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