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I feel guilty getting Chinese food for lunch...

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But really, I do feel guilty somewhat. For $4.95 I get the lunch special which includes fried rice, the entree, and a small bowl of wonton soup. For $4.95!!! How the hell do they make any money?

That being said, yes, I know a good portion of it is filler, but still it's like 3 pounds of food for $4.95! Tack on an egg roll and a tip, and I still walked out of there with far more than what most "numbered" meals cost at burger joints (and it tastes a hell of a lot better too).
 
never, ever, feel guilty about eating cheap chinese. its just. so. good.


and that is cheap as shit. Most Chinese places around here are between $8-10 for a quart of Beef Lo Mein. Which is dumb because i could just call PF Changs and get a quart of any of their basic dishes for like 11.99. or go straight to the amazing, fantastic, indescribably good BEEF SHORT RIBS for 13.99! sorry. i love those short ribs. mmm....pineapple rice....
 
Originally posted by: Hyperlite
never, ever, feel guilty about eating cheap chinese. its just. so. good.


and that is cheap as shit. Most Chinese places around here are between $8-10 for a quart of Beef Lo Mein. Which is dumb because i could just call PF Changs and get a quart of any of their basic dishes for like 11.99. or go straight to the amazing, fantastic, indescribably good BEEF SHORT RIBS for 13.99! sorry. i love those short ribs. mmm....pineapple rice....
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except... PF Changs sucks.
 
I love chinese buffets. We used to go to one that was $5 for all you can eat. Add a drink and tip and it was $7.50. Some of the best food I ever ate.
 
I used to get that all the time in college... nine out of ten times, I needed a nap afterwards
 
Originally posted by: NSFW
I love chinese buffets. We used to go to one that was $5 for all you can eat. Add a drink and tip and it was $7.50. Some of the best food I ever ate.
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Come on now, you can't be serious?

The food from many of the average Chinese restaurants, especially the buffets, are just selections they chose out of a catalog and threw in a fryer or whatever else.

Try a real Chinese restaurant. You'll pay a little more, but you get delicious food actually made on the premises and not from a box. There's a profound difference.

/snobbery
 
Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: NSFW
I love chinese buffets. We used to go to one that was $5 for all you can eat. Add a drink and tip and it was $7.50. Some of the best food I ever ate.
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Come on now, you can't be serious?

The food from many of the average Chinese restaurants, especially the buffets, are just selections they chose out of a catalog and threw in a fryer or whatever else.

Try a real Chinese restaurant. You'll pay a little more, but you get delicious food actually made on the premises and not from a box. There's a profound difference.

/snobbery
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China Seafood Buffet on 28th St in Grand Rapids, MI. The place was great!

I'm sure the food wasn't the highest quality, but it was damn good. We did have a don't ask don't tell policy about what we ate there. Not everything was identifiable and we decided we probably didn't want to know what some of it was.
 
Originally posted by: Hyperlite
never, ever, feel guilty about eating cheap chinese. its just. so. good.


and that is cheap as shit. Most Chinese places around here are between $8-10 for a quart of Beef Lo Mein. Which is dumb because i could just call PF Changs and get a quart of any of their basic dishes for like 11.99. or go straight to the amazing, fantastic, indescribably good BEEF SHORT RIBS for 13.99! sorry. i love those short ribs. mmm....pineapple rice....
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No doubt man. I LOVE cheap chinese. $4-$6 around here. 3lbs EASY too. I eat it WAY too much.
 
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Fattening up for spring are we?
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Funny you mention that, since I was just thinking that this is going to put a serious dampener on my plans to lose 20 pounds anytime soon.
 
there's a fortune cookie note stuck to one of our white board and it reads:

He likes to flirt, but towards you his intention is noble.


fortunately...
 
dont' feel guilty, it's not like they set their prices to lose money. you're doing them a favor. i wish i had a super cheap chinese place near me.
 
Have everyone read their fortune cookie out loud, and add "in bed" to the end of it. It is a good ice breaker at a business dinner.
 
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