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Food & Drink > The Chinese Trough
 

The Chinese Trough

The actual name of the restaurant escapes me. I simply call it the Chinese trough. It is one of those all-you-eat places where they ought to supply wheelchairs to get you to your vehicle afterwards. Yes, yes, I know that gluttony is a terrible sin. I’m just saying. This food is GOOD!

I’ve never understood that old saw about the problem with Chinese food is that, an hour later, you’re hungry again. Perhaps that’s true for Chinese women; an hour later, you’re horny again. But I would consider that a tribute to Chinese women, not a slur. If something is good, if something is fulfilling, you want more of it, and you don’t want to wait too long to have it again.

So anyway, at this place the food is plentiful, filling, and delicious. Plus, they have a grand sushi bar. I like to fill a plate with everything from teriyaki chicken on a skewer to orange chicken to Chinese pork to fried rice, then get a plate of sushi to enjoy as an accompaniment. I am informed by my daughter, who turned me on to sushi years back, that the ginger is supposed to be used to cleanse the palate between bites of different things. But being the self-indulgent gastronome that I am, I prefer to take my slivers of ginger with each individual mouthful of rice-rolled sushi. I enjoy the soft crunch, along with the flavor, added to the joy of tasting the sushi itself.

Okay, so maybe I have more heathen than gourmand in my DNA. I plead no contest, whatever. I only make three trips up to get food when I’m at the trough: two for “food,” a third for “dessert.” When I leave, I always wink at that cute little Chinese gal bussing the table.

posted on Mar 31, 2013 8:06 AM ()

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The best Chinese restaurant is in Shawnee. It is so good that we used to
eat there at least once a week. Crab Rangoons are my passion.
comment by elderjane on Mar 31, 2013 4:47 PM ()
Nie hao!
comment by jondude on Mar 31, 2013 3:19 PM ()
I will pass on this.No interest.Yes,they do all taste the same to me also.
comment by fredo on Mar 31, 2013 1:22 PM ()
I was planning to indulge this past Wednesday but I ended up not going with Donna, so no (excuse the expression) Chink. But a week from Thursday will be my day at 1pm while Donna goes to an appointment. She isn't thrilled by food as I am since she's been doing low carb. Ah... I can taste the wontons and cheese dumplings...
comment by jjoohhnn on Mar 31, 2013 11:44 AM ()
The anticipation is part of the thrill...
reply by steeve on Mar 31, 2013 2:31 PM ()
I LOVE Chinese food. We were supposed to go out for it tomorrow night but DH is sick. One for no Chinese food. Two for DH being sick.
comment by nittineedles on Mar 31, 2013 11:42 AM ()
He'll recover, and the Chinese restaurant will still be there. Perk up, kid!
reply by steeve on Mar 31, 2013 2:30 PM ()
That pickled ginger is so good, and I eat it the way you do, same bite. I don't eat the raw fish sushi, but like the veggie ones. Once I tried it, I actually get a craving for it.
comment by troutbend on Mar 31, 2013 9:33 AM ()
My daughter got me to try it and, to my surprise, I liked it.
reply by steeve on Mar 31, 2013 2:32 PM ()
I've never understood sushi. It all tastes the same to me....like cold white rice or cold white rice with wasabi.
comment by miker on Mar 31, 2013 8:42 AM ()
I don't eat wasabi...too hot. But the sushi varies acc'ding to what's in the rolled rice. Plus, eating with chopsticks makes me feel like a worldly person such as yourself...
reply by steeve on Mar 31, 2013 2:29 PM ()

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