell St?

Anyway, I'm happy enough with my local Chinese take-away (or delivery, even post Celtic-Tiger...). The local Indian alternative is way more expensive, and a thing that pisses me off is that meat dishes are just that - meat and sauce -(not a single vegetable! I need my fraction of five a day. Sometimes rice is extra, too.

Also, I wonder how 'authentic' the Indian food we are talking about is?

I was talkin to an Indian girl girl from London, she said the curries are so much better in India then they are in England.

from what I could tell the difference is the sauces are bit different in Ireland they're a lot creamier in Ireland but in India they'd have a lot more spices, also you could get a meat dish for about 1.50 - 2e, though you'd only get 2-3 pieces of meat and with bones through it.

For me I always go for Chinese, Indians probably taste better but you really have to be in the humour for one, with Chinese they're a lot cheaper and the blandNess makes them easier to eat.

IrishEyes19 · 03-03-2013 05:29AM

indian is the probably the most unhealthiest take away you could get. packed with cream, oils, ect. I read somewhere but I'll have to recheck, its as good as days food intake apparently.

Peanut · 03-03-2013 06:24AM

Chinese takeaway is pretty vile in fairness.

If you're in Dublin, Delhi O'Deli on Moore St. do authentic Indian also for takeaway, the masala dosa for example is awesome and non-greasy.

Dynamo Roller · 03-03-2013 06:33AM

Man i love chinese but i know well its pure scrap that goes into it. If a dna test should ever be done on chinese food we'd run them all out of the country.

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 03-03-2013 06:49AM

Indians for me... can't beat a nice hot vegetable madras, and having beads of sweat rolling down your face. It's like some kind of spice orgasm. My eyelids are getting clammy just thinking about it.

arcius wrote: »

Did you know that chinese food in Ireland is not actualy a real chinese food?

I used to work with some chinese guys, they said the same. I think they found it bizarre, like we would if they served Irish currys in China.

Banjo String · 03-03-2013 08:11AM

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

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

Spicy and hot are not the same though.

Very common misconception about Indian food is that its 'too spicy' spices in Indian cuisine range from cumin (liquorice flavour) to onion seeds etc.

If you want your food from the Indian to be mild, simply ask the waiter. The chef will go easy in the chilli's or chilli powder.

SicklySweet · 03-03-2013 08:35AM

Indian for me! Love some samosas, bahji's and korma! Nom nom! And Naan bread is the biz.

I don't mind Chinese either, but if i'm ordering from a Chinese, it's a 3 in 1. Adventurous, i know :pac:

Nailz · 03-03-2013 09:24AM

Indian for me, it always has been. American/European Chinese is actually far nicer than the real deal, but not a patch on the Indian stuff, the flavours are just class, especially when you find a really good place. Tikka marinate lets the meat almost fall apart the second it's put in your mouth, delicious stuff.

greenflash · 03-03-2013 09:25AM

Chinese takeaway is gick in a tray. Disgusting slop eaten only by clueless vermin who wear tracksuits as every day clothes.

Most 'Indian' restaurants are run by Pakistanis but the food on offer is a mix of authentic Sub Continent and curries which were introduced in Colonial times. Indian used to be terrible here but they have improved greatly in recent years. Most Indian people I know tend to be vegetarian and would never go near chicken tikka massala or any of the British inventions.

Check out samosas, pakoras, biryani, tarka dal etc. Indie Spice is great and Kajaal in Malahide is excellent (and openly Pakistani) but eat in only.

The Big Red Button · 03-03-2013 09:28AM

Indian all the way. Any Chinese food I've eaten has been absolute muck.

Thread needs poll!!

SEPT 23 1989 · 03-03-2013 09:33AM

There is no competition

Chinese is slop

Lelantos · 03-03-2013 09:37AM

Esel wrote: »

You need to be a bit more specific here! Do you know how many Chinese restaurants there are on that section of Parnell St?

Anyway, I'm happy enough with my local Chinese take-away (or delivery, even post Celtic-Tiger...). The local Indian alternative is way more expensive, and a thing that pisses me off is that meat dishes are just that - meat and sauce -(not a single vegetable! I need my fraction of five a day. Sometimes rice is extra, too.

Also, I wonder how 'authentic' the Indian food we are talking about is?

Beside Checkers cabs I believe.

The Pheasant · 03-03-2013 09:48AM

Although I love both, I think Indian edges it for me. The thing hampering Chinese at the moment is that the take aways can be fairly grubby places, with staff who are concentrating on making a lot of food, fast. Rather than concentrating on the flavours. If Chinese is done properly in a good restaurant it makes the contest alot closer; that said...there's little that can beat a few onion bahjis, a chicken biryani with saffron rice and a peshwari naan! Christ I'm hungry now

Ando's Saggy Bottom · 03-03-2013 10:30AM

The vast majority of Chinese places in Ireland serve pure scutter tbh. Went to Kingsland on Dame St ( now called King Charlie's or something) for someone's birthday and it was absolute muck and crazy overpriced. The mad thing is in the few days before I had several people sing its praises and its always packed. Crazy.

Indian food is generally overpriced and full if oil and cream but at least its edible. Would opt for it given the choice any day of the week. I think Chinese take away are run by unscrupulous f*ckers who'd serve you absolutely anything laced in MSG for a few quid. Id love to see what a bit of DNA testing would throw up.

Nailz · 03-03-2013 10:38AM

arcius wrote: »

Did you know that chinese food in Ireland is not actualy a real chinese food? I couldn't find a real chinese takeaway in Dublin. Nobody servs food similar to what I used to eat in China. All food from chinese takeaways are made special for european's taste. I deal a lot with chinese people and they all say there is only few restaurants in Dublin serving real chinese food (One is somewhere in or near parnell street).

And thank fuck too, because real Chinese food is — for the most part — awful, their methods of cooking and butchering is goddamn lazy too, try eating around chopped meat with the bones left in it when your only eating apparatus is a pair of chopsticks, it's not pleasant. People give out about the fact the Chinese food at home isn't the same as the stuff in China, when the Americans and Europeans actually improved it.

dark crystal · 03-03-2013 10:44AM

greenflash wrote: »

Chinese takeaway is gick in a tray. Disgusting slop eaten only by clueless vermin who wear tracksuits as every day clothes.

Most 'Indian' restaurants are run by Pakistanis but the food on offer is a mix of authentic Sub Continent and curries which were introduced in Colonial times. Indian used to be terrible here but they have improved greatly in recent years. Most Indian people I know tend to be vegetarian and would never go near chicken tikka massala or any of the British inventions.

Check out samosas, pakoras, biryani, tarka dal etc. Indie Spice is great and Kajaal in Malahide is excellent (and openly Pakistani) but eat in only.

Only in AH would you get somebody saying something so utterly ridiculous and offensive and still get thanks for it!

As if Indian food is consumed only by the educated middle classes, who pop in after a hard day at the office for some colonial sub-continental cuisine.... It's an Indian take away ffs!

Food snobs are hilarious

0ph0rce0 · 03-03-2013 10:49AM

Gbear wrote: »

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.

Ahhh i have eaten many of that after a night out on the town, Cheap too.

Only Downside is might come across a hair or two

greenflash · 03-03-2013 10:58AM

dark crystal wrote: »

Only in AH would you get somebody saying something so utterly ridiculous and offensive and still get thanks for it!

What colour tracksuit are you wearing today?

crockholm · 03-03-2013 10:58AM

From what I understand,most of the "indian" food we get in Ireland would more likely be pakistani in origin, hence the beef jalfrezi, but an awful lot of Indian hospital staff eat their local cuisine somewhere around Georges street in Dublin.

Wembley, in London would have many Indians,and many restaurants too,though over half of them were vegetarian when I was there last

Herb Powell · 03-03-2013 11:02AM

I do prefer Indian, but I like Chinese as well. Went to a class Vietnamese restaurant in London, pretty sure it was the real deal.

Indian is usually far too expensive though.

MJ23 · 03-03-2013 11:34AM

Gloopy fart sauce and Heart attack chicken balls VERSUS Gloopy sticky stinking fart sauce with smelly onion bhaji.

Id go for the first one. Only about twice a year.

Gbear · 03-03-2013 01:03PM

Esel wrote: »

You need to be a bit more specific here! Do you know how many Chinese restaurants there are on that section of Parnell St?

Anyway, I'm happy enough with my local Chinese take-away (or delivery, even post Celtic-Tiger...). The local Indian alternative is way more expensive, and a thing that pisses me off is that meat dishes are just that - meat and sauce -(not a single vegetable! I need my fraction of five a day. Sometimes rice is extra, too.

Also, I wonder how 'authentic' the Indian food we are talking about is?

Part of the reason the sauce is so rich and thick is that generally it is made using a curry base sauce that resembles a sort of spicy vegetable soup. There's lots of vegetables in curries generally, just not whole ones.

Chinese v Indian (takeaway)

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