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To think the standard of Chinese takeaways has dropped significantly?!

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Orangelight23 · 31/01/2025 21:06

So after a very very long day we got the kids to bed, opened a bottle of wine and eagerly awaited our Chinese takeaway.

It was woeful! £40 that we could have just thrown away, we should have learnt our lesson last month when we had an equally awful one from somewhere else. Is it just out area or has the standard dropped?

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Pippa12 · 31/01/2025 21:13

YANBU. So sweet and sickly, the ‘crispy’ dishes just taste like batter with nothing in the middle. So expensive and very poor quality.

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 31/01/2025 21:13

Yes

My fave Chinese, and also the only one that made curry sauce without coconut, has changed ownership

The new owner is some young non Chinese guy 🙄🙄 - he said he cut down the menu size from over 100 items to 50 and was charging stupid money

It's just an uber eats cash grab now

TriangleScratch · 31/01/2025 21:13

Our local ones have really gone downhill. We think they are maybe using the oil for longer to save costs? We end up unsatisfied, disappointed and still hungry so have given up. And I LOVED a Chinese takeaway.

RudbekiasAreSun · 31/01/2025 21:13

make it yourself, easy these days
just buy the prawn crackers ready

JandamiHash · 31/01/2025 21:11

YANBU. There’s 1 in my local area which is excellent and the rest are crap.

NigelHarmansNewWife · 31/01/2025 21:11

I prefer the supermarket version to be honest as so much Chinese takeaway food is what looks to be mass produced then deep fried. Salt and pepper chips are great though!

Amba1998 · 31/01/2025 21:11

All the ones in our area are shocking too. There’s no meat in any of the “crispy” dishes I swear it’s just batter

ConstantIllness · 31/01/2025 21:10

They bear no relation at all to actual Chinese food but even besides that, as a thing in themselves, I agree. I always feel bad after eating Chinese takeaway, sort of slightly scuzzy. I think it's the MSG.

iremembersnappedandfarted · 31/01/2025 21:10

Agreed. It all tastes the same - salty yet sweet and sickly. Only thing that differentiates the dishes is which shade of neon it is.

Waste of calories as well as cash ☹️

hazelnutvanillalatte · 31/01/2025 21:09

Prices up, standards down. My local Chinese used to do a takeaway buffet box for £7 and it's now £15, and extra for seafood

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