Chinese Take-away

Duck sauce is the BEST on Crab Ragoon (the fried cripsy things with the cream cheese and the crab meat mixed in).  PLEASE TELL ME THEY HAVE THEM IN THE UK!!!  So bad... but SOOO GOOD!!! 

Duck sauce is the BEST on Crab Ragoon (the fried cripsy things with the cream cheese and the crab meat mixed in).  PLEASE TELL ME THEY HAVE THEM IN THE UK!!!  So bad... but SOOO GOOD!!! 

Not that I've seen and that's including China Town in Manchester.  No General Tsao (sp) chicken either, I think that's what it's called anyway.

BUT, salt and pepper spare ribs, chicken or squid.    

Duck sauce is the BEST on Crab Ragoon (the fried cripsy things with the cream cheese and the crab meat mixed in).  PLEASE TELL ME THEY HAVE THEM IN THE UK!!!  So bad... but SOOO GOOD!!! 

I so agree!!!  Also with the hot mustard mixed in.  But nope, they don't have them here.  They don't have them in NY either that I had ever seen.  I have only had them in MA when I lived there.

Not that I've seen and that's including China Town in Manchester.  No General Tsao (sp) chicken either, I think that's what it's called anyway.

Does anyone know why this is?  I know that a lot of the "Chinese" food we have in the U.S. is really Chinese-American.  I was surprised to see differences in the Chinese restaurant menus here vs. the U.S. (things that you find on EVERY Chinese menu in the U.S., you won't find here, and then vice versa)

Does anyone know why this is?  I know that a lot of the "Chinese" food we have in the U.S. is really Chinese-American.  I was surprised to see differences in the Chinese restaurant menus here vs. the U.S. (things that you find on EVERY Chinese menu in the U.S., you won't find here, and then vice versa)

It's mainly down to the "palate" of the country or area.  It's like chippys here in the UK.  If you are up north, you can have gravy or pea soup on your chips.  Down south, from what I understand, you can't get either. 

A lot of "proper" chinese food tastes nothing like what you get in the UK or what you get in the US.  Just like there are some chinese dishes that taste different depending on which coast you are on in the US.

One of the things that I like to do when we go abroad is try and have a chinese meal to see what the difference is for that country.  Sad I know, but it's fun.   

i miss fortune cookies

we don't get them with our posh chinese takeaway......but it's the only one i really like

could be as it does thai and malay dishes as well.

sorry to break it to you- but i've never seen crab ragoon in the UK.  they do have prawn toast which is nothing like,but good none the less.  sorry.

i miss fortune cookies

I could be wrong, but I think I remember reading that fortune cookies are a Chinese-American invention.  Too bad, those are always fun!

sorry to break it to you- but i've never seen crab ragoon in the UK.  they do have prawn toast which is nothing like,but good none the less.  sorry.

SIGH!!!  I guess I'll have to learn to live without them... another item that I must put down on my list to gorge on when I come back to the US.  Taco Bell, Crab Ragoon, Mountain Dew... and on...

Lidt is a DECENT approximation of mountain dew. kind of.

Crab ragoon looks extremely easy to make, I used to make pizza rolls using pretty much the same method, but baking them and not frying them. Can you make your own?

If you can get won-ton wrappers you are 90% there.  The rest is just cream cheese and crab inside.

~Liza

Lidt is a DECENT approximation of mountain dew. kind of.

Do you mean Lilt?
If so... i dont think it's anything like Mountain Dew.
And it definitely doesnt have the caffeine kick of Mountain Dew! 

Do you mean Lilt?
If so... i dont think it's anything like Mountain Dew.
And it definitely doesnt have the caffeine kick of Mountain Dew! 

Lilt was good . . . till they started adding artificial sweetners to it.  BOAK!  It was caffeine-free, however.   

OK, now I have to go to Boston when I come back for a visit just to have Crab Ragoon!!!