When you go to a Chinese restaurant, what do you order?

I am curious. When you fellow SD'ers dine in a Chinese restaurant (no, Panda Express doesn't count!), what do you order? Typical sweet and sour pork, General Tso's Chicken?

Cream of sum yung gai

Quote from kdt : Cream of sum yung gai

You eat that a lot, don't you?

Do you use chopsticks, a spoon, or do you just like it dumped on your face?

I can count the times I've sat down at a strictly-Chinese restaurant (rather than getting takeout or delivery) on one hand.

Mostly it's Asian bistros or places like PF Chang's which features a variety of Asian dishes. In which case I'm generally a pad thai, drunken noodles, or crispy duck kind of guy.

But IIRC when I did go to a Chinese-only type place, it was beef with broccoli or sweet & sour pork. And egg rolls of course.

chicken fingers
fries
beef fried rice
chicken chow mein

Quote from z2g : You eat that a lot, don't you? Do you use chopsticks, a spoon, or do you just like it dumped on your face?

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Lemon Chicken, 1/2 Rice 1/2 Chow mien for me.

I was curious because I know a lot of Americans only try the typical dishes. However, from what I've seen when I've taken non-Asian friends out to Chinese joints, they really like the non-traditional stuff that my family and friends order. And, a lot of it isn't really even "exotic" or "adventurous".

I swore off chinese restaurants. Too much damn oil and sodium.

Until three years ago you wouldn't get me to eat Thai food if you paid me. It looked like Klingon food to me! I tried some pad thai though & got hooked.

I always order too much so that I have leftovers, which I don't take home.

Quote from veritableqndry : Until three years ago you wouldn't get me to eat Thai food if you paid me. It looked like Klingon food to me! I tried some pad thai though & got hooked.

Oh man, I LOVE Thai food. You should try the Pad See Ew or Drunken noodles. Very common Thai dishes that everyone loves. Have you had the different Thai curries or soups?

Quote from veritableqndry : Until three years ago you wouldn't get me to eat Thai food if you paid me. It looked like Klingon food to me! I tried some pad thai though & got hooked.

Too bad they stopped making good Thai food in 2007.



I've been to one Thai restaurant in my life...and I had the bbq chicken.

Hot and Sour soup or Wonton soup then one of the following...
Mu Shu Pork
Crispy Duck
Lo Mein (either chicken or seafood)

Eggplant and ground chicken @ PF Chang's. Yeah it's fake Chinese, so what? Shove your snobbery up yo....