Poll: Would You Eat This?

No, it doesn't look very appetising to me either.  Of course, you can multiply that time ten when youre preggers.  Next time order pan fried noodles, it's my favorite.  Yummy. 

Yeah, but with chopsticks.

that's chinese? shit compared to ship food that looks sweet!!  I'd eat it without hesitation!

 

Though I am a bit drunkers so maybe that helps.. LoL

That is some shiny red food. Not a bit appetizing, but really shiny.

Boudica: I should have stuck with what I knew I liked. Ugh. Although, we ordered from a different place this time because we remembered wrong which place was the "good" place. For future reference, the "good" place is Wong's.

Mason: LOL, I would lose weight fast if I ate with chopsticks! Would you really eat that red mess?

M-Post: You are welcome to it. It's in the fridge waiting for you, LOL. I definitely wouldn't eat it drunk though. I can't imagine how it would be coming back up!

Kelly: It is SHINY! And really, really red. And disgusting. Adrian didn't think it was a big deal that it looked so gross, but seriously! YUCK!

I don't know if this place used additives, but I watched a documentary about a sugar making process that actually makes red/orange sugar.  It's what gives the real stuff that color.  It comes in chunks not grains like back home.  Before that documentary, I always thought that color was fake or from using ketchup.

I'm guessing that overseas (meaning not China) that only the more upscale places use that red sugar.

 

What is unappetizing to me is that the sauce looks runny and watery.  I'm also with you on the chestnut thing-- some are nice, too many are not.

Momijiki: I didn't know that about the sugar. This place was cheap, though, LOL. I guess you get what you pay for!

I am not sure why anyone likes food in unusual colors, though?

The sauce was definitely runny and watery. It was just really unappetizing. I have never ordered Shrimp Schezuan before. Is that what it's *supposed* to look like?

LW: NO KIDDING!!!

I don't know if it is supposed to be runny like that.  I don't think so.  I think most of the sauces have starch or thickener.  At least in my experience.

Maybe I can convince Hitoshi to take me to a chinese restaurant we like.  It probably won't be hard.  He loves that place.  The restaurant gets good reviews but it is pretty cheap (basic decor no super expensive ingredients but GREAT food) and the owners haven't catered too much to Japanese taste in the recipes.  I think in food choices, yes, but not recipe.  I think it is Cantonese style though.

If it's on the menu, I will take a picture for you.

Looks like a bowl of chunky spew to me.

Same here...

I've eaten some pretty weird-looking dishes in my life so I would probably eat it but can understand why you wouldn't. 

LOL, I'm glad I'm not alone in my feelings about this dish. FWIW, Adrian ate it for lunch yesterday.

Momijiki: I would love to see what it's supposed to look like!

Maso: Hehe, well you DO eat kangaroo steaks!

Ok.  Sorry it took so long to post this.  We went to the restaurant last week.  I just got around to putting the image up today.

I'm not sure exactly if it is the same thing.  It is spicy shrimp with waterchestnuts and cucumber not celery.  The sauce was quite nice.  It was kind of thick but not goopy.  It wasn't all that spicy.

The kanji was the ones that I think mean Szechuan (but Japanese pronunciation/reading of that Kanji is not the same as Chinese even though it refers to the same place).  I tried to ask the waitress if it was Szechuan but she's a native Chinese speaker who speaks very good Japanese but no English.  I tried asking in Japanese but she had a really puzzled look on her face and then my husband gave me the "please don't start causing trouble with your 50 million questions that only make sense to you and cause chaos for those around you" look.  Plus they did us a favor by letting us in just after they'd turned out the outside sign so they could clear out current customers and close up.

Is it hot or cold?  Hot, I'd eat it...cold, I'd stay the hell away.

 

~Zoo

This dish was hot.  This is why the cucumber threw me.  Cucumber is not a hot food.  That said, the cucumber was not soggy or mushy so must have been tossed at the last minute.

Thanks for posting that Momijiki!  It looks tasty!  What a difference!

Your're welcome!    Nice to have an excuse to go there.

 

Just takes practice. Years ago I spent 6 months eating with nothing else. I got pretty good at it. And yeah, I'd eat it if it tasted good.

Nope.  Wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.  I don't know why, but I hate Chinese food.  It's something about the sauces that throw me each time.  But then, I'm pretty much the pickiest eater in the universe.

Bad cook at that place Tex!  Not just the color but it looks unappetising!  Momijiki - that looks tasty, I love Chinese and Japanese food!  I've cooked with cucumber before, and I usually add it last minute so that it isn't soggy, it is really good in some dishes.

The place I went to has been in a lot of magazines and on some TV shows.  Food is a really big topic here.  There are at least 3 weekly magazines devoted to restaurants to try out.  The best part about this place is that it's good and really reasonable. We ordered two three dishes, rice and a beer and it came out to about 20 dollars each.  Hitoshi was stuffed after dinner and that's saying something.  The decor isn't much, but the food is really good.  I think a lot of people would walk by the place if they hadn't heard about it.

FS--what other hot dishes have you put cucumber in?  I've done some Thai stuff but basically it was cold food or a cold garnish on noodles (usually cold, too)