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Posted: January 25 2011 at 18:47

Lots of interesting dishes in these two. Big smile

Edited by Slartibartfast - January 25 2011 at 18:48

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Posted: January 25 2011 at 18:53

Indian by miles.

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Posted: January 25 2011 at 19:11

Now, what is your favorite dish?

I honestly am having a hard time picking one cuisine.

I'm giving a slight edge to India for the vegetarian dishes. If any of you out there haven't had a dosa, have one at your first opportunity.

One of my Chinese favorites, Ma Po Bean Curd:

http://www.chinahighlights.com/image/news/ma-po-bean-curd.jpg

Edited by Slartibartfast - January 25 2011 at 19:44

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Posted: January 25 2011 at 19:22

I don't think I could pick just one. I go absolutely crazy at the lunch buffets. :)

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Posted: January 25 2011 at 19:25

Chinese easily.

And I don't particularly care for most chinese food either.

Edited by Man With Hat - January 25 2011 at 19:26

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Posted: January 25 2011 at 19:34

Oh wow, this is a though decision. I'm gonna need to think this over...both cuisines are so good! Ultimately, I would choose chinese food.

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Posted: January 25 2011 at 19:36

Indian.

The last time I had chinese was probably a decade ago. It made me puke and I've had an aversion to it ever since.

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Posted: January 25 2011 at 19:43

Padraic wrote:

I don't think I could pick just one. I go absolutely crazy at the lunch buffets. :)

I never go to buffets as I can never eat all I can eat. Tongue

I just remembered this now defunct Japanese buffet that one of my old bosses liked to treat me to. They had a sign in most of the booths imploring you to eat the rice with the sushi. LOL

Didn't have a great supply of nigiri though. Had some nice hot dishes and of course miso soup.

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Posted: January 25 2011 at 19:47

I love Indian food. I eat Chinese more frequently but that's only because there's more places around here (only one Indian place in the county).

I don't really consider Chinese food CHINESE though, because most of the dishes served in US Chinese restaurants were in fact invented in the US. My go-to dishes are kung pao and Singapore rice noodles.

There's only one Indian place I've been to that has dosai, and that's a vegetarian place in Parma (Cleveland suburb) specializing in Southern Indian cuisine. I have not ordered one, because how the hell do you eat that big ungainly thing? Maybe I should watch and learn.....

Here's a question that goes hand in hand with the main question: How spicy do you like it?

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Posted: January 25 2011 at 19:50

zappaholic wrote:

I love Indian food. I eat Chinese more frequently but that's only because there's more places around here (only one Indian place in the county).

I don't really consider Chinese food CHINESE though, because most of the dishes served in US Chinese restaurants were in fact invented in the US. My go-to dishes are kung pao and Singapore rice noodles.

There's only one Indian place I've been to that has dosai, and that's a vegetarian place in Parma (Cleveland suburb) specializing in Southern Indian cuisine. I have not ordered one, because how the hell do you eat that big ungainly thing? Maybe I should watch and learn.....

Here's a question that goes hand in hand with the main question: How spicy do you like it?

Mysore of course. By the way, big fan of Singapore rice noodles, too. Big smile

Now that you mention it, I don't think I've ever eaten a whole one in one sitting. Reheats nicely in a toaster oven though.

Edited by Slartibartfast - January 25 2011 at 20:09

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Posted: January 26 2011 at 09:37

I'm not sure. I love Indian, but I've only really eaten American Chinese, not authentic Chinese.

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Posted: January 26 2011 at 10:06

I love both, but Indian food is out of this world.

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Posted: January 26 2011 at 10:09

Italian for me please.

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Posted: January 26 2011 at 10:15

I don't like curry, so it's obvious.

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BTW: Peruvian Chinese food is the best in the world, I eaten Chinese in several country and none remotely compares, even when 99.99% of the people (including myself) eat it with fork and knife.

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Posted: January 26 2011 at 10:24

Love both, but I prefer Indian.

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Posted: January 26 2011 at 13:29

Chinese, by far.

I grew up with Indian food, and curry makes me sick. While there is some good Indian food, I think I've just had too much of it.

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Posted: January 26 2011 at 13:44

Chinese for me. I'm surprised that it is not doing better.

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Posted: January 26 2011 at 13:46

Both totally suck. But at least there's some rice in Chinese.

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Posted: January 26 2011 at 14:00

Indian food is sooooo good! so much spice!!!

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Posted: January 26 2011 at 14:39

The T wrote:

Both totally suck. But at least there's some rice in Chinese.

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Poll Question: What the heck another pair, what's you favorite?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Indian	39	[52.70%]
Chinese	35	[47.30%]
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