Why is it generally so shit in Britain? I've got a feeling that if it weren't, it'd be my favourite cuisine, but it is. Bog-standard Chinese is so much worse than bog-standard Indian, Thai or Italian. Are there really so many people out there who think this slimy chemical rubbish is nice? Does the awful-quality meat/MSG formula bear any relation to any region's cuisine in China? Is it any better in the States, where according to the movies people eat Chinese out of cardboard boxes (impossible here; the disturbingly coloured sauce would ooze out of the corners)?
There's a Chinese restaurant near me that serves some north-eastern Chinese dishes, but also feels obliged to dole out the normal radioactive sludge as well. The north-eastern stuff is really good and is asterisked on the menu, as if they'd really rather you didn't order the other crap.
Then there's Royal China in Queensway/Baker St/Canary Wharf, whose dim sum has provided two of the best meals I've ever eaten. If they can do it, what's wrong with everyone else? (Most of the restaurants I've been to in Chinatown have been of the usual poor standard, if not worse. I'm not sure if that should be a surprise or not.)
There's a Chinese restaurant near me that serves some north-eastern Chinese dishes, but also feels obliged to dole out the normal radioactive sludge as well. The north-eastern stuff is really good and is asterisked on the menu, as if they'd really rather you didn't order the other crap.
Then there's Royal China in Queensway/Baker St/Canary Wharf, whose dim sum has provided two of the best meals I've ever eaten. If they can do it, what's wrong with everyone else? (Most of the restaurants I've been to in Chinatown have been of the usual poor standard, if not worse. I'm not sure if that should be a surprise or not.)
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