the official mrswdk "china this, china that" thread

by **riskllama** on Mon Jun 29, 2015 12:56 am

finally, a place just for mrs and her beloved china. feel free to post any and all china related greatness here, mrs...
*other posters can also post in here too, but only when mrs derails a thread by turning it into a steaming bowl of wontons*
go!

by **GoranZ** on Mon Jun 29, 2015 1:13 am

riskllama wrote:finally, a place just for mrs and her beloved china. feel free to post any and all china related greatness here, mrs...
*other posters can also post in here too, but only when mrs derails a thread by turning it into a steaming bowl of wontons*
go!

mrswdk wrote:lolwat

mrswdk wrote:Well then her original point still stands.

by **waauw** on Mon Jun 29, 2015 4:38 am

What do you call a chinese dwarf?
Tai Ni!

by **khazalid** on Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:04 am

the corners of my mouth upturned slightly waauw, well done.

by **notyou2** on Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:23 am

Chicken balls with pineapple sauce....yumm

by **KoolBak** on Mon Jun 29, 2015 9:42 am

Cream of Sum Yung Gurl Soup!

by **mrswdk** on Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:41 am

Wontons suck.

Now if you said 'a steaming bowl of chicken hearts', we might have a deal.

by **tzor** on Mon Jun 29, 2015 1:04 pm

riskllama wrote:*other posters can also post in here too, but only when mrs derails a thread by turning it into a steaming bowl of wontons*

The waiter turned to the lady and said, "Would you like wonton soup?"

"Oh no," she replied. "I'm on a diet and I need to eat 'light.' Six ounces are enough for me."

by **notyou2** on Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:49 pm

Thai food is SOOOOO much better than Chinese.

by **mrswdk** on Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:46 pm

notyou2 wrote:I've eaten Green Curry a couple of times and it was tasty.

by **notyou2** on Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:59 am

You sure like to change my posts. Apparently I am really good at getting under your skin.

by **khazalid** on Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:16 am

to be fair, the edit was probably accurate, wasn't it?

by **Serbia** on Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:19 am

notyou2 wrote:Thai food is SOOOOO much better than Chinese.

This has been my experience. To be fair, however, I'm comparing what amounts to Chinese-American takeout and Thai-American takeout. The best Chinese dinner I had was in Toronto's Chinatown, and it was absolutely delicious, better than any East-Asian dish I've ever had. Peking Duck. I'd go back to Toronto just for that food. Calling the food we get in most Chinese restaurants "authentic Chinese" is probably like calling Olive Garden "authentic Italian".

We get Thai once a week. I can't remember the last time we got Chinese.

Bollocks.

by **notyou2** on Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:33 am

Serbia wrote:
notyou2 wrote:Thai food is SOOOOO much better than Chinese.

This has been my experience. To be fair, however, I'm comparing what amounts to Chinese-American takeout and Thai-American takeout. The best Chinese dinner I had was in Toronto's Chinatown, and it was absolutely delicious, better than any East-Asian dish I've ever had. Peking Duck. I'd go back to Toronto just for that food. Calling the food we get in most Chinese restaurants "authentic Chinese" is probably like calling Olive Garden "authentic Italian".

We get Thai once a week. I can't remember the last time we got Chinese.

Bollocks.

I echo this except it was San Francisco's China Town.

by **notyou2** on Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:34 am

khazalid wrote:to be fair, the edit was probably accurate, wasn't it?

Umm...I think I have had green curry (yellow and red many times). Is green Chinese? I thought I had it in a Thai restaurant though.

by **WingCmdr Ginkapo** on Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:35 am

notyou2 wrote:
Serbia wrote:
notyou2 wrote:Thai food is SOOOOO much better than Chinese.

This has been my experience. To be fair, however, I'm comparing what amounts to Chinese-American takeout and Thai-American takeout. The best Chinese dinner I had was in Toronto's Chinatown, and it was absolutely delicious, better than any East-Asian dish I've ever had. Peking Duck. I'd go back to Toronto just for that food. Calling the food we get in most Chinese restaurants "authentic Chinese" is probably like calling Olive Garden "authentic Italian".

We get Thai once a week. I can't remember the last time we got Chinese.

Bollocks.

I echo this except it was San Francisco's China Town.

Ladies and Gentlemen China's impact upon the world.

by **khazalid** on Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:01 am

notyou2 wrote:
khazalid wrote:to be fair, the edit was probably accurate, wasn't it?

Umm...I think I have had green curry (yellow and red many times). Is green Chinese? I thought I had it in a Thai restaurant though.

i think the point being made was in reference to the breadth of food you may have sampled. for most people, green curry = thai; sweet and sour chicken balls = chinese.

how and ever...

green curry is possibly thai, although the origins of most asian cuisines are sketchy at best (mongolia being one notable exception, given that nobody else has attempted to claim mutton, potatoes and salt milk tea as their own). that ubiquitously 'thai' dish - pad thai, for instance (and the noodle, in general), was almost certainly introduced by chinese merchants / immigrants / castaways as thailand had always been a rice country. the addition of lime, galangal, lemongrass and coconut milk were likely a symbiosis of local flavour and international staple.

that aside, china is an enormous place of billions of people, and food varies widely from region to region and amongst different cultures and ethnicities. you can get anything here from barbecued snake to monkey brain, and some normal, non-rancid shit in between. some of it is pretty darn good, and unlike anything 'chinese' i'd eaten previously in the west.

by **tzor** on Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:04 am

notyou2 wrote:Thai food is SOOOOO much better than Chinese.

Yes, but for someone with peanut allergies, Thai food is like strolling through a mine field. Yes you can do it without blowing yourself up, but one wrong step.