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Basically all of the starters

Cantonese Chow Mein Chicken with Black Bean Sauce Sweet n Sour Chicken Balls

Occasionally shrimp fried rice or beef & broccoli

Oh and their fried chicken wings! Yummm

Cripsy chilli shredded beef in sweet & sour sauce

Egg Fried rice

Chips

Curry sauce

It’s incredibly difficult to find a chinese that does a nice crispy shredded beef though; usually they end up being soggy rather than crispy and not chilli enough. The only really decent one I’ve had was down in Treforest, near Pontypridd in South Wales, and that was some years ago now.

Mixed starter incl. seaweed, veggie spring rolls, prawn toast

Main: Singapore Fried Noodles

Crispy Shredded Chilli Beef

My main used to be Kung Po Chicken, but it turns out it was only delicious from one particular Chinese takeaway. Usually it’s meh, occasionally ‘quite good’, but has never matched the recipe I fell in love with.

If YOU were the Chef at Peking Express in Brighton between about 2001-2007, PLEASE get in touch. I’ll PAY you for that dang recipe.

• Salt and pepper siu mai
• Singapore-style vermicelli

A local Chinese does the most amazing S&P Siu mai and gives you loads of them. Definitely an order of magnitude better than the others. They don’t do online orders or delivery, you have to phone up and show up. It’s a clear sign of quality that they are always busy and you struggle to park nearby. When I was house hunting I even looked at one next door to them. People warned me about the possibility of rats or the issues with parking but it didn’t half smell nice. I was put off by the used nappy someone had left in the front “garden”. It was £20k cheaper than other houses in the street though… Ah what could have been.

Sweet & sour pork or chicken with rice, one or two small spring rolls on the side.

I’d love to be able to branch out but I have IBS, so anything that goes too hard on chilli, bean sprouts, or greens is asking for trouble.

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I’m veggie so it’s tofu for me. I typically go for whatever dish has a fuckload of ginger or cashew nuts. Have it with boiled rice