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2 hours ago, MixuFruit said:

Great Chinese is rare and exceptional. Average Chinese is disgusting compared to average Indian.

The tip I was told was if you see Chinese folk eating in a Chinese restaurant it must be a good one.

I've seen Chinese students eating in a couple of places on the Southside but I suspect it's the equivalent of a bog standard chip shop for them.

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7 hours ago, tamthebam said:

The tip I was told was if you see Chinese folk eating in a Chinese restaurant it must be a good one.

I've seen Chinese students eating in a couple of places on the Southside but I suspect it's the equivalent of a bog standard chip shop for them.

Used to be such an establishment on Suchiehall St, Glasgow called The Canton Express. Solid clientele of elderly Chinese folk. They had a handwritten sign taped to the counter which said "dont ask for chips, we don't make them". Best Chinese I've ever had in my life.

Sadly gone now, probably driven out by the inferior buffet style places surrounding it.

Their seafood kon sui was something I still hanker after.

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7 minutes ago, Academically Deficient said:

Used to be such an establishment on Suchiehall St, Glasgow called The Canton Express. Solid clientele of elderly Chinese folk. They had a handwritten sign taped to the counter which said "dont ask for chips, we don't make them". Best Chinese I've ever had in my life.

Sadly gone now, probably driven out by the inferior buffet style places surrounding it.

Their seafood kon sui was something I still hanker after.

It's a real bummer when a favourite eatery goes under. I used to love a particular Vietnamese place in Denver where I was often the only, or at least one of very few non-Vietnames eating there. Mrs Shotgun and I paid a visit at the end of last year and I was immediately wary when I saw the place was mostly full of westerners. Sure enough, the food was syrupy, sticky goo in a shade of orange not found in nature. About as Vietnamese as I am. New owners, new clientele, cross it off the list.

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Conveniently for you, you happen to live very close to one that doesn’t.
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With an outstanding Indian even closer. We are very well served here in Larbert for the big 3 takeaways. Not so much for anything more exotic, but can get sushi, Thai, Italian and burgers etc from Falkirk if the mood takes.
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17 minutes ago, Shotgun said:

It's a real bummer when a favourite eatery goes under. I used to love a particular Vietnamese place in Denver where I was often the only, or at least one of very few non-Vietnames eating there. Mrs Shotgun and I paid a visit at the end of last year and I was immediately wary when I saw the place was mostly full of westerners. Sure enough, the food was syrupy, sticky goo in a shade of orange not found in nature. About as Vietnamese as I am. New owners, new clientele, cross it off the list.

I had Vietnamese for the first time 2 years ago. Theres a few places in Glasgow now. Highly recommended. 

I've had Pho a few times. Weirdly, it doesn't look much but it's very satisfying. Kinda like the tardis of east asian cuisine.

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Hamburg is an amazing city, as long as you go nowhere near the Reeperbahn.
Absolutely, and a cracking place to go with kids too with Minatur Wonderland, the Zoo, the Planetarium, the dungeon etc. and if you go when the Dom carnival is there then there are rides for young and old alike as well as the usual sweets and fast food outlets (the last time I was there the biggest queue was for corn on the cob?). Even the Reeperbahn was fine to have a wander down during the day or in the early ish evening. Basically as long as it wasn't late at the weekend it felt fine.
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5 hours ago, MixuFruit said:

There's a place out Slateford way in Edinburgh that is always full of Chinese and doesn't appear.to have an entrance. Very intriguing.

There’s one on Dundee Terrace that gets bus loads of Chinese folk turning up.

One at Longstone certainly used to sell shark fin soup. Horrific practice. 

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