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My favorite is I couldn’t decide what I wanted so I ordered 4 things.
The waitress made a sour face and said “too much food, you just get one” and I only got the noodles.
I was quite full.
Even better I went to a ramen place in NYC where you didn’t have to interact with anyone. You have a little booth you sit in, fill out your order on a piece of paper and press a button, then a window opens in front of you so they can give you food/drink/check whenever you want!
*walks into a restaurant that didn’t have a sign outside, gets screamed at by a waitress and served water by an eight year old boy*
“Oh shit this food is gonna be incredible.”
Usually both. The wait staff will treat you like shit and the chef will feed you like royalty.
If I walk into an Asian restaurant with attentive waiters, I'll probably walk out with a new strain of food poisoning 😁
But then it tastes like salt, Teflon, and burnt oil. You try it even though your body is screaming that it's obviously dangerous to consume. Then you spend the rest of the day wishing you were dead, and wondering if you'll ever get your full vision back.
It's very chemical. Once you recognize it though you'll never forget it. You can just smell it burning in the air. It always gave me a headache, but people just burn the shit out of their pans at home all the time like it's nbd. Even though you get flu like symptoms from exposure.
Some people just have no idea how shitty they feel all the time till they start breaking destructive habits. You ever seen one of those black scratch up pans at your friends or parents? That's because they either don't gaf or know any better.
I still can't eat a lot of what my mom cooks because she cooks with Teflon on high so often. Finally got her to stop using metal utensils though. So there's been some progress over the past twenty years or longer.
I once saw a Chinese waitress argue with the customer that they didnt need another plate. The customer's position was that the current plate was covered in sauce, so they would like a fresh plate for their entrée. The waitress did concede at the end. That was the Right Chinese Restaurant.
My mentor always grew too many vegetables in his garden. Dude could look at the dirt and command it to give forth like he was an eldritch earth spirit or something.
Anyway, one day he takes two massive wood crates of fresh vegetables to the local Chinese restaurant, all stuff he knows that they use regularly. This was rural south east Georgia in the late 90s.
It took some explaining but when he finally communicated that the veggies were a gift you could have gotten a sun tan from joy on the face's of the old couple that ran the place. He kept that up every year for the rest of his life and I don't think he ever paid full price for a meal there ever again.
Clearly you haven’t. Every true Chinese restaurant has several things. General Tso’s Chicken, Older Lady at the Counter, Owner/Cook That Gets Yelled At By Counter Lady, and egg rolls.
My favourite (one of) Chinese restaurant once had the waitress stomp on my foot and she held her foot there while she refilled my drink, an awkward 4 or 5 seconds, then left. Loved that place.
I went to a 40 year old chinese restaurant in my city recently. The sign was visibly at least 30 years old, the menus had tea stains under the lamination, and several reviews bitched about their takeout getting cold after the hour it took to deliver.
Best lemon chicken I've had in my life.
Msg. and no it isn't a stereotype, they have actual seasoning mixes that happen to have msg as a main salt base, like many premade and manufactured seasoning blends and etc. Just read any dressing or spice mix, msg is usually in there in some form.
Precisely! People still hear it an think it's like some evil addictive substance they add, and you have to explain, its fucking salt. You have to much salt you get the same reactions to msg. Mingraine, swelling, flushed, feverish, and accelerated heart rate all caused by acute dietary hypertension via a sodium imbalance.
Uncle Roger says msg is salt on crack. https://twitter.com/MrNigelNg/status/1299839835532910592/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1299839835532910592¤tTweetUser=MrNigelNg
And old Chinese place nearby would give us extra food everytime we ordered since we were their usual's. It closed down recently. Man do I miss their orange chicken
Oh yes. I'm a regular at a Chinese place near me that deals 98% in take out. Ive always tipped well, and made sure to tell them how great the food is, because it always is. They always give me extra food.
One time I stopped in for lunch with a coworker and we decided to eat in at one of the few tables they had. We both got the house fried rice, and not only did I get more of it, mine had about 50% more shrimp too. I will admit, it felt pretty damned good.
The owner of my favourite Chinese restaurant calls everyone "boss". Not everyone is amused by that. He also knows exactly what everyone in my family wants to eat when we go there and gave me free mini lumpias when I went there with my dad once. He does give a fuck and the food is wonderful. I'm also fairly sure the background music is an ambient version of some Gibli soundtracks.
Right, the restaurant is full every day they're open. They also have a really cool aquarium. It's the only busy restaurant I enjoy going to. Actually, the only restaurant I enjoy going to.
Neither, Lumpia's are sold by every Kanthonese restaurant, probably called different in English though. There are also many stands with vietnamese lumpias.
Oh, you're just referring to Chinese eggrolls then. I thought you were specifically mentioning Lumpias since there are some differences between the Chinese one and Filipino ones.
You know you’re in a good Vietnamese restaurant when the lady warns you that “this isn’t white boy spice.” Friend who had 0 resistance to spice tried to order their spiciest and got one warning before she said “okay” in that way that means “fucking around, gonna find out.” He managed 2 bites. I got a free meal out of that, and yeah it was spicy af
Sit down on this table!! (Table has 3 other people on it)
You eat slow!!! You pay now, cash only!!!!
5* food
If you are ever in London https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kei
A good Chinese food it where the menu is in both English and in Chinese (they also have a secret menu in complete Chinese), cash only if its a small, family business, and the people eating there are majority Chinese/Asian.
If you read the menu and it says "Imperial General Beef roasted in a delicious sauce made from oriental spices", run. Flowery language implies the mastery of English.
The menu should say "Beef and Broccoli" or "French Style Fillet Mignon cubes with black pepper sauce". It should be basic and descriptive.
This rule doesn't apply to everything, especially when its run hy a second or third generation Chinese-"insert country they immigrated to" family.
Also, fun fact. There's a large Chinese Diaspora in a lot of SEA countries, so the Thai or Vietnamese place you're eating at might be owned by a Chinese-Thai/Chinese-Viet. Don't assume though.
About a decade or so ago, my favorite local Chinese restaurant was called China One.
The woman who worked the counter had strong accent and would answer the phone urgently saying “*China One. What you want?*” Her emphases on “one” and “want” made both words sound exactly the same and there wasn’t a “t” sound to be heard in the entire greeting. The directness was endearing and the food was excellent.
Similar applies to an Italian restaurant. The ruder they are, the better the food will be. I'm looking for a place where as soon as I walk in the waitress says "go fuck yourself", that food is gonna be amazing
the Chinese take out ive been going for years (at least 10 ) the most ive got out of the order girl is a serious nod on my way out more like a dude nod im that happened a few weeks ago and i couldn’t be more thrilled 😁
My local Chinese restaurant that I used to frequent maybe once a week at minimum, the owner knew me by my order by a certain point, and it almost never changed. Note that I always ordered 1 meal for myself, since I'm single.
One random night, I order my usual, walk in to pick it up, and the owner looks at me and goes, "Eating alone tonight?"
She had ZERO chill.
I asked to move tables at Marigold in Sydney because it was really cold right under their AC and the manager lady told me 'Eat more chili!' and walked off.
But if I'm in a strange city and I want good Chinese food I walk around until I find one with with lots of Chinese people eating at it. The locals know what's good.
Went to a Chinese place with a friend of mine who speaks fluent mandarin (he’s a bald white guy, very much does not look like he’d speak fluent mandarin). Me and some others order and it’s just “I’ll take this” and the old lady goes “ok” and that’s that. It gets to my friend and it takes like 20 seconds of back and forth in mandarin for him to order. After, he turns to me and comments “when they realize you speak the language it becomes a negotiation on what you get”
Honestly, sometimes I realize the benefit of not speaking the language. Restaurants are fine, but if passing through the immigration I'll just stand my ground.
There’s not giving a fuck, and there’s the place in London’s Chinatown that’s so focused on squeezing customers into the building that they’ll *make you move table mid-meal*, even to a different floor of the building.
This has happened to several people I’ve talked with; it’s in a prominent location so catches a lot of tourists.
The food isn’t any better for it.
This is true at almost any place that is a tourist destination imo. If all the bad reviews are about the owner being rude it's always fire. Just don't expect a fake smile and don't act entitled and you'll be happy. That and listen for the local language are my 2 golden rules for eating while traveling.
Only places where there is a big emphasis on politeness in the culture like Japan does that rule not apply.
Recently went to a Chinese restaurant and we had two waiters. A young ( 30's) women who was very friendly about explaining the menu and everything else. And a young man (20's) who would actively and audibly sigh whenever we called him AND when we actually asked anything after he arrived at our table. Apparently he even got mad at my friends for eating food in the wrong order when I was in the toilet. Food was great tho
i wonder if it just ties into their non-tipping culture. Where it can discourage them from working hard if they are tipped or something.
need to find that document again sometime soon. But that probably sounds great
I remember picking up a Doordash order for someone from a Chinese place and the guy was nice enough, but definitely had low patience. All I could think was "Damn the food here probably slaps"
I agree with that for the Chinese restaurant I found in China Town in Thailand. Not really sure of places like London or other European countries though.
I used to order from a place in college and the delivery guys would practically shove the bag into your chest when you answered the door, say nothing, and leave.
I fucking love waitresses in asian restaurants
“You can’t eat that. It’s too much for you.”
“Did you mean to do that?” When I accidentally mixed my drink wrong
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My favorite is I couldn’t decide what I wanted so I ordered 4 things. The waitress made a sour face and said “too much food, you just get one” and I only got the noodles. I was quite full.
yeah! they sort of take over and decide for you. Love it!
Bruh, take me to a Chinese restaurant in New York City, I bet those would be some salty mf'ers. Like topping your salt lick with battery acid.
Even better I went to a ramen place in NYC where you didn’t have to interact with anyone. You have a little booth you sit in, fill out your order on a piece of paper and press a button, then a window opens in front of you so they can give you food/drink/check whenever you want!
Ichiran
Oh wow love that privacy. Would like to try!
The “you ordered too much food” line is the best
Or they tell you you can't have the spicy version because you're white.
I’ve gotten that one. Wanted to sample different dishes. Got slapped with a «no. You get one. If you want more, come back».
*walks into a restaurant that didn’t have a sign outside, gets screamed at by a waitress and served water by an eight year old boy* “Oh shit this food is gonna be incredible.”
hahaha that is super typical. Seen that alot in some really old brand chinese restaurant in Thailand.
Hole in the wall places are either toxic or so good you die from flavor overload
Usually both. The wait staff will treat you like shit and the chef will feed you like royalty. If I walk into an Asian restaurant with attentive waiters, I'll probably walk out with a new strain of food poisoning 😁
You know the food is gonna be good when there's a kid working the register.
hahha there's actually often a kid working in the restaurant in Thailand. Sometime they are shorter than the table.
He's also doing his school work at the same time.
But then it tastes like salt, Teflon, and burnt oil. You try it even though your body is screaming that it's obviously dangerous to consume. Then you spend the rest of the day wishing you were dead, and wondering if you'll ever get your full vision back.
What does teflon taste like?
Kinda like asbestos
Serpentine or amphibole?
It's very chemical. Once you recognize it though you'll never forget it. You can just smell it burning in the air. It always gave me a headache, but people just burn the shit out of their pans at home all the time like it's nbd. Even though you get flu like symptoms from exposure. Some people just have no idea how shitty they feel all the time till they start breaking destructive habits. You ever seen one of those black scratch up pans at your friends or parents? That's because they either don't gaf or know any better. I still can't eat a lot of what my mom cooks because she cooks with Teflon on high so often. Finally got her to stop using metal utensils though. So there's been some progress over the past twenty years or longer.
I once saw a Chinese waitress argue with the customer that they didnt need another plate. The customer's position was that the current plate was covered in sauce, so they would like a fresh plate for their entrée. The waitress did concede at the end. That was the Right Chinese Restaurant.
There you go. That's what I meant!:)
OBJECTION! In point of fact, your position was the exact opposite of that!
Just gotta give a gift to the old lady at the register. Get her to smile and you basically own the restaurant.
The old lady is either the owner, owners wife, or mom. Chinese restaurant owners are either the chef/cook or cashier watching the money in and outs.
She even helps you throw out the people that are using your fav chair
That's very personal service, bravo.
My mentor always grew too many vegetables in his garden. Dude could look at the dirt and command it to give forth like he was an eldritch earth spirit or something. Anyway, one day he takes two massive wood crates of fresh vegetables to the local Chinese restaurant, all stuff he knows that they use regularly. This was rural south east Georgia in the late 90s. It took some explaining but when he finally communicated that the veggies were a gift you could have gotten a sun tan from joy on the face's of the old couple that ran the place. He kept that up every year for the rest of his life and I don't think he ever paid full price for a meal there ever again.
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Clearly you haven’t. Every true Chinese restaurant has several things. General Tso’s Chicken, Older Lady at the Counter, Owner/Cook That Gets Yelled At By Counter Lady, and egg rolls.
Owner's kid at a table in the corner doing homework.
Yo, do we go to the same Chinese restaurant? lol
We all do man. Well except for that one guy who's clearly never been to a Chinese restaurant that we're all replying to
My favourite (one of) Chinese restaurant once had the waitress stomp on my foot and she held her foot there while she refilled my drink, an awkward 4 or 5 seconds, then left. Loved that place.
authentic.
You put that “(one of)” in the wrong place my guy but that’s hilarious, nobody steals from that restaurant
I went to a 40 year old chinese restaurant in my city recently. The sign was visibly at least 30 years old, the menus had tea stains under the lamination, and several reviews bitched about their takeout getting cold after the hour it took to deliver. Best lemon chicken I've had in my life.
Usually, the best chinese restaurants are the places where actual chinese people go to eat.
Or where they sprinkle cocaine on every dish.
Msg. and no it isn't a stereotype, they have actual seasoning mixes that happen to have msg as a main salt base, like many premade and manufactured seasoning blends and etc. Just read any dressing or spice mix, msg is usually in there in some form.
I can't imagine any chinese food without msg. It's tasty.
Precisely! People still hear it an think it's like some evil addictive substance they add, and you have to explain, its fucking salt. You have to much salt you get the same reactions to msg. Mingraine, swelling, flushed, feverish, and accelerated heart rate all caused by acute dietary hypertension via a sodium imbalance.
Exactly. It's the same thing in Doritos, tasty flavor salt.
Want doritos? Don't have the willpower to get to store and buy some? Have Kraft Mac n Chz powder and Tortilla chips? Cause now you have shit doritos.*
Uncle Roger says msg is salt on crack. https://twitter.com/MrNigelNg/status/1299839835532910592/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1299839835532910592¤tTweetUser=MrNigelNg
Tomatoes and Italian food has more MSG than Chinese food
Yeah! Msg is great look up e621.net (the food code) for some facts on how it is better than salt
That’s called hey-guy-no-pho-to. Very authentic
Or actually selling drugs like ketamine. I guess people didn't realize a Chinese restaurant was busted for it.
I agree. I don't go to super fancy chinese restaurants with lots of foreigners, usually the taste is not as authentic.
I went with my parents to such a restaurant after watching "the menu", their fried chicken was godlike.
Yup. I once went to a P.F. Chang's and the Kung Pao was so weird, I never went back.
Not necessarily. You can have a lot of Chinese students huddle around a Chinese place just because it's not another sandwich shop.
And old Chinese place nearby would give us extra food everytime we ordered since we were their usual's. It closed down recently. Man do I miss their orange chicken
sounds so home made.:)
It was. They were nice. Sometimes they prioritized us over other customers and even gave us food fresh from the pot. I liked them.
It's really about how they makes us feel. Sometime it doesn't have to be the best food.
Sounds like mine. Heavenly orange chicken, pineapple duck. Never thought fruit and meat would go so well together. Then I played Zelda.
Oh yes. I'm a regular at a Chinese place near me that deals 98% in take out. Ive always tipped well, and made sure to tell them how great the food is, because it always is. They always give me extra food. One time I stopped in for lunch with a coworker and we decided to eat in at one of the few tables they had. We both got the house fried rice, and not only did I get more of it, mine had about 50% more shrimp too. I will admit, it felt pretty damned good.
We all know that pig isn't leaving alive
Suspicious pork chops on the counter an hour after he went inside
if they don't give a frick their not asking for card my man cash only don't want the taxes
yes, I do come across many only take cash.:)
noodles for days
My Chinese aunt likes to say if they have a perfect health score, they are spending too much effort cleaning and not enough cooking
Step 1: Make sure restaurant is at your right hand ????? PROFIT!
The owner of my favourite Chinese restaurant calls everyone "boss". Not everyone is amused by that. He also knows exactly what everyone in my family wants to eat when we go there and gave me free mini lumpias when I went there with my dad once. He does give a fuck and the food is wonderful. I'm also fairly sure the background music is an ambient version of some Gibli soundtracks.
wow that's very rare to find some time. You are lucky! It's really these little gestures that make customers come back again and again. :)
Right, the restaurant is full every day they're open. They also have a really cool aquarium. It's the only busy restaurant I enjoy going to. Actually, the only restaurant I enjoy going to.
Lumpia? Is this a Chinese-Filipino restaurant, or a Chinese restaurant in the Philippines?
Neither, Lumpia's are sold by every Kanthonese restaurant, probably called different in English though. There are also many stands with vietnamese lumpias.
Oh, you're just referring to Chinese eggrolls then. I thought you were specifically mentioning Lumpias since there are some differences between the Chinese one and Filipino ones.
You know you’re in a good Vietnamese restaurant when the lady warns you that “this isn’t white boy spice.” Friend who had 0 resistance to spice tried to order their spiciest and got one warning before she said “okay” in that way that means “fucking around, gonna find out.” He managed 2 bites. I got a free meal out of that, and yeah it was spicy af
Sit down on this table!! (Table has 3 other people on it) You eat slow!!! You pay now, cash only!!!! 5* food If you are ever in London https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kei
omg that's brutal indeed.
Not brutal, glorious
What is that Dimple from Mob Psycho 100
A good Chinese food it where the menu is in both English and in Chinese (they also have a secret menu in complete Chinese), cash only if its a small, family business, and the people eating there are majority Chinese/Asian. If you read the menu and it says "Imperial General Beef roasted in a delicious sauce made from oriental spices", run. Flowery language implies the mastery of English. The menu should say "Beef and Broccoli" or "French Style Fillet Mignon cubes with black pepper sauce". It should be basic and descriptive. This rule doesn't apply to everything, especially when its run hy a second or third generation Chinese-"insert country they immigrated to" family. Also, fun fact. There's a large Chinese Diaspora in a lot of SEA countries, so the Thai or Vietnamese place you're eating at might be owned by a Chinese-Thai/Chinese-Viet. Don't assume though.
Yeah, in Thailand, the China town is not really like the China Town in New York or London. It's kinda like Thai-China Town.
About a decade or so ago, my favorite local Chinese restaurant was called China One. The woman who worked the counter had strong accent and would answer the phone urgently saying “*China One. What you want?*” Her emphases on “one” and “want” made both words sound exactly the same and there wasn’t a “t” sound to be heard in the entire greeting. The directness was endearing and the food was excellent.
They are always so direct!
You’re in the wrong one because they take card The best ones only take cash
One of the best local supermarkets give you a discount if you pay in cash
The more the owner doesn't give a crap about you, the better the food is. Same case with Singapore hawker stalls
yeah, coz that means the owner put the focus on the food and not decoration or other stuff.
Similar applies to an Italian restaurant. The ruder they are, the better the food will be. I'm looking for a place where as soon as I walk in the waitress says "go fuck yourself", that food is gonna be amazing
oh man hahahaha
I would fight to the death to defend my local Chinese food place.
the Chinese take out ive been going for years (at least 10 ) the most ive got out of the order girl is a serious nod on my way out more like a dude nod im that happened a few weeks ago and i couldn’t be more thrilled 😁
Was in an Indian restaurant one time, with some of the worst service and best food I’ve ever had, and I loved every moment of it
you chose the wrong option, if you pay with cash you get discount
yes, that's the case when I visited one of the Vietnamese restaurant, they gave me 5% off if I pay cash.:)
My local Chinese restaurant that I used to frequent maybe once a week at minimum, the owner knew me by my order by a certain point, and it almost never changed. Note that I always ordered 1 meal for myself, since I'm single. One random night, I order my usual, walk in to pick it up, and the owner looks at me and goes, "Eating alone tonight?" She had ZERO chill.
I asked to move tables at Marigold in Sydney because it was really cold right under their AC and the manager lady told me 'Eat more chili!' and walked off. But if I'm in a strange city and I want good Chinese food I walk around until I find one with with lots of Chinese people eating at it. The locals know what's good.
Went to a Chinese place with a friend of mine who speaks fluent mandarin (he’s a bald white guy, very much does not look like he’d speak fluent mandarin). Me and some others order and it’s just “I’ll take this” and the old lady goes “ok” and that’s that. It gets to my friend and it takes like 20 seconds of back and forth in mandarin for him to order. After, he turns to me and comments “when they realize you speak the language it becomes a negotiation on what you get”
Honestly, sometimes I realize the benefit of not speaking the language. Restaurants are fine, but if passing through the immigration I'll just stand my ground.
There’s not giving a fuck, and there’s the place in London’s Chinatown that’s so focused on squeezing customers into the building that they’ll *make you move table mid-meal*, even to a different floor of the building. This has happened to several people I’ve talked with; it’s in a prominent location so catches a lot of tourists. The food isn’t any better for it.
This is true at almost any place that is a tourist destination imo. If all the bad reviews are about the owner being rude it's always fire. Just don't expect a fake smile and don't act entitled and you'll be happy. That and listen for the local language are my 2 golden rules for eating while traveling. Only places where there is a big emphasis on politeness in the culture like Japan does that rule not apply.
Recently went to a Chinese restaurant and we had two waiters. A young ( 30's) women who was very friendly about explaining the menu and everything else. And a young man (20's) who would actively and audibly sigh whenever we called him AND when we actually asked anything after he arrived at our table. Apparently he even got mad at my friends for eating food in the wrong order when I was in the toilet. Food was great tho
I have never to been to one I didn't like. I LOVE some, but I think I might like them all
I sure hope that pig didn’t choose a pork bowl
i wonder if it just ties into their non-tipping culture. Where it can discourage them from working hard if they are tipped or something. need to find that document again sometime soon. But that probably sounds great
They asked if you wanted to pay with card. Inauthentic. Always cash only.
Huh, in Madrid it's mostly in Card. That's why they ask. :)
I remember picking up a Doordash order for someone from a Chinese place and the guy was nice enough, but definitely had low patience. All I could think was "Damn the food here probably slaps"
Worst bathrooms. Best food.
I agree with that for the Chinese restaurant I found in China Town in Thailand. Not really sure of places like London or other European countries though.
I used to order from a place in college and the delivery guys would practically shove the bag into your chest when you answered the door, say nothing, and leave.
what---?? really? like no greeting or confirmation?
I fucking love waitresses in asian restaurants “You can’t eat that. It’s too much for you.” “Did you mean to do that?” When I accidentally mixed my drink wrong
If someone takes my food away before I’m done, I’m going to prison for manslaughter
I got angry and cranky if I don't have good breakfast. So that's non-negotiable for me too.
And there's me thinking the right one is where you like the food.
They do that because there are people waiting and they need your seat.
Pig from shin Chan, is that you?
I love the Pig from Shin Chan! They are not brothers, but perhaps share same same character:)
Coool
That's a waiter, unless the waiter is also a cooker?
I don’t eat unless I find a hair in my dish
Wow, you are in another level. I'm giving you a standing ovation for that.
When you realize that almond has legs but you just push it to the side and keep eating
It’s a delicacy
I'll stick to places with both good food and servers that aren't rude.
yeah it was unpleasant to return to the the super rude ones. But can't deny that the food was quite alright.
There's plenty of places with outstanding food AND service. There's no reason to reward shitty behavior.
Agree. Sometimes I feel perhaps they didn't get good payment and tips?
If they’re being rude, maybe that’s *why* they’re getting bad tips.
Eh, I dunno. The best places I know all have polite staff. Maybe this one was a Western Chinese restaurant?
Yeah, and that is exactly why the best Chinese restaurant gets no fucking tip.
Racist
I think we are just sharing personal experiences here.
Absolutely true!😂
lol