Your favourite Chinese dish

Rendang (wonderful that it is) ain't Chinese, it is an ethnic Malay dish.

Asia is a huge continent, with many varied and distinct peoples. The Chinese may be the most populous, but all Asians aren't Chinese! Then there's the Sub Continent!

Even China has many different ethnic groups. The Hakka, who traditionally lived on boats in the Canton area, would probably feel no closer to a Beijing native than I would feel to a Federal Politician.

Wongo could no doubt expand on this with far greater eloquence - the Chinese ethnicity I mean, not the blood suckers in Canberra.

Anyway, my votes for Peking Duck (would it be more PC to say Beijing Duck?)

Bodgy what makes you post such an emotional response. I told you those malay dishes are hot.:p

[quote=Bodgy]Rendang (wonderful that it is) ain't Chinese, it is an ethnic Malay dish.

OPpps and Yeah we where eating the Indonesian Version of this dish forgot to type that in last nite hehhe and Wongo hhehh cheeky boy u will keep !!!

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Originally Posted by Wongo

Bodgy what makes you post such an emotional response. I told you those malay dishes are hot.:p

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Couple of beers and a bottle of red, I expect.

In this order:

Peking duck from Red Emperor (Southbank)
Peking Duck from Flower Drum (Melbourne)
Peking Duck from Man Mo (Docklands)
Peking Duck from Silks (Casino)


I like Peking Duck (In case you couldn't tell)

Dan

DAn

Is the Flower Drum still good? Haven't been there for years, but it used to be marvellous. As good as the Imperial Peking at the Quay, before they lost it.

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Originally Posted by Bodgy

Rendang (wonderful that it is) ain't Chinese, it is an ethnic Malay dish.

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Originally Posted by Bodgy

OPpps and Yeah we where eating the Indonesian Version of this dish forgot to type that in last nite hehhe and Wongo hhehh cheeky boy u will keep !!!

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A good Beef Rendang takes at least 12 hours to cook..........Take 20 chillies and.....:eek:

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DAn

Is the Flower Drum still good? Haven't been there for years, but it used to be marvellous. As good as the Imperial Peking at the Quay, before they lost it.

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Sorry to butt in, but IMO they've gone down a bit of late - maybe just one of those swings?

No restuarants seem to be able to maintain their standards. It must be a tough business. Even that icon Vlado's is apparently very, very average now, used to be so good. Great for o/s visitors foolish enough to say they enjoy steak.

Only place that seems to have kept up the standard is Tetsuya - still good and innovative as ever.

Sorry Wongo, back to your diet.

So many to choose from - can't make up my mind. They all look the same to me :rolleyes:

Mongolian Lamb, providing its done properly, not just a bit of lamb soaked in some goop.
Soak lamb in water for thirty minutes to remove blood, squeeze dry, marinate twice................
The only place I ever found that did it right was a little restaurant in Crookwell of all places while we were on a fly fishing trip a few years ago.
Apart from that get Charmaine Solomans book on Asian cooking to get it right.
Apart from that we like yum cha at WestLake.
Too many chineses restaurants in the suburbs are all the same, must be someone selling mass produced sauces as I reckon they all taste like crap, and rotten with MSG which gives me a screaming headache for the next two days.

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Originally Posted by BobR

So many to choose from - can't make up my mind. They all look the same to me :rolleyes:

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Thats why they have numbers silly :p

Bean cakes (yummmmeeeee!!!) ... but one is a meal for me :o