Favourite takeaway (and dish)?

[Badger11]

From the Indian: Chicken tikka dhansak, pilau rice, plain naan, onion bhaji.

From the Chinese: sweet and sour pork, crispy chilli beef, plain chow mein.

From the chippy: Battered jumbo, chips, mushy peas.

From the pizza place: Pepperoni with jalapenos, chicken goujons, coleslaw.

From the kebab shop: chicken shish with extra hot chilli sauce.

From the Mexican: beef burrito.

From a proper pub that isn't mucking about: cheese ploughman's.

From a small local cafe: coffee and walnut cake, latte.

From police custody: roast beef, yorkshire puddings, peas, roast potatoes, roast parsnips.

LOL

 

[becky]

From the Chinese: No3, No. 14, No.27, No.42 and a Spring Roll to start with.

 

[Part Time James]

From the Chinese: No3, No. 14, No.27, No.42 and a Spring Roll to start with.

I remember a story of a Chinese lady who, feeling amorous, declared to her husband "we can do anything you want tonight, no limits".

He replied "how about a 69?" to which she responded "I'm not cooking at this time of night".

 

[kingdowieonthewall]

try to avoid take away, but when I do:
Indian : vindaloo
chinese : beef curry n chips

Donner Kebab
Mc Ds- big Mac or double cheeseboiger.

 

[Rudi Hedman]

try to avoid take away, but when I do:
Indian : vindaloo
chinese : beef curry n chips

Donner Kebab
Mc Ds- big Mac or double cheeseboiger.

If I’ve had a few and there’s a Maccydees on the way home, it’s always a triple cheeseburger and small fries. That’s all that’s needed. Too much bread in a Big Mac and their quarter pounders are too dry.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

If I’ve had a few and there’s a Maccydees on the way home, it’s always a triple cheeseburger and small fries. That’s all that’s needed. Too much bread in a Big Mac and their quarter pounders are too dry.

I’m in Spain at the moment and the Big Macs are a proper size not the half size we get in the uk now. Much as I try not to go in one of the chain takeaways when I’m on holiday with all the nice restaurants around, we got off a boat trip right next to one and I couldn’t resist.
So basically it’s my long winded way of saying Big Macs are my favourite takeaway dish 😁

 

[Forest Hillbilly]

Devastating news. The one Indian Restaurant in our area, which had a 5 star for hygiene, has been visited again by the Council.
It's new hygiene rating is 1 star

So, I guess we're all out of Indian food, unless it's from the chilled section of the supermarket. 🙁

I have fond memories of trips to Brick Lane and Southall, having to take a carrier bag of booze in to any of the Indian restaurants, because they don't sell alcohol. 😎 👍

 

[ASCPFC]

Devastating news. The one Indian Restaurant in our area, which had a 5 star for hygiene, has been visited again by the Council.
It's new hygiene rating is 1 star

So, I guess we're all out of Indian food, unless it's from the chilled section of the supermarket. 🙁

I have fond memories of trips to Brick Lane and Southall, having to take a carrier bag of booze in to any of the Indian restaurants, because they don't sell alcohol. 😎 👍

Do you not want the authentic one star taste?

After playing local cricket for years, I realised nearly all Indian restaurants are Bangladeshi or Pakistani. I guess Pakistani restaurant just doesn't have the same market appeal. I asked owners about it and they said everyone expects it to be Indian, so they just go along with it. A Pakistani restaurant opened here but gradually became Turkish.
I also noticed a lot of the Italian restaurants are Romanian, Turkish, Greek or Albanian. They're just pandering to what they think the punter wants/ expects.

 

[Part Time James]

Devastating news. The one Indian Restaurant in our area, which had a 5 star for hygiene, has been visited again by the Council.
It's new hygiene rating is 1 star

So, I guess we're all out of Indian food, unless it's from the chilled section of the supermarket. 🙁

I have fond memories of trips to Brick Lane and Southall, having to take a carrier bag of booze in to any of the Indian restaurants, because they don't sell alcohol. 😎 👍

I have two pals that own curry restaurants and generally speaking the hygiene rating comes down to the ability to complete paperwork. Often the people completing it don't have English as a first language. Whilst high ratings are genuine, it's often a case that lower ratings aren't indicative of poor standards, rather poor paperwork. For a place that went from 5 to 1 I would definitely suspect paperwork came into play. Granted, I still wouldn't eat there, but you're not going to end up with a pube biryani.

 

[syd snot]

Chicken Madras, Mushroom Rice, Bombay spuds, Poppadoms and a good clear out apres din dins.

 

[Rudi Hedman]

I realised not so long ago that the quality of Mushroom Bhaji has gone downhill, so it’s mushroom rice instead. Saves a few quid or choose something else as well as.

 

[mezzer]

From the Chinese: No3, No. 14, No.27, No.42 and a Spring Roll to start with.

It was rumoured that when we bought Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai it was because when Venables arrived he told the board he wanted a Number 2 and a Number 6

 

[Rudi Hedman]

It was rumoured that when we bought Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai it was because when Venables arrived he told the board he wanted a Number 2 and a Number 6

2 Wongs don’t make a Wright.

 

[steeleye20]

The actual problem with excess migration from the Asian sub-continent is that I can't get a curry anywhere.

They used to be so plentiful but many have closed down.

Tesco or Sainsbury ready stuff is about it.

Most disconcerting.

🙁

 

[Badger11]

I have two pals that own curry restaurants and generally speaking the hygiene rating comes down to the ability to complete paperwork. Often the people completing it don't have English as a first language. Whilst high ratings are genuine, it's often a case that lower ratings aren't indicative of poor standards, rather poor paperwork. For a place that went from 5 to 1 I would definitely suspect paperwork came into play. Granted, I still wouldn't eat there, but you're not going to end up with a pube biryani.

We had a superb Chinese restaurant near us that we used regularly, they knew us and we got great service. It was closed down because of poor hygiene (fair enough) oddly I never had a tummy problem or heard of anyone who had.

 

[Rudi Hedman]

The actual problem with excess migration from the Asian sub-continent is that I can't get a curry anywhere.

They used to be so plentiful but many have closed down.

Tesco or Sainsbury ready stuff is about it.

Most disconcerting.

🙁

Plenty of chicken shops and bones and litter everywhere instead. Winner winner chicken dinner.

 

[chris123]

Same here.

Hottest I've ever had ( and given that I used to go to India regularly on business ) was the Phall at the Weymouth Tandoori

Aren't they often Bangladeshi?

 

[Midlands Eagle]

Hottest I've ever had ( and given that I used to go to India regularly on business ) was the Phall at the Weymouth Tandoori

When I lived in Newcastle there was a curry house that offered the challenge special and if you managed to eat it all there would be no charge. Many tried but very few managed to finish it.

I ate there several times but was never brave / stupid enough to try it and just ate "normal" curries

 

[Forest Hillbilly]

Nearly an Indian takeaway, but not quite. Our local butcher is selling marinated beef and chicken chunks. It's either Chinese spice or curry sauced. It is gorgeous stuff, that I don't feel able to compete with doing my own. 20 minutes in a pan to cook through, and food heaven.
I'm gaining a bit of weight recently, probably linked to trips to the butchers

 

[chris123]

When I lived in Newcastle there was a curry house that offered the challenge special andh if you managed to eat it all there would be no charge. Many tried but very few managed to finish it.

I ate there several times but was never brave / stupid enough to try it and just ate "normal" curries

There was a chippy in Aberdeen did something similar with their whale.