So, I went to McDonalds here in China last week....

AmentsChick

gabers wrote:

Byrnzie wrote:

gabers wrote:

When you order "chinese" in China do you just call it food? Do they have clever names that either incorporate the word "golden", "dragon", or "palace" or are they more mundane like "Mr. Chu's food emporium".

The names of most places are in Chinese, which I can't read. Some use pinyin - Chinese using English lettering - aswell. I.e, one place I go to is called 'Xiao wen Tang Bao'.

Sounds like a place to take your kids kickboxing.

OMG! That was literally the funniest thing I've heard all day...or all week for that matter!!!!!!

sweet adeline

there is no meat at mcdonalds. this is not surprising.

AmentsChick

sweet adeline wrote:

there is no meat at mcdonalds. this is not surprising.

You're a funny guy today!!

josevolution

Hey do people spit inside the food joints also ? ..

goo

next time it happens, just go up and tell them you'd rike to comprain that they put no meat on burger. they wir compretery understand.

vedderfan10

He didn't get any meat because he ordered a cheeseburger...Just cheese! No meat!

Byrnzie

adropinthepark wrote:

Byrnzie wrote:

surfanddestroy wrote:

That's your own fault for going to McDonalds

I know. I'm not proud of it. It's a once or twice in a year thing. I fancied a change from Chinese food.

Do they not do any regular sammiches, like from delis or some such thing?


Separate question: What's your Chinese language fluency level? You wrote that you can't read it, but I'd imagine working over there that you have some understanding of it, no?

Just a tiny bit. It's really hard trying to pronounce the words properly. I've met a couple of Westerners who can speak it, but I'm fucked if I can.

Byrnzie

dunkman wrote:

Byrnzie wrote:

About 70 fucking p.

shit thats cheap...

i've not been for ages... not through some altruistic charitable socialist anti-corporate hippy shit... its just that i prefer Subway. :oops:

but i envy you Lord Byrnzington... fucking chinese food on your doorstep every single day in life... awesome!

Although Chinese food here isn't as good as what you get in England. Where I live seafood's a big thing. There's one or two decent Chinese restaurants here but a lot of the food's crap. I think the type of food you get in England is from the south of China, from Sichuan e.t.c.

Byrnzie

josevolution wrote:

Hey do people spit inside the food joints also ? ..

Yep. Even in one of the pricier restaurants here I've seen people hawk 'em up and spit 'em out. They do it on buses aswell.

Byrnzie

Vedderfan10 wrote:

He didn't get any meat because he ordered a cheeseburger...Just cheese! No meat!

It wasn't that. I didn't ask for a cheeseburger. I just pointed at a picture of one. When I sat down and realised there was no meat in it I went back and pointed to the burger, then pointed to the picture, then the burger...you get the picture.

goo

Byrnzie wrote:

josevolution wrote:

Hey do people spit inside the food joints also ? ..

Yep. Even in one of the pricier restaurants here I've seen people hawk 'em up and spit 'em out. They do it on buses aswell.

I thought spitting in public was a major taboo in China.

vedderfan10

Byrnzie wrote:

Vedderfan10 wrote:

He didn't get any meat because he ordered a cheeseburger...Just cheese! No meat!

It wasn't that. I didn't ask for a cheeseburger. I just pointed at a picture of one. When I sat down and realised there was no meat in it I went back and pointed to the burger, then pointed to the picture, then the burger...you get the picture.

I was just kidding....but I've had McDonalds burgers with no meat before (from a drive-thru)...maybe once or twice a year...staff not paying attention!


And yeah, Goo...there's no spitting in public in China - puleeeeze.... :roll:

Byrnzie

goo wrote:

Byrnzie wrote:

josevolution wrote:

Hey do people spit inside the food joints also ? ..

Yep. Even in one of the pricier restaurants here I've seen people hawk 'em up and spit 'em out. They do it on buses aswell.

I thought spitting in public was a major taboo in China.

That's like saying that surfing is a major taboo in Hawaii.

Hinn

Byrnzie wrote:

dunkman wrote:

Byrnzie wrote:

About 70 fucking p.

shit thats cheap...

i've not been for ages... not through some altruistic charitable socialist anti-corporate hippy shit... its just that i prefer Subway. :oops:

but i envy you Lord Byrnzington... fucking chinese food on your doorstep every single day in life... awesome!

Although Chinese food here isn't as good as what you get in England. Where I live seafood's a big thing. There's one or two decent Chinese restaurants here but a lot of the food's crap. I think the type of food you get in England is from the south of China, from Sichuan e.t.c.

From what I gathered, wandering around the streets of London, it's all Cantonese. ie. Hong Kong style. Catered towards western tastes.

Xiao wen Tang Bao.... the first three characters sounds like someone's name, bao should mean bun. Can't be sure unless I can see the actual characters.

dunkman

Byrnzie wrote:

Although Chinese food here isn't as good as what you get in England. Where I live seafood's a big thing. There's one or two decent Chinese restaurants here but a lot of the food's crap. I think the type of food you get in England is from the south of China, from Sichuan e.t.c.

i hear you... i also read Hinny's post and i think the scottish chinese restaurants are more Szechuan (thats how its written here?) region... very spicy is Szechuan

I'm not a fan of cantonese style stuff to much... its basically sweet n sour but with a thicker redder sauce...

i like curry, spiced salt and szechuan... i find sweet n sour to be too fruity.