Rocking Wok?* Archived Message Posted by IlliniRunner on May 17, 2022, 13:40:07, in reply to "There is a place I go to that literally has a white people menu and an authentic menu*" Previous Message Previous Message this was American style Chinese food. it was still good, but not like an authentic place. those are some of my favorite places. Previous Message But I've finally come to appreciate Chinese food. Previous Message In my defense I scored a 578/600 on my Army fitness test today, so I earned this one. Also, this buffet is excellent. Best I’ve been to. I only come here like once a year and crush it. Message Thread: | This response ↓ I did the Chinese food thing again you guys - illiniranger May 17, 2022, 12:08:31 Speaking of…check out this pro… - haighter May 21, 2022, 14:26:44 Get a haircut, hippie* - opey8 May 21, 2022, 19:36:48 And get a real job* - Taz May 21, 2022, 21:16:39 Very nice* - TarheelIllini May 21, 2022, 19:24:36 awesome!* - ECEIllinois May 21, 2022, 14:52:22 David Chang did a really good episode on the history of American Chinese - Sounder May 17, 2022, 14:05:10 The Search for General Tso is also a great retrospective on American Chinese food* - Savoy May 17, 2022, 17:31:43 ate at the restaurant chain in Taiwan owned by the guy who invented general tso's chicken - ECEIllinois May 17, 2022, 17:40:03 You know what's really good? Indo-Chinese food. - ATL May 17, 2022, 15:11:33 Gobi Manchurian is probably my favorite thing to order at an Indian place* - opey8 May 17, 2022, 17:35:42 Isn't that basically Indonesian and Malaysian?* - Sounder May 17, 2022, 15:32:05 Nope. Nor is it like Vietnamese.* - ATL May 17, 2022, 15:36:42 it's for sure nothing like Vietnamese* - Sounder May 17, 2022, 15:39:53 I always get a gobi manchurian whenever I order from my favorite local Indian joint. - Tortillini May 17, 2022, 15:25:08 Missed this earlier. It really is the best* - opey8 May 17, 2022, 17:36:23 Sooooo ... Vietnamese?* - complainant May 17, 2022, 15:23:17 let's not forget Burmese food* - assassin May 17, 2022, 15:16:50 You may know it as Myanmar - Herman Blume May 17, 2022, 18:09:15 There's a pretty old, pretty good restaurant in my neighborhood... - haighter May 17, 2022, 15:13:43 wow, that would be pretty cool to try * - illiniranger May 17, 2022, 15:43:03 A coworker got panda express today and it has such a unique smell it's instantly recognizable* - longsnapper May 17, 2022, 13:47:29 Red or black and white?* - Chilango May 17, 2022, 14:26:26 We went to an enjoyable dim sum place this past weekend... - shua May 17, 2022, 13:35:28 Just tried out pok pok on Buford and thought it was amazing Thai* - CoronaTheirAss May 21, 2022, 16:11:46 I could basically eat my weight in dim sum* - Sounder May 17, 2022, 14:12:49 I've done a full 180 on "chinese food"...it only took 15 years... - haighter May 17, 2022, 13:31:05 I don’t care much for Chinese food but Thai, Vietnamese, and Indian are ace. - MC May 17, 2022, 14:07:35 Indonesian food is awesome. Amsterdam (for colonial reasons) is renowned for it.* - ATL May 17, 2022, 15:16:55 i ate Malaysian when i was in Singapore and really liked it. Also ate at an Indonesian restaurant in - illiniranger May 17, 2022, 15:42:25 There was an Indonesian place about a block from the bureau in dc. - BoCool May 21, 2022, 20:39:06 man I love Asian food - Sounder May 17, 2022, 13:40:06 i love it all, Chinese and Korean are my favorite - illiniranger May 17, 2022, 13:47:10 Have you tried Korean-Chinese? - Savoy May 17, 2022, 17:30:43 We ordered from a Korean-Chinese place for dinner 2-3 times a week when I was working in Korea - jayd May 21, 2022, 20:01:56 I had a brief fling with her between undergrad and grad school - Sounder May 17, 2022, 18:21:30 Vietnamese is my favorite, followed by Korean, then Chinese - Sounder May 17, 2022, 13:57:32 believe it or not, a really good Vietnamese pho place opened in Benton, IL (pop 7000) - illiniranger May 17, 2022, 14:11:26 I have definitely seen Vietnamese getting more main stream - Sounder May 17, 2022, 14:31:48 Japanese outside of sushi doesn't get enough credit - assassin May 17, 2022, 14:02:11 Shabu shabu, yakitori, katsu* - Chilango May 17, 2022, 14:54:26 Don’t forget yakiniku* - CWR10 May 21, 2022, 16:14:24 Okonomiyaki* - Sounder May 17, 2022, 15:10:14 ooo - assassin May 17, 2022, 15:16:15 Totally agree, izakayas are amazing - Sounder May 17, 2022, 14:08:35 Ramen in the winter? #### me up, I’m down. * - MC May 17, 2022, 14:08:12 you're getting the good stuff out there - illiniranger May 17, 2022, 13:33:29 There is a place I go to that literally has a white people menu and an authentic menu* - Sounder May 17, 2022, 13:37:42 Our local chinese place has that. It's one menu but a section called Chinese and a section called - ATL May 17, 2022, 13:54:04 Rocking Wok?* - IlliniRunner May 17, 2022, 13:40:07 Sorry, no that's not the place with two different menus* - Sounder May 17, 2022, 13:42:55 What place then? Just curious to try. Haven't found a Chinese restaurant out here that I love* - IlliniRunner May 17, 2022, 13:55:59 it's called Chiang's Gourmet, on Lake City just off the I-5 exit - Sounder May 17, 2022, 13:58:32 Thanks. I'm definitely a localvore, guess I need to expand my radius* - IlliniRunner May 17, 2022, 14:36:38 You're not wrong that the Chinese in Seattle is consistently disappointingq - Sounder May 17, 2022, 14:45:03 I've seen too many places in the U with "needs improvement" on their food safety rating - IlliniRunner May 17, 2022, 15:06:45 I honestly couldn't care less about that* - Sounder May 17, 2022, 15:35:06 yep, it's a total craphole but the food is good* - Sounder May 17, 2022, 13:42:31 there was a Chinese buffet in Salem Illinois that offered "mayonnaise chicken" - ijustkrushalot May 17, 2022, 12:20:53 There was a restaurant here called Hong Kong that served dinner rolls* - Jackie May 17, 2022, 13:58:54 Not like sushi rolls, like brown-n-serve yeast bread rolls* - Jackie May 17, 2022, 13:59:16 Sounds perfect for mayonnaise chicken sliders.* - Tortillini May 17, 2022, 14:00:36 Stusolute: any chinese buffet that offers pizza should go out of business* - Stu May 17, 2022, 12:49:19 also, any chinese place that serves sushi* - Sounder May 17, 2022, 13:36:59 Some places the sushi is decent, some places it’s bad. Not a dealbreaker for me. * - illiniranger May 17, 2022, 13:45:37 I always wonder whether ours is a sushi place that does Chinese - memyselfandillini May 17, 2022, 13:42:54 I get why they do it, but Asian places with different kinds of Asian food - Sounder May 17, 2022, 13:43:29 Why? * - Taz May 17, 2022, 13:45:24 i agree with Sounder here, usually better food if they concentrate in one thing, IMO - illiniranger May 17, 2022, 13:52:07 Any place that has more than one kind of food - Sounder May 17, 2022, 14:08:01 one close to work has Hot Wings and an assortment of Mexican dishes - TarheelIllini May 17, 2022, 13:04:33 what if it's Mayonnaise Chicken pizza? - IlliniSax05 May 17, 2022, 12:58:16 indeed* - illiniranger May 17, 2022, 12:57:18 oof * - illiniranger May 17, 2022, 12:47:47 What is the "excellent" chinese buffet you mention? My gold standard was the old Yen Ching. . - Savoy May 17, 2022, 12:16:48 this was in Carbondale. it's called Qin Guan - illiniranger May 17, 2022, 12:48:46 is it new? prob not there when I left in 05 - lcubed May 17, 2022, 12:53:20 it's been there a long time. at least a decade. it is E of the mall on that frontage road * - illiniranger May 17, 2022, 12:57:04 this was in Carbondale. it's called Qin Guan - illiniranger May 17, 2022, 12:48:41 comically non-transparent LAM attempt* - suburbanmyth May 17, 2022, 12:11:25   Searching