it's for sure nothing like Vietnamese* Archived Message Posted by Sounder on May 17, 2022, 15:39:53, in reply to "Nope. Nor is it like Vietnamese.*" Previous Message Previous Message Previous Message https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/india-chinese-food-fusion/index.html 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