To ask what you order for a Chinese/Indian takeaway?

[georgarina]

I feel like one of either but I never know what combination of things to order. All the bits. Lol

(And to clarify that's Chinese OR Indian, not both together!)

Chinese takeaway here is:
Quarter duck and pancakes
Crispy chilli beef (my choice)
Sweet and sour chicken (Dd choice)
Chicken Chow Mein (Ds choice)
Egg fried rice

It’s not a terribly healthy selection!

Chinese:
Veg spring rolls
Seaweed
Battered lemon chicken
Egg fried rice
Tea smoked chicken if they have it

Indian:
Onion bahjee
Tandoori Chicken tikka
Or butter tikka paneer
Chapati or plain naan

Chinese
Beef hofun
Special fried rice with no soy sauce
Beef curry
Crispy chilli beef
Salt and chilli anything
Btw, any curry from a Chinese take away is fucking dirt (I would know). I still eat it but I'm telling you it's so bad for you.

Indian (Pakistani, don't like Bangladeshi curries)
Sindhi biryani
Karahi Gohst
Saag aloo
Naan

Indian: chicken tikka masala or butter chicken, plain nan or paratha, 2 x popadom, onion salad and mint yogurt. Occasionally also mango chutney, if I manage to get to it first.

Chinese: chicken chow mein, half and half fried rice/chips, prawn toast. Carbs, what are those?!

Indian - onion bhajee, poppadoms, chicken tikka masala, chicken dupiaza, sag paneer, garlic Nan and pilau rice

Chinese - won ton soup, Peking duck, beef and black bean, chicken and cashew, bean sprouts and egg fried rice

Chinese
Mixed hors d'oeuvres
Prawn crispy noodles
Crispy duck

Indian
Prawn puree
Chicken dhansak
Vegetable paratha

Omg thanks for the suggestions everyone! All sound amazing

Chinese -
Salt and pepper ribs
Singapore vermicelli
Crispy chilli beef
Sweet & sour chicken

Indian -
Sag Bhaji
Chicken or prawn Shashlik
Madras sauce (taken from OHs main 😂)
Pashwari naan

Chinese - vegetables in black bean, boiled rice, salt and pepper chips.
Indian - veggie tikka masala, plain rice, garlic and coriander naan and mango chutney.

Crispy Shredded Chicken with Salt & Chilli,
3 in 1 ( chips,rice, curry sauce)
Curry sauce
Onion rings or spring rolls

Chinese

Chicken curry
Beef black bean
Fried rice
Chips x2
Noodles x2
One portion gravy
Chicken balls
Prawn crackers

That is between 2 adults and 2 very young kids
Mainly because we like a bit of everything

Indian: lamb karai or similar, pilau rice, garlic naan, bahjis, chicken tikka, pickle tray, poppadums

Chinese: singapore vermicelli, chicken balls with sweet and sour sauce, egg fried rice, salt and pepper chips, salt and pepper ribs, duck pancakes, prawn crackers

Oh god I want it all now

Chinese -

King prawn fried rice
Chicken balls
Chips
Spring rolls
Malaysian beef curry
Salt and chilli squid 🦑
Singapore noodles
Sometimes a crispy shredded beef or chicken or a chicken and cashew nuts

There's only me and 2 dc but we like a bit of everything and have leftovers the next day 😆

Indian -

We use an Indian tapas restaurant so usually get the specials so different every time but always have pilau rice and naan or chapati then 3 or 4 of the specials

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThings
Oh I dunno, you've got some spring onions and cucumber in those pancakes! Practically health food that

Chinese -
Prawn crackers
Crab and sweetcorn soup
Pork yuk sung / Kung do spare ribs
Egg fried rice
Chicken chow main
Beef in ginger / sweet and sour king prawn balls
Salt and chilli chips
Curry sauce

Indian -
Poppadoms and sauce
Meat samosa
Egg fried rice
Chicken pathia
Chips

I've never had Chinese take away and haven't had an Indian takeaway in years but I used to order

Poppadoms with dips
Lamb dopiaza , or dhansak or biryani
Pilau rice ( not with biryani)
Naan bread

I make the occasional curry at home
Now

Our favourite chinese does a great mixed starter:
Spare ribs Mini meat roll Sesame prawn toast Satay skewered chicken Crispy wonton with sweet & sour sauce & satay sauce

Kissing Duck: sliced duck in a sweet tamarind sauce & presented on a bed of crispy spring cabbage.
( They have reduced the heat over the years, which is a shame, new owners but never found this dish anywhere else)

and to finish crisp toffee banana with sesame seeds. ( trying to get them to do toffee strawberries for us, )

I've eaten at a few restaurants that have served Indian & Thai food
Yum, yum, yum
Selection of starters
Selection of mains
To share

Chinese

Crispy won tons
Seaweed
Salt and chilli chicken wings
Salt and chilli chicken
Salt and chilli chips (can you tell I like salt and chilli)
Salt and chilli broccoli
Kung po chicken
Crispy shredded beef
Chicken chow mein
Sweet and sour king prawn

We don’t get all of that all at once but a mixture of those dishes generally (I mean I would happily TRY and eat all that but it would be about £100 and I’d need my big pants 🤣) Sometimes crispy duck with pancakes but I find most places do frozen stuff so if we are somewhere naice in a special occasion and I know it’s on the bone rather than frozen meat from a bag we will get it

Indian - DH tends to have a chicken madras and I have garlic chilli chicken and we share some rice and a naan.

Indian- bhuna prawn starter or chicken pakora for starters then a chicken tikka madras/vindaloo/ naga for main
Onion or egg rice
Popudoms
Spicy chips
Tikka or garlic naan.

Chinese- chicken balls Cantonese sauce. Egg fried rice, curry sauce, plain noodles, mini spring rolls, salt n pepper chicken

Indian- tofu korma, garlic naan.

Chinese - tofu vermicelli noodles, spring rolls, seaweed and sweet and sour sauce. 😋

Indian - meat thali. It's lots of small portions of different dishes, great for the indecisive and usually big enough to serve two, especially when I also order saag paneer if it's not included already.

Chinese - special fried rice, the one that comes with one container of rice and one of veg/meat in sauce. Or salt and pepper chicken/sweet and sour Cantonese style if I'm feeling really in need of stodge.

Chinese
Chopped chicken breast curry with extra onions, or chicken balls and curry sauce
Egg fried rice
Chicken chow mein
Veg spring rolls
Prawn crackers
Chips

Indian
Chicken tikka Biryani, Chicken tikka bhuna, or chicken tikka jalfrezi
Pilau rice
Naan bread or poppadoms
Chicken tikka pakora

Not all at once! But these are the usual dishes we'd order.

I've just ordered a Chinese for the first time since moving here 2 years ago due to this thread. Haven't ordered Chinese in years as DH makes great thai/vietnamese/chinese food as he lived those places for work in his 20s and is a bit snobby about UK chinese takeaway. I, however, am very excited about it, pregnant, and it is all I want.

No idea if the place is good. We have gone for:

Prawn crackers
Wan tun soup
Starter platter
Shredded beef with chilli
Broccoli and garlic stir fry
Half an aromatic duck
Egg fried rice

Wish me luck.

But also.... was he going to make me 6 different dishes including spring rolls, soup, and prawn toast? No DH. No you were not.