keltoi Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 i went to a chinese hotpot place for the first time on saturday. i was pretty disappointed after my friend's hearty recommendation... the whole place stank of raw fish, condensation was dripping on us and into our food from the ceiling and i'm not too cool with using the same chop sticks to handle raw fish, meat, chicken and then cooked fish, meat, chicken. i asked for another pair and got laughed at. all those frozen, cheap, fatty slices of meat, spam and tofu. actually apart from the king prawns the spam was the tastiest thing there. everything ends up tasting the same with the same soup and sauce combos. i left feeling hungry and slightly grossed out. i prefer to have a variety of amazing cooked dishes brought to the table to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 it's weird that most chinese places are independent shops. there's no mcdonalds of chinese food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 chinese food, though undoubtedly tasty, is dirty as fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 this felt like mcdonalds tbh. cheap and didn't fill you up. i also splashed some fine merino in greasy soup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzado Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 chinese hot pot I thought you were referring to this: http://www.techspeakblog.com/2010/01/how-can-i-access-restricted-blogs-while.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 you build the flavour yourself right? so it is your fault it was shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yegg Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I hate hot pot too, esp.when there's seafod because it always fucks up the broth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 you build the flavour yourself right? so it is your fault it was shit. we ordered everything available to us so i worked with what was there, and tried countless combinations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 I hate hot pot too, esp.when there's seafod because it always fucks up the broth. exactly. everything tasted the same after a couple of rounds. and imo boiling isn't the best way to cook seafood anyway (or anything else for that matter) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glass Plate Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 it's weird that most chinese places are independent shops. there's no mcdonalds of chinese food. Well there's the growing in size Panda Express, and Manchu Wok for corporate americanized chinese chains. There's the Lee's Sandwiches which is a great Vietnamese chain, and other chains like Sarku Japan for other asian cuisines that exist in the franchise/chain form. So maybe not quite a "McDonalds" due to the fact none of them are nearly quite as huge, but there are modified versions of asian foods that have been placed in the same structure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 why would you want to eat at an "asian food" chain though? Utterly shit food. At least with mcdonalds I have no expectations of it actually being good. Anyways, that hotpot, how could it taste bad man, look at the bowl, it's shaped like a yin-yang. That's so asian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 the one we had wasn't shaped like a yinyang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 the one we had wasn't shaped like a yinyang. Well there's your goddamn problem. It's all about the feng shui. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 i told you i was a hotpot noob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 it's weird that most chinese places are independent shops. there's no mcdonalds of chinese food. Well there's the growing in size Panda Express, and Manchu Wok for corporate americanized chinese chains. There's the Lee's Sandwiches which is a great Vietnamese chain, and other chains like Sarku Japan for other asian cuisines that exist in the franchise/chain form. So maybe not quite a "McDonalds" due to the fact none of them are nearly quite as huge, but there are modified versions of asian foods that have been placed in the same structure. Don't forget General Joe's Chopstix (their spelling) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glass Plate Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 why would you want to eat at an "asian food" chain though? Utterly shit food. At least with mcdonalds I have no expectations of it actually being good. Ask Chaosmachine, I was simply answering his pondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yegg Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 why would you want to eat at an "asian food" chain though? Utterly shit food. Sarku is delicious and so is Lee's! But really only certain dishes can translate into fast food well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 it's weird that most chinese places are independent shops. there's no mcdonalds of chinese food. Well there's the growing in size Panda Express, and Manchu Wok for corporate americanized chinese chains. There's the Lee's Sandwiches which is a great Vietnamese chain, and other chains like Sarku Japan for other asian cuisines that exist in the franchise/chain form. So maybe not quite a "McDonalds" due to the fact none of them are nearly quite as huge, but there are modified versions of asian foods that have been placed in the same structure. The very first Manchu Wok was located in my home town :) Random fact: Taco Bell is actually named after the founder, Glen Bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 why would you want to eat at an "asian food" chain though? Utterly shit food. Sarku is delicious and so is Lee's! But really only certain dishes can translate into fast food well. dumplings! (done right dumplings are amazing fast food) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 why would you want to eat at an "asian food" chain though? Utterly shit food. At least with mcdonalds I have no expectations of it actually being good. Ask Chaosmachine, I was simply answering his pondering. rhetorical question...:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Thai is the best . I think this place in Annapolis maryland called lemon grass makes the most AMAZING satay with peanut sauce. Wow is it good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 it's weird that most chinese places are independent shops. there's no mcdonalds of chinese food. Well there's the growing in size Panda Express, and Manchu Wok for corporate americanized chinese chains. There's the Lee's Sandwiches which is a great Vietnamese chain, and other chains like Sarku Japan for other asian cuisines that exist in the franchise/chain form. So maybe not quite a "McDonalds" due to the fact none of them are nearly quite as huge, but there are modified versions of asian foods that have been placed in the same structure. The very first Manchu Wok was located in my home town :) Random fact: Taco Bell is actually named after the founder, Glen Bell. who just died. I was really hoping for a Taco Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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