<strong>tonton: i've heard of a specialty from HK called Beggar's chicken?
Something eaten with a hammer or something?</strong><hr></blockquote>
The last time I was at the Hilton Hawaiian I had the Imperial Beggar's Chicken. It was the first time I had to order dinner the night before. <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[surprised]" />
[quote]Where? I'm gonna be up there in a couple weeks and I'd love to get some. (My gf is up there this year.)
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i'd go to the phoenix in chinatown, chicago. 2131 archer avenue. it's excellent. i don't know if that's where scott was refering to, but we go at least once a month. (on the weekends, it's really crowded)
I'm pretty big into Chinese food, I've grown up with it since my parents spent a year in China teaching and they've always cooked Chinese food at home. Here are my favorites:
-Dim Sum (just about anything you can get at one of those places, yum!)
-Szechwan leg of lamb
-Peking duck (we had this for Thanksgiving)
-And I'm always up for a feast of gyoza (pot stickers)... sometimes they'll just have a get together where they make hundreds of the things and feast on 'em all evening. I went to one of those once, it was great.
EDIT: Oh, best Chinese place in the Twin Cities area I've been to, for those of you around here like alcimedes, is the Princess Garden, 1665 Rice Street in St. Paul.
[quote]That's it. Very good. Little english for the wait staff. It can make ordering stuff hard. Phoenix is where all the Chinese people go for Chinese food. <hr></blockquote>
yeah...lol....see, they bring each item around from table to table in these giant steamers and they try their best to tell you what it is, and occasionally you can understand, but usually it's a crap shoot. so take a group and if you get something that you think is dreadful, you can pass it around and someone else might dig it.
General Tsao's Chicken. . . There can be only one.
I also love going to the Chinese restaurants that feature spicy food and cater to the ethnic sort and ordering the really hot shit by the number next to it. Then they serve it up to me with a goofy smile, like "ha ha white American your mouth will sear with Chinese spices," then take a few bites and ask him for some hot sauce.
I'm not sure whether u can find these in USA, but the following are deliciousssssssssss!!
1) Sambal Kang Kong
2) Chilli Crab
3) Shark's fin with crab meat
4) Drunken prawns
If u guys happen to come to Singapore, do try out these delicacies. In Singapore, our Chinese seafood restaurants are filled to capacity by American and European tourists!
<strong>General Tsao's Chicken. . . There can be only one.
I also love going to the Chinese restaurants that feature spicy food and cater to the ethnic sort and ordering the really hot shit by the number next to it. Then they serve it up to me with a goofy smile, like "ha ha white American your mouth will sear with Chinese spices," then take a few bites and ask him for some hot sauce.
Granted, I eat tabasco sandwiches. . .</strong><hr></blockquote>
i dont know man.... i am big into spicy and hot food... have a decent tolerance but i had some chinese fried chicken that was hot as hell over the holidays and it wasnt even their hottest "level"
It's all about the Singapore Mai Fun for me. Of course I'm not a shrimp fan so I get it without shrimp, but the spicier the better. My favorite Chines place in New York is Ying Chen's on 66th and Amsterdam.
i dont know man.... i am big into spicy and hot food... have a decent tolerance but i had some chinese fried chicken that was hot as hell over the holidays and it wasnt even their hottest "level"</strong><hr></blockquote>
Apparently your level isn't as high as mine, young grasshopper. When I said that I eat tabasco sandwiches, I was serious. specifically, the chipotle version, and I really load it on. I also like "Mr. Blister's Garlic Extreme" and "West Armageddon" sauces. Very tasty.
But if you're looking for brutality, it's all about "Dave's Insanity," which is the hottest all natural hot sauce available. . . I'm pretty sure that 1.2 million scovile stuff ("Satan's Blood") is artificially synthesized
I really have never heard of some of the stuff you talk about.
I guess Chinese food in the US or any other country for that matter is a little different.
For example, the Chinese food here in Rome is horrible.
So,
What is Egg Roll and Dim Sum?
By the way, Beggar's Chicken is really good.
It's cooked by wrapping a chicken in a giant lotus leaf. Like this, the fragrant smell from the leaf goes all the way into the meat.
And no, you do not eat it with a hammer.</strong><hr></blockquote>
My, U must be starved of Chinese food in Rome.
Egg rolls are something like crackers, except it is made of eggs and it is a common tibit in Chinese New year.
Dim Sum consists of a variety of side dishes and is very common in Cantonese restaurants. These dishes are usually served in wooden containers. Tonton probably has eat it before.
Its good news that egg rolls and dim sum are found in USA. Chinese food taste delicious!!
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Szechwan Shrimp in Garlic Sauce
Hunan Beef
Mongolian Beef
Mu Shu (one with the pancakes)
Oh, and I LOVE Chinese food.
<strong>I know a great place for Dim Sum in Chicago.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Where? I'm gonna be up there in a couple weeks and I'd love to get some. (My gf is up there this year.)
<strong>tonton: i've heard of a specialty from HK called Beggar's chicken?
Something eaten with a hammer or something?</strong><hr></blockquote>
The last time I was at the Hilton Hawaiian I had the Imperial Beggar's Chicken. It was the first time I had to order dinner the night before. <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[surprised]" />
It was really good.
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i'd go to the phoenix in chinatown, chicago. 2131 archer avenue. it's excellent. i don't know if that's where scott was refering to, but we go at least once a month. (on the weekends, it's really crowded)
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-Dim Sum (just about anything you can get at one of those places, yum!)
-Szechwan leg of lamb
-Peking duck (we had this for Thanksgiving)
-And I'm always up for a feast of gyoza (pot stickers)... sometimes they'll just have a get together where they make hundreds of the things and feast on 'em all evening. I went to one of those once, it was great.
EDIT: Oh, best Chinese place in the Twin Cities area I've been to, for those of you around here like alcimedes, is the Princess Garden, 1665 Rice Street in St. Paul.
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applenut, is your gf asian?</strong><hr></blockquote>
yes, taiwanese to be exact.
yeah...lol....see, they bring each item around from table to table in these giant steamers and they try their best to tell you what it is, and occasionally you can understand, but usually it's a crap shoot. so take a group and if you get something that you think is dreadful, you can pass it around and someone else might dig it.
Shrimp/Chicken Chow Mein
Pot Stickers
Szechuan(sp?) string beans
Hot yellow mustard stuff
All of this applies only if you go to a good place. At many restaurants, all this stuff tastes like horse shit.
I also love going to the Chinese restaurants that feature spicy food and cater to the ethnic sort and ordering the really hot shit by the number next to it. Then they serve it up to me with a goofy smile, like "ha ha white American your mouth will sear with Chinese spices," then take a few bites and ask him for some hot sauce.
Granted, I eat tabasco sandwiches. . .
Crispy garlic chicken at Suzi's Chinese Kitchen on South Lamar.... mmmmm....mmmm
Oranges Chicken is excellent. Gotta show love for General Tso's and Kung Pao Chicken as well.
None of this chow-mean or fried rice stuff for me, it's all about steamed rice. Hell yeah.
1) Sambal Kang Kong
2) Chilli Crab
3) Shark's fin with crab meat
4) Drunken prawns
If u guys happen to come to Singapore, do try out these delicacies. In Singapore, our Chinese seafood restaurants are filled to capacity by American and European tourists!
<strong>General Tsao's Chicken. . . There can be only one.
I also love going to the Chinese restaurants that feature spicy food and cater to the ethnic sort and ordering the really hot shit by the number next to it. Then they serve it up to me with a goofy smile, like "ha ha white American your mouth will sear with Chinese spices," then take a few bites and ask him for some hot sauce.
Granted, I eat tabasco sandwiches. . .</strong><hr></blockquote>
i dont know man.... i am big into spicy and hot food... have a decent tolerance but i had some chinese fried chicken that was hot as hell over the holidays and it wasnt even their hottest "level"
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i dont know man.... i am big into spicy and hot food... have a decent tolerance but i had some chinese fried chicken that was hot as hell over the holidays and it wasnt even their hottest "level"</strong><hr></blockquote>
Apparently your level isn't as high as mine, young grasshopper. When I said that I eat tabasco sandwiches, I was serious. specifically, the chipotle version, and I really load it on. I also like "Mr. Blister's Garlic Extreme" and "West Armageddon" sauces. Very tasty.
But if you're looking for brutality, it's all about "Dave's Insanity," which is the hottest all natural hot sauce available. . . I'm pretty sure that 1.2 million scovile stuff ("Satan's Blood") is artificially synthesized
I really have never heard of some of the stuff you talk about.
I guess Chinese food in the US or any other country for that matter is a little different.
For example, the Chinese food here in Rome is horrible.
So,
What is Egg Roll and Dim Sum?
By the way, Beggar's Chicken is really good.
It's cooked by wrapping a chicken in a giant lotus leaf. Like this, the fragrant smell from the leaf goes all the way into the meat.
And no, you do not eat it with a hammer.
<strong>Guys,
I really have never heard of some of the stuff you talk about.
I guess Chinese food in the US or any other country for that matter is a little different.
For example, the Chinese food here in Rome is horrible.
So,
What is Egg Roll and Dim Sum?
By the way, Beggar's Chicken is really good.
It's cooked by wrapping a chicken in a giant lotus leaf. Like this, the fragrant smell from the leaf goes all the way into the meat.
And no, you do not eat it with a hammer.</strong><hr></blockquote>
My, U must be starved of Chinese food in Rome.
Egg rolls are something like crackers, except it is made of eggs and it is a common tibit in Chinese New year.
Dim Sum consists of a variety of side dishes and is very common in Cantonese restaurants. These dishes are usually served in wooden containers. Tonton probably has eat it before.
Its good news that egg rolls and dim sum are found in USA. Chinese food taste delicious!!