# I'm ordering Chinese food...want anything?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ordering-chinese-food-want-anything/69834>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 23, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ordering-chinese-food-want-anything/69834 "2001-06-23T00:04:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ordering-chinese-food-want-anything/69834/41 "2001-06-24T21:25:55Z")

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An order of Happy Family, please. And some of those crab rangoons. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ordering-chinese-food-want-anything/69834/42 "2001-06-24T23:00:51Z")

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Sweet Fancy Buddha, I _love_ Chinese!

lessee…  
Egg Drop Soup  
Cha-Shu BBQ Pork  
Chow Dun  
Chicken Chow Mein with _honest-to-gosh pan fried noodles_  
Ginger Beef with Broccoli  
Sweet and Sour Chicken  
Mar Far Chicken  
and regular steamed white rice.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm…thanks, **Rose!**

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**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ordering-chinese-food-want-anything/69834/43 "2001-06-25T00:37:26Z")

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Mmmmmmmmm!

One order of eggrolls,  
War wonton soup,  
Moo Goo Gai Pan,  
white rice (which I call “sticky rice”),  
and a Diet Coke, thanks!

(Yes, that’s all for little ol’ me).

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ordering-chinese-food-want-anything/69834/44 "2001-06-25T00:49:57Z")

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White steamed rice  
Cantonese chow mein  
Curried veggies  
beef n’ broccoli  
All of the above eaten with chopsticks  
seventeen or eighteen of those little spring rolls… mmmmm

…and **Ginger** Beef, of course!

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ordering-chinese-food-want-anything/69834/45 "2001-06-25T05:10:01Z")

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I think I’ll go with the shrimp friend rice … er, the shrimp fried rice.

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