What is your favorite Chinese takeout menu item?

[Buzz Rules]

What is your favorite Chinese takeout menu item?

 

[sasywtch]

Lots as it's my favorite. Orange, lemon or sesame chicken, brocolli beef. I'm not fond of spicy. I do have a nice wok and one day I want to make chow mein with a lot of veggies in it.

 

[dizneegirl]

Kung Pao Chicken

 

[tvguy]

Seafood Yaki Noodles.

 

[leebee]

Growing up, "Chinese food" meant appetizers! Chicken wings, pork strips, egg rolls, spare ribs, fried shrimp, chicken fingers, beef teriyaki, dumplings. I'm sure we'd have had crab rangoons if we knew about them. We'd also get pork fried rice, egg foo young, lobster sauce, and beef with pea pods (for my mom). Man, those were the days!

Now? Hmmm... probably pork egg foo young. Not very sophisticated, I know, but I do love it. I also like Moo Shu Duck (shrimp, chicken, pork) a lot. Let's face it... I love almost all of it, but you asked for my favorite, so egg foo young it is!

ETA: Cold sesame noodles!

 

[LuvOrlando]

Egg rolls, nothin beats a good egg roll with the orange duck sauce.

Followed by Mushu pork with the little pancakes.

I am also a fan of the lighter chicken chow mein.

 

[citruscurtis]

Pork fried rice and general taso out of Lincoln City Oregon Safeway... though could be the sunset

 

[citruscurtis]

love almost all of it, but you asked for my favorite, so egg foo young it is!

ETA: Cold sesame noodles!

Could you please describe the texture of your foo young....in my experience it's all over the map... what was once the best American Chinese in Oregon had me hooked... but then everywhere else... not even close ... here in Yuma we have had 3 different versions... same restaurant

 

[PrincessShmoo]

What is your favorite Chinese takeout menu item?

Me - Sweet & Sour (anything) chicken, beef, pork, whatever
Hubby - Beef & Broccoli

Well, I also like the fortune cookie.

 

[fly girl]

Singapore Rice Noodles, extra spicy.

Shrimp with Chinese Vegetables.

Shrimp Fried Rice.

… and can’t forget to start, Egg Roll with Chinese Hot Mustard.

 

[Mrs.Milo]

Egg foo young & moo goo gai pan

 

[barkley]

Could you please describe the texture of your foo young....in my experience it's all over the map... what was once the best American Chinese in Oregon had me hooked... but then everywhere else... not even close ... here in Yuma we have had 3 different versions... same restaurant

I had the same experience moving from a northern California area with tons of exceptional Chinese restaurants to an area of Washington State w/ some that locals adore but there are significant differences in how dishes I like are prepared. noone makes egg foo young like I enjoy it (the omelette style with a bit of sauce on top)-closest I can get to it is trader joe's scallion pancakes (pajeon). the chowmein around us is not what i'm used to either-much soupier and slimy.

of what I can find-hot and sour soup.

 

[bcla]

If it's Americanized kinda-Chinese food, I actually like Panda Express. They pretty much invented modern orange chicken. We'll do half chow mein, half fried rice. Then orange chicken, broccoli beef, and their kung pao chicken. It's actually not all that different than you can find in a Chinatown today other than how they package it.

Some of the stuff mentioned here (egg foo yung and crab rangoon) are things that someone from China will think are bizarre. I have some Chinese friends who have seen those and have no idea what they are. Crab rangoon came from the original Trader Vic's in Oakland, California and invented by Vic Bergeron (or at least someone working for him).

But if I can go to an actual Chinatown? Maybe an Asian supermarket with steam trays? My favorites are steamed barbecue pork buns (char siu bao in Cantonese) and dry style beef chow fun.

 

[jo-jo]

… and can’t forget to start, Egg Roll with Chinese Hot Mustard.

My DH likes Chinese hot mustard with a little egg roll. Those little packets....he will use 4 or 5 with one egg roll. We have tried buying some bottled mustards but never found the same as the packets.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

My experience is pretty much limited to Midwestern Chinese restaurants/buffets, but my "go to's" are:

Cashew Chicken
Hot N Sour Soup
Lomein (I am a bit picky about which ones I like)
Crab Rangoon
Sweet N Sour Chicken

 

[Karalee402]

I love egg drop soup, a good egg roll with spicy mustard, and lo mein noodles! YUM! This has me wanting Chinese food for dinner tonight!

 

[fly girl]

My DH likes Chinese hot mustard with a little egg roll. Those little packets....he will use 4 or 5 with one egg roll. We have tried buying some bottled mustards but never found the same as the packets.

Wow, that’s a lot for one egg roll! You said it perfectly - a little egg roll with his mustard.

Absolutely agree, there’s something special about those packets!

 

[hertamaniac]

Broccoli with garlic sauce. I now regularly make my own egg drop soup; it's so simple and tastes exactly like take-out for a fraction of the price.

 

[Moliphino]

Pork fried rice, General Tso's chicken, lo mein, and egg rolls.

 

[ronandannette]

Ginger beef. It’s kind of a local thing, probably not very authentic. The old-school Cantonese places here brag about who has the best. It’s thin strips of marinated beef tossed in corn starch and deep fried until it’s crisp enough to snap. Then tossed in a sticky, spicy honey/garlic/ginger/soy sauce with a little wok fried onion and green pepper.