Delightful December 500 · Page 14

New Chinese restaurant opened in town. They own one called Long Noodle in the town next door and they have positive reviews. The owners bought out another Chinese restaurant in town a couple yrs back (I didn't know that Kenny's Chinese as bought out by the owners of Long Noodle).

An older Chinese restaurant went out of business during the COVID shut down, they kinda sucked anyway. Owners of Long Noodle bought that place, redid it and opened in the past couple weeks. It's called Four Seasons. I'll have to give it a try.

My litmus test for American versions of Chinese places is how good is their hot and sour soup (I love hot and sour soup). I predict that there is an order for take out from there on the horizon.

HockeyDad
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2 years ago

#265

I love hot and sour but I want Sichuan style. Chinkiang Vinegar Is the secret. I never could make it right until I figured that out.

DrafterX
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2 years ago

#266

What do Chinklangs look like..?? 😕

HockeyDad
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#267

What do Chinklangs look like..?? 😕

DrafterX wrote:

It’s black. Easier to find than baoning vinegar.

Palama
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2 years ago

#268

BuckyB93 wrote:

What style of Chinese food is the most popular on the Right Coast? Here in Hawaii 'cause the early Chinese immigrants came from the Canton region, a great majority of the Chinese restaurants were Cantonese. Of course other cuisines have since become popular, Szechuan, Hunan, Mandarin and Shandong but Cantonese is my go-to.

BuckyB93
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2 years ago

#269

Honestly, I couldn't tell you. I know there are distinct differences but I couldn't define them. I'm not a specialist on Asian food distinctions. I just know what I like. If I had to guess I would guess mostly Szechuan but they offer a mix of stuff.

I'm a big fan of curry too and they all do some curry. My guess would be Thai based curry. I like it hot enough to make my scalp sweat. We don't have a Thai or Indian restaurants in the area but I would like to see one open up somewhere, I would support it as long as the food is good.

These are the "Chinese" ones in my town and adjoining towns.

http://tinyurl.com/5yyat3p6
http://tinyurl.com/3m928s8z
http://tinyurl.com/mtjbpmyx
http://tinyurl.com/47cpft2w

There's others that I'm told are good but they are about a 20-30 drive away. Along with smaller mom and pop places there is buffet and hibachi places (but hibachi it technically Japanese if I'm correct).

Two hunnerd eighty NINE!

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Palama
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#270

BuckyB93 wrote:

Two NINEty!

Interesting menus at those 4 places. They either mix different types of Chinese cuisines and / or even ethnic foods. And yes, hibachi is Japanese. My all-time favorite meal is the chicken hekka my Dad would make in the living room. He would fire up the Shichirin (hibachi), bring it in, use the big cast iron pan and make the dish right there. So many ingredients and there was an order to it all. But like many recipes, nothing written down.

Looking back, in that old wooden house, bringing in a live fire was kinda crazy! [gonzo]