Chinese Takeaway suggestions please

[KidKruger]

Ideally based on recent experience.

Thanks in advance, etc.

[Louisa]

For me Hong Hong, Grove Vale all the way. Really nice people, I've known the older lady for over 20 years now. The food is delicious and always on time, good value for money. The best bit is they often do things you might not see on the menu too. Small and large containers available. Free prawn crackers with orders over ?10 I believe.

Louisa.

[rendelharris]

Louisa Wrote:

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> For me Hong Hong, Grove Vale all the way. Really

> nice people, I've known the older lady for over 20

> years now. The food is delicious and always on

> time, good value for money. The best bit is they

> often do things you might not see on the menu too.

> Small and large containers available. Free prawn

> crackers with orders over ?10 I believe.

>

> Louisa.

Seconded, lovely food, very accommodating to any special dietary requests, friendly, quick and good value. Couldn't be better!

[DulwichFox]

Hong Hong is the best by far..

Quick friendly service. Good honest Chinese food..

DulwwichFox

[Jeremy]

Hong Hong is good for your typical British-style, old-school takeaway experience.

Wuli Wuli is decent for Sichuan dishes or Noodles... if you order sweet & sour or crispy duck, you might be disappointed.

Silk Rd if you're willing to go and collect.

Nothing else I've tried locally...

[titch juicy]

Oriental Star on Upland Road has always been good.

Mr Liu on Lordship Lane isn't bad either.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Hong Hong for me.

[KidKruger]

.....and Hong Hong it was.

Had wide variety of dishes to share amongst several folks.

Most dishes OK, all hot when collected and friendly to boot.

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The takeaway on Upland was the place I would have otherwise used - but fancied a change, which required advice from your good selves.

Thanks all for tips.

Burp...

[TheArtfulDogger]

Mr liu is excellent and always quick to deliver

I find the oriental star a bit too garlicy and the chicken tastes processed (my opinion )

I do miss yee wah and even found one of their menus in the draw this week...

[Louisa]

Glad you enjoyed KK. I would recommend the prawn toast slices with lemon wedges. It's making me feel hungry even now as I type! All their prawn dishes are exceptional (in a British Chinese take away tradition sense).

Louisa.

[DovertheRoad]

Is there potential to gentrify chinese food?

[Jeremy]

DovertheRoad Wrote:

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> Is there potential to gentrify chinese food?

Depends what you mean... plenty of Chinese restaurants in central London with eye-watering prices...

[Seabag]

DovertheRoad Wrote:

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> Is there potential to gentrify chinese food?

Hook Lee Fook in HK

So I'm told, bloody hipsters have taken over

[Jeremy]

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> Hook Lee Fook in HK

Yep - but I think it's actually called Ho Le Fook (gettit?)

[Seabag]

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> Yep - but I think it's actually called Ho Le Fook

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Did I really write Hook Lee Fook ?

I blame spell check

[KidKruger]

There is this sense that with 'Chinese' food in this country we're being fobbed-off pretty badly with run-of-the-mill mush.

Like Jeremy said, it's a formula and most of us just accept it and buy it. Silk Road made me realise how much shite we're palmed-off with by 'traditional' Chinese establishments.

[edcam]

Silk Road is amazing. I haven't eaten bog standard "British Chinese" food since finding it.

[Seabag]

I quite like the Hong Kong style Chinese food

I see plenty of Chinese people eating at Royal China on Sunday on Canary Wharf

Other than that I'm quite keen on Chilli Cool, but that's not local

[Jeremy]

Yeah, I still fancy the typical Cantonese-type stuff sometimes.. sweet & sour pork, salt & chilli squid, etc. There are a handful of places that do it quite well, e.g. Royal China, Phoenix Palace, etc. And dim sum too (locally Hong Kong City is OK... and actually quite reminiscent of a typical neighbourhood HK joint).

Silk Rd is v good, but to be fair Xinjiang is a completely different style of food so direct comparison to your favourite Chinese takeaway doesn't really stack up.

[KidKruger]

Yeah the food from trad Cantonese takeaways and Silk Road are not comparable in reality, but my point was about genuine / lifelike food. One has the goods while the other (regardless of region of origin within China) has a bastardised normalised version of 'something'.

In a way it's like me comparing Everest in Lewisham (a Tamil cafe, which I've yet to promote in Lounge) v a bog-standard Bangadeshi run 'Indian' restaurant.

[Jeremy]

Yeah, one of the guys at work is always going on about Everest... really need to try it soon.

[KidKruger]

There's a few similar down that way Jeremy, but I've not got past Everest yet - still working through their offerings.

The veggie 'pie' is great, veda is fine, roti (when available) is good, biriyani is good, next I'll try fish 'pie' and further curries.

They do a 'veggie plate' and 'meat plate' which are both a plate of rice with various curries of your choice slapped on.

There are like 20 curries to choose from, including crab. It's all pre-made, canteen style.

[Jeremy]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> It's all pre-made, canteen style.

Better that than cooked to order - using exactly the same base gravy.