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I l♥ve Chinese food. Well, at least what we Americans think is Chinese food. Love it, love it, love it!
I have been craving egg rolls from one of our two Chinese restaurants in town for the past several weeks. Even though I’ve eaten at Chinese restaurants something like three times in the past two weeks (besides tonight) they were all out of town. So I made the husband run out and we got a whole dinner, not just egg rolls. :)
I adore the egg rolls from this place in town called China King, they are awesome: not tiny, not dry, and always fresh. They have really good crab ragoon, too. It’s kind of sweet, but not too sweet. They also always overfill the containers. :) Of course, the place that I love to go to that’s an hour south makes the best mushroom & chicken, which is my favorite. And this new place we tried last week that’s a half an hour south of here – they had the best stuff they called Japanese chicken (how ironic is that). Oh and some wonderful “rat on a stick,” too!
So yes, the egg rolls tonight were so good I decided I had to blog it. I’m glad I bought six of them, I have two more waiting for me in the fridge after the husband and I both had two with supper. :)
As equally good at Chinese restaurants is getting fortunes in your cookies. What could be better? Cookies… and a fortune. :) Over time I’ve gotten some pretty good ones, too.
Here are some of the ones we’ve gotten recently:
Mine:
Someone can read your mind.
Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this planet.
His:
Smile when you are ready.
You will always be successful in your professional career.
The Kid’s:
You could prosper in the field of medical research.
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
Then there’s the one my brother got that he always loves to laugh about: “Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.”
However, my absolute favorite fortune ever was given to me by friends.
I was working (when I worked at Hardee’s) and about five of the guys were in there bugging the heck out of me. I had a cool boss at that time so he didn’t really care (he loved me heehee) but after a while the guys said they were going to go get some “real food” – some Chinese food.
About a half an hour or so later, they brought me back my fortune:
Do not let friends bother you, work calmly and quietly.
Okay, so maybe you had to be there. :P
Now, please, feel free to burst my bubble and tell me how what we eat at Chinese restaurants here is nothing like the real thing. ;-)

Josh
March 21st, 2006 at 11.13 pm ♥
Wow!
I like Chinese-American food too. Some things, like crab and other sea food disgusts me though lol.
True Chinese food is very bland though, except for like in HK…
Nice picture too, I’m hungry now :D.
Jay
March 22nd, 2006 at 2.03 am
I love Chinese food too, though I prefer making my own. There’s something zen about rolling eggrolls.
Victoria
March 22nd, 2006 at 12.46 pm ♥
I like Chinese food as well – especially chicken curry with egg fried rice. I also like chicken foo yung.
Im Chele in [dot] LA
March 22nd, 2006 at 12.53 pm ♥
I love chinese food
Nicole Ross
March 22nd, 2006 at 2.16 pm ♥
Love, love, love Chinese food. Craving it like crazy right now. I adore crab ragoon. The place we go to often has awesome ragoon.
Heather
March 22nd, 2006 at 2.22 pm ♥
I HATE chinese food! I love japanese though!!! Cute site!!!
owen
March 22nd, 2006 at 3.03 pm ♥
American Chinese food is tasty. Chinese Chinese food is a tad bland. Japanese food isn’t really any different from Chinese food except that there is usually more fish and it’s presented better. (Yes, Chinese food includes sushi, too.) Korean is more exotic fare. Thai food is a better experience all-around.
Fortune cookies are, of course, the best part of the Chinese meal.
You should order spring rolls next time you get Chinese food. They’re lighter than the deep-fried eggroll, and have different things in them. Not that cabbage is bad, just that spring rolls offer a different taste with a similar feel.
Nicole
March 22nd, 2006 at 8.29 pm
Mmmm, I love it! I just had it the other night. Egg rolls are so yummy! :D My favorite dishes are Sweet & Sour Pork and General Tso’s chicken. Hot & Sour soup is always a must have too, as is Pork fried rice. Mmmm. You’re making me hungry now. I love fortune cookies too! Hahahaha, I remember you telling me that one when I posted a funny fortune on my site! This one I mean… ‘Do not let friends bother you, work calmly and quietly.’ That was definitely funny stuff . :P
Val
March 26th, 2006 at 7.25 pm
Heehee, my brother and I got Thai food when we were in Indiana, neither of us really cared for it. He didn’t like it and refused to eat pretty much anything but I did get along somewhat with some of the noodles. What’s that stuff that’s like a cross between Jell-o and chicken?
Spring rolls… will have to look into that. Although, I tend to think that an egg roll gives me the biggest dose of vegetables at any one time…
cian
June 8th, 2008 at 2.40 pm
omg its suposed 2 b about some thths a freak tryin 2 read my mind