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As you’re all banging on about toasters and cheese I am now hungry so will talk about takeaway foods I have loved in my travels in this great country of ours.
Burgers.  Burgers are great.  Five guys are opening all over the UK.  American brand, not cheap -about £10 for a burger and fries.  Reading closest to Swindon so far but it’s a great burger.  You feel ashamed after eating it.  That’s the point really.  Proper dirty food.
Burritos.  Amazing what those Mexicans could do with a tortilla and a bunch of meat and veg.  Chipotle are opening a few places in London but burrito places are springing up all over the pace.  I do like to treat myself to a pulled pork burrito.  Amazing stuff.  Like South American kebabs but much more exciting.
Talking of Kebabs, if you are ever in Manchester treat yourselves to a mixed chicken and Lamb kebab from Abduls.  Big chunks of grilled Chicken and Lamb salad and sauces all encased within the warm bosom of a naan bread.  Best Kebabs I’ve tasted.

So whats your favourite takeaway that isn’t the boring choice of curry.  And which chains might I find that are good to go to.
I have no reason to ask this apart from wanting you to stop talking about cheese.

My favourite takeaway is a carribean. Rice and peas, curried goat, ackee and salt fish etc. lovely.

I haven't tried five guys, everyone at work raves about it. I had a Byron burger a while back which was pretty damn good.

Mission burrito in Oxford is good.

Pulled pork is amazing, there's a place in Oslo called Nighthawks Diner which serves authentic US diner/fast food and the pulled pork sandwich is mind blowing.

Burritos = yes
Chicken fajitas = Oh Yes

Ah, im cooking up some pulled pork tomorrow night.  

There's a mission burrito in Bath by the odeon as well.

Up until about a year ago the only kebabs I'd ever eaten were after a skinfull and that never ended well.

Then I had one stone cold sober and it was a revelation, they are now narrowly my favourite takeaway.

I've never had a kebab over here, the doner has never looked remotely appealing as someone who doesn't really drink but Oslo (again, sorry, I've never really lived anywhere other than small towns in the UK) has some good kebab places

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Curry boring? !?! No. Food of kings.

I lived in Leicester for 7 years.  Curry quickly became boring. 

I'd kill for a toad in the hole right now!

I'll never bore of curry. Those burgers sound tempting. Swindon is crying out for a burger place like that.

Yes, they've got shops in oxford, Bath, Reading, Bristol and Cardiff but it looks like they are giving Swindon a miss.

Swindon is crying out for a lot of different food places but all we seem to get is one McDonalds after another.

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Had 5 guys last time I was in London. The burger was okay, but I've had better, and the fries were terrible. More like slightly earthy chips than the deliciously sweet and salty french fry you expect. Shan't be trying them again, will be returning to Byron, the greatest of Burger palaces.

5 guys and Byron are poor. You need to try Honest Burgers.

The amount of street food available in London now is unreal. So much better than restaurants/food chains.

Honest Burgers are good, but Byron makes me happy because they do an amazing chocolate milkshake.

Fries, Cheeseburger, Chocolate Milkshake are what I judge all Burger Chains by.

Its good to have a criteria to judge places by. I use lime pickle for curry houses. I don't trust the ones that don't do lime pickle.

This reminds me. I had the worst excuse of an Indian takeaway ever recently. Most of it went in the bin it was that bad. Bombay delights in dawlish. If you're ever down there and fancy a curry, don't bother it's dire.

The best burger I've ever had is at Almost Famous in Manchester. I want one now.

I'd also recommend in london, burger bear and bleecker st burger.

Anyone tried kangaroo steaks?

Had 5 guys in new york. The fries were delish

My favourite curry from memory was in Leicester after our FA Cup match there. Totally un-anglised (didn't recognise anything on the menu) and authentic (having been to India).

I usually try and avoid chain restaurents, however the hottest pizza in Pizza Express (ETNA) is something I enjoy every now and then. I find it consistently good.

No, but I had reindeer in Finland once. Rudolph was absolutely stunning, lovely meat.

Chewy and horrible

Last time I had reindeer, my little girl ate half of it!

Reindeer's great, kangaroo's not very good, ostrich is pretty good, crocodile is interesting.

A nicely developing thread  :)

Anybody else eaten something off piste? Manatee? (although FB might kill you for that) Snake? I'm thinking Flasheart might have had some interesting cuisine in his neck of the woods.

Ants, Scorpion, squirrel...

I had shark steak when in Cuba.

pikey

There's always whatever is in the bottle of novelty tequila.

I've had chocolate coated crickets before, it's like eating popcorn that is entirely loose bits of kernel. Gets stuck in your teeth and throat and all sorts. Horrible. Mealworms are okay. Not exactly great, but okay.

If anyone is ever in Newbury a rio burger is a must. Amazing, greasy, juicy burgers in as baby combos as you can imagine.
Very well priced too.

I've had horse before.

It was neigh bad.

I have genuinely had horse before.

You've eaten pikey? Isn't that kind of illegal?

Is that the secret ingredient?

Colleagues sometimes go for lunch there. Might have to join them.

I had some cured horsemeat slices in Italy, it was like parma ham but darker.

Talking of parma ham, the piadina sandwich in Italy is fantastic. Basically a flatbread stuffed with parma ham, cheese, rocket salad, then folded and and grilled.

I think all of us on here who aint veggie have had horse, whether they wanted it or not.

Had cod and chips from Trident Fish bar last night. Expensive, but excellent. All fish is battered and cooked to order in front of you so if you're in a rush, call up and order otherwise you'll be waiting for 15 mins.

At last, something I can get in Swindon.

Cheers

Fair point.

I've KNOWINGLY ordered and eaten horse. :)

I'd give horse a go.

There is no way of putting this that doesn't make it sound like an innuendo.
I'd honestly give any meat a go.

I think you're safe, half of the comments on this thread are of blokes talking about having 5 guys and really enjoying it.

Is beefcake actually a food?

No need to go all then way to Cuba for shark, I've got some from the fish counter in Tesco before now. Make soup from it....not quite bouillobaise, but fun to do.

If you've ever had a "meat" curry in the UK, you've probably eaten goat.

goats nice.

Has anyone had dog? Looking at you Bangkok

Dog or 'a dog'?

as in eaten dog

Same query applies!!

Nope.

I'd try it though, provided it was killed humanely.

Ditto. If i was in a country where such things are part of the culture i would give it a go. If i am happy to eat the meat of a cow, or pig when i a at home i see this no different to the Chinese eating dog. They are all living beings and to discriminate against one would be hypocritical.

Do Chinese eat dog? I thought it was particular to just Korea

Yep, they do.

I'd rather go hungry than eat a dog. Couldn't do it.

same thing :-)

awaits being called a racist....

The best takeaway i have had was from a stall in Holland.
It was chunks of grilled fish with frites and mayo.
Think it is called Kimbling(spolling).

Kibbling. Gert lush. Not as nice as lekkerbek though which is battered cod with a spicy salt mixture shaken over it. I miss that on a Friday lunchtime  :(

Falafel King in Bristol

I've eaten giraffe. It was alright.

I'm a bit of a philistine when it comes to takeaways in that I generally only consider them when I'm hammered but I second the love for some of London's street food, can pick up some amazing stuff.

Plus you can't beat a good burger. The nearest Burger King to me is about half an hour away which I think should be illegal.

Used to love Magic Roll in Bristol when I lived there

Come on Ells. Everyone knows the best burger is from KFC

Ostrich is good.

Kudu is good also.

Zebra too

I've eaten snake, but the dish was so spicy that I couldn't really taste the meat.

Deep fried locust are good. The big ones can still be squishy inside though which can be unpleasant.

The Thai's also like frogs. Not frog's legs, the whole bloody thing. Small frogs , deep fried and crispy. :yum:

That's a fair point, I was thinking of beef burgers. Chicken beats everything IMO.

I didn't even know what a kudu was  :headhurts:

Its zebra meat i think, it was years ago i ate it.

FWIW Punjabi Grilled Chicken do a mean kebab

i prefer a friendly one.

Finally got round to trying the Trident.

The cod was good but what let it down was the chips. They looked OK but were quite dry almost like cardboard. The batter was OK but nothing special. Cost £6.50. A bit disappointed after reading such good reviews.

A long way short of York Road quality but I will give them another go on a different day of the week.

It's fish and chops for fucks sake, not a  Michelin star restaurant.

Oh not it isn't.

Anyone tried the Caribbean takeaway on Devizes Road?

You must have all noticed the strange coincidence of Chinese takeaways being next to vets.... think about it and I bet you can all name one.

Moshan Island Grill? Not tried the takeaway service but dined in many times. The food is absolutely supervb and highly recommend the goat curry. The plantain is also lovely as is are the festivals. Yum!

Been to Moshan Island Grill, it was great. Think the takeaway is somewhere else?

Back in islington tomorrow.  Burger or burrito, burrito or burger.  Hmm.  Just dont know.  Can I get away with one for breakfast and one for lunch?

Yep!  :I'm a complete mofleakin Deak

It is their takeaway outlet next to Talk of the Town - just noticed it today

It's good... massive portions all in one box (main with rice) ready to tuck in to.

Is that the same people though? Their website says Devizes road still even for takeaway.

Yeah, it's on Devizes Road

Crunchy Frog? That'd make a good confectionery.

The takeaway is on Devizes Rd and the eat in on Newport St I think.

I just got a flyer for some place called Chilli Shak in Victoria Road. Anyone tried them?

Mex food, burritos etc. eat in/take out/deliver but look quite expensive.

http://www.chillishak.co.uk/swindon/

Yep had takeaway from there three times, tried the burritos which were massive and fajitas which were amazing, chilli fries as a starter are a must! Pricey but you get loads of food and it all tastes fantastic.

How about a "Springbolt suprise"

Chili shak is the absolute tits

agreed, bloody love that place! don't bother with the decking out the back though, it's a tip. the restaurant itself, the staff and the food are amazing though!

You might be interested in the Old Town, beer and sausage fest this weekend.  Chillishak is doing something

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/13646601.Beer_ice_cream_and_lager_sorbets_on_Old_Town_s_Sausage_and_Ale_Trail/?ref=mr&lp=18

Ok teffers I need recommendation of a good Chinese takeaway in centralish Swindon.

Thanks

Don't use Little Panda. We ordered from them last weekend for the first (and last) time. The food wasn't terrible but all the dishes were very 'samey'.

I've previously had good takeaways from Emperors Kitchen and Ming Dynasty.

China Kitchen on Commercial Road, I've ordered from there a few times and it's always been decent.

A few people mention it in this thread - http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=55990.0

+1 for china kitchen.

great food and quick delivery.

Gone off China Kitchen recently. The sauces are very watery. The best Chinese I have had is from North Star. Unfortunately they got rated a big fat ZERO for hygiene.

Dirtier the better

Cheers all

I don't remember the last time I was ill through eating something dodgy, and I have eaten in some right shitholes. Just the other day we were being entertained by rats walking across the beams just above us while we ate. That place would be insta-closed in the UK.

They do bloody good food though. Their chicken, cashew nut, chilli and pepper stir fried in oyster sauce is the bomb.

One of the nicest places we ate in Mumbai was similar. We were advised to go there and was very nearly put off by the (lack of) cleanliness. However glad we did, cheap, spicy and delicious.

All places have their food hygeine rating on the door here now by law and I must admit it hasn't changed what I eat that much. What you don't know and all that. I don't expect the most exacting standards from a takeaway. Cos if I did I'd just cook for myself or go to a proper restaurant.

That said I eat takeaways 1-2 a year and I'd definitely be put off by a 0 star rating no matter how good the food was. You guys probably have immune systems used to it!  :-[

Only had one meal from North Star, not surprised about the rating - would never buy from there again, absolutely horrid!

Terry: Look: all kitchens are filthy, Mr. Fawlty. In fact, the better the kitchen, the filthier it is. Have you ever read George Orwell's experiences at Maxim's in Paris?

Basil: No. Do you have a copy? I'll read it out in court.

Never eaten in North Star but it's worth knowing there has been a rule change in the past couple of years and so a zero rating does not necessarily mean the kitchens are filthy - not having your paperwork up to date and out ready to be looked at, or there not being someone available to go through food hygiene questions with the inspector can earn you a big fat zero.

I personally think that's bullshit and a zero should mean a kitchen is fucking disgusting but maybe that's just me.

That theory was poo pooed by a health inspector in a follow up article in the Adver:

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/13498697.Hygiene_inspectors_give_14_food_outlets_a_ZERO_rating/

Well that's not really poo pooing it. Thats just saying it's 'likely' included something else.

I think it's safe to say you're not going to score zero for just having shit paperwork.

Not just shit paperwork no, they test knowledge of staff as well. If you haven't got any form of paperwork in place and your staff don't know what's going on then you're fucked.

I was quite annoyed to discover my favourite curry place was on that list when I read the article a little while back.

North Star do some reasonably good food, their Thai Green Curry isn't bad - of course it doesn't compare to a Thai restaurant but we're shopping on a budget here, not looking for Haute Cuisine.

I often go there after a home game.

Same, Rafu's, although I still order from there; I've not been ill yet.

That's what I usually have

Had a Thai green curry with coconut rice at the Check Inn at Wroughton last night.

Always top notch and they do a takeaway, too.

Thai Green Curry is decent for this kind of weather is why.

Need some sort of lift on a cold match day.

Khyber being mine. I've still ordered from there since too.

what curry house is good these days?

Spice up by Longs would be my preference. Probably going there tomorrow after post match football beers.

However, it's a bit Marmite, some rave, some sneer. Try it anyway and make your own mind up.

yea, just looking at just eats reviews, some good some back. Naga Kitchen seems to top the JE charts.

Yep, good call. Alternatively just change your cuisine direction and go to the Greek Olive on Faringdon Road, it's top of the pops of all Swindon restaurants on Trip Adviser  :)

Try http://hungryhouse.co.uk as well. I think they charge people less to list on there so I found there were more restaurants with lower minimum orders and free delivery than just eat. I've not used Just Eat for probably a good year or so now.

But just checking Just Eat I noticed Jack Spice. Someone on here said they were good and I had a couple of cracking curries from there a while back.

Jack Spice or Spice are my two favourites. Aby's is a good takeaway too.

Thumbs up for Naga Kitchen.

I went for the aptly named Chicken Naga which although hot was not as hot as i expected.
The wife's tikka massala was nice too.

Would highly recommend.

Yep. I go with Jack Spice as well, although the young lady I was with last time fell asleep face down in her masala.

Stimulating conversation me, obviously  ::)

Sorry about that Alan  :girlgiggle:

It's ok Ells.

She was reasonably slaughtered anyway so no chance of a goodnight kiss.

It was almost slow motion watching her slowly lose consciousness and nose dive. I wish I had been quick thinking enough to video it for her children to laugh at in later life

There's 25% off at Hungry House today, I've got an email.

Enter 'TREAT' as a code at checkout.

Fuck me you must be desperate. Even with 25% of you be better off eating at home.

Hungry House, not Hungry Horse.

I used that code, cheers. Ordered a jalfrezi from Aby's. Was nice, not amazing, but nice. Was a bit cold when it arrived though, so had to heat it up.

Brilliant food and repartee tonight

Yeah man

If any of you are in the Chipping Norton area, Spice of India is very good. The owner will often come down and give you free stuff like drinks, extra courses etc.

Also, if any of you fancy a challenge, most curry houses have a secret menu of ultra spicy curries. Ask for a Phaal Curry; you won't be disappointed if you like it extreme.

There's a phaal on every non-secret curry menu I've seen. Had one once and it made me cry

I ordered a burger from Scoozi earlier. It was fantastic.

I spoke to someone yesterday who was talking about this place that delivers Sunday roasts in Swindon.

http://www.facebook.com/The-Real-Deal-Catering-1610022352573592/

Based in the Tap and Barrel. Anyone tried them?

Not tried it Pete, but i know the chef is a big town fan if that influences you to give it a go....

Indeed, he is the one running coaches from the tap to away games

Do they deliver? :D

The thought of getting a takeaway Sunday roast actually turns my stomach. Why?

Meals on wheels...

Same here. A curry or a Chinese is all I've had delivered. I suppose everyone's in on the game nowadays. A pub in West Swindon will do anything on their menu as a takeaway.

I think of a takeaway as a meal I wouldn't normally cook myself.
Although I do make curries from scratch from time to time, however they're a fucking faff.

A roast dinner is a piece of piss to do and I have never had a roast dinner out as good as I make it, so the thought of a takeaway roast dinner doesn't thrill me in the slightest.

I don't even like a carvery as usually it's all overcooked, the veg is mushy and nothing is seasoned.

no, just no.

I'm just thinking - school dinners - MING!
I cook a roast every Sunday - not exactly hard! I'm not great cook

Agreed the local firestation think so too.....

Could be worse, you could have booked to have Christmas lunch a the woodlands edge...

Oh...

My local but I have to agree completely. That would be the saddest thing in the world after admitting to being on Tinder.

Exactly. Takeaways are for things you either can't cook yourself or can't be arsed to. If you can't be arsed to make a roast I dunno how you could be bothered to open the front door to the delivery man really. Just sounds disgusting.

We're without a kitchen for at least a week mind you so it'll be fun to see what I can conjure up..

I occasionally work in Ipswich which until recently had a takeaway roast dinner shop which was delightful.  Closed down when I was there in September.  But thats ok as I've given up meat.

Oh. Look what's for dinner  :(

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Is that supposed to be a rabbit? Jesus Christ. Can't imagine you'd get much meat out of that.

How did you know I did all my cooking topless with gloves and a hat on though?  :sherlock:

Par boiled and roasted rabbit skin is like pork scratchings?


Last weekend? I do have a pair of binoculars you know  :D

It is a bit of an effort peeling and preparing the vegetables, carving the meat and spending time in a boiling hot kitchen when you're hungover to fuck.

Interesting how takeaway food is viewed, a lot of Asian people I've spoken to say they would never buy a curry or a Chinese from a takeaway, they prefer to cook their own.
When I was in Italy, I found a takeaway pasta kitchen, the lasagne etc. was incredible and came hot in a foil container. Very popular too I had to queue for 15 minutes.

I found this place in Swindon that does Italian food other than pizza

http://www.rusticopizza.co.uk/swindon/

Anyone tried them?

Gaetanos is better but you have to collect. I think Botellinos do takeaway too, but again you have to collect.

I found Rustico to be pretty average if I'm honest.

Rustico is shite

Gaetanos was awesome back in the day, much like Rafus, until the chefs moved on/retired.

Bit like finding a good chippy, there were lots but very limited nowadays. Has the McDonalds/Dominoes factor changed things forever?

There was a kebab van at Dorcan for a couple of weeks recently called 'Jason Donervan' which I found amusing. Not there anymore though.

Welcome back you miserable Arsenal supporting cunt

Just had a curry from Naga Kitchen, was great, think i've found my Indian takeaway of choice

That's about the 2,561st recommendation on here now.

Count me in.

Preferred dishes anybody?

I had the Chicken Naga, It was hot but not blow your head of hot. Even the Tikka masala what the missus had was nice.

I went with a Dhansak, but asked for it a little hotter.
Could've still been spicier is my only criticism but thoroughly enjoyable nonetheless.

Thanks gents

http://naga-kitchen.co.uk/restaurant-menu (http://naga-kitchen.co.uk/restaurant-menu)

"Delivery:

We deliver to postcodes:
SN6 Swindon"

Erm, no you don't it seems.

Who the fuck thinks "I fancy a takeaway from Naga Kitchen" and then orders scampi and chips?

I hope they only put that on the menu so if you order it someone turns up to roundhouse you in the face and then blocks your number
World's gone mad

My ex-wife would only ever go to an Indian Restaurant if there was chips on the menu.

We had a massive fall out one day because I didn't tell her that Chicken Tikka wasn't the same as Chicken Tikka Massala.. Apparently I allowed her to order the chicken without the sauce..

That said, she goes to the Chinese for duck, but doesn't have 'all of the crap' that comes with it..

Yeah, just a plate of duck please...  :I'm a complete mofleakin Deak

Ells. A lot of people are on a MacDonalds diet. Scampi is an exotic interesting flight of culinary fancy.

Be reasonable now.

I rest my case  ;D

You do make some wise decisions then Darlo :D


Scampi's bloody weird anyway.. I bet 90% of the people who eat it couldn't tell you what it is. Weird little pseudo-lobstery shrimp thing in batter please..

I brand you as a scampiest and denounce you. You should be strung up from a lamp post for your anti-scampi leanings and chopped into tiny pieces.

Ooops. Wrong thread. I thought we were in the terrorist attack one  :(

I thought we'd all denounced the cod army  :(

Now and then..

Back in the halcyon days of the Fitton takeover, an end of season bash was held in The Old Bank, black tie do, for fans to meet players etc.

Nice little class system....cheap seats downstairs, more expensive going upwards. However even the cheap seats had copious langoustine around the place as part of the buffet.

There was a good turn out of TEFers, some extant and others departed (as in no longer on forum), it was encouraging to see that next to no TEFers, had an clue what the prawns were for, preferring the drumsticks and pork pies.

I'll hold my hand up to admitting, that I've had sufficient exposure to middle class life, to be able to make my way through a plate of fruit de mer.

The breaded stuff is mainly padded out with pangasius, the Mekong cat fish, these are farmed by the river dwellers. The Mekong is a dirty old thing, and the cat fish grow pretty big. 

I had a fillet of pangasius, 3 or so years ago in Fratellos, very nice too, lovely sauce, gave a taster to my Bulgarian lady, 2 hours later she had an analphylactic reaction, very strange, obviously allergic to the Mekong chemical soup.

Its at times like this I'm thankful that my dislike of all fish except batter cod protects me from the social faux pas minefield that Reg portrays.

On can't afford to be seen eating prawns wrong.

Prawns aren't fish. Just saying.

You really know how to show a girl a good time, don't you Reg? :D

Shellfish has fish in the name. That's just confusing.

It's a minefield out there.

Yep.  When you've spent your formative years in the Communist bloc, Fratellos seems quite up market. Probably does to some Swindon ladies also.

Nothing wrong with Fratellos! Although they do still sell that Pizza Di Canio...

Indeed not, it's not me who's suggesting taking a lady there is not showing her a good time.

Prawns are woodlice that learned how to swim. I still eat them though (the prawns not the woodlice)

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/community/identification/bug-forum/woodlice?fromGateway=true

I'm not bothered what they call it.. If it lives in the sea I'm not eating it.

Interesting though that in the UK it is requirement that anything labelled scampi is in fact a langoustine.

Come on Ells, I bet you love a newspaper full of battered cod and chips  :sherlock:

fixed it for you!

Can't stand that!


Indeed :D

Well do you like a sausage then?

 :mwah:

Certainly not a battered one!

Mj kebabs gave the Mrs and myself the shits and gut pain recently.

Ghandi's are still servicing my vindaloo needs adequately.

I went for a sit in m down meal at Raj in Chippenham based on reviews everyone thinks it's great .

but my vindaloo was bland and very mild

only been once but i though it was spot on

yeah that's what gets me, literally loads of great reviews. been twice now and both times were shit. I think I must just have been unlucky

Chef's day off? Curry cottage was the same. One or two days a week it went from the usual high standards to shite.

dunno, one was a Friday, one was a Wednesday. sounds like it must have been. this time they were busy so maybe they let the yts chef make mine.

I wasnt the only one disappointed with their meal so u don't think it was just me

Take as you find is always the best way I think.

Moshan Box Dinner is my favourite takeaway now

I was in The Raj last night and thought it was quite good. Tried a bit of bhuna, dhansak and jalfrezi which were all very nice. You could actually taste the difference between them which is more than can be said of some other curry houses.

i've only just noticed you said chippenham, but the ancient raj we have been talking about is in cricklade.

yes the ancient Raj was excellent, my lads swim in cricklade so we popped in on the way home.

the other one across the road, average. in case you wondered

My other half and her family went to the Moshan Island grill restaurant place, food was really nice but 'hot' not quite sure why they went as they found the Reggae Reggae chicken I made at a bbq this year too hot...  :clap:

I really wanna try their takeaway.

Just ordered form Chang Cottage, Devizes.

Not a bad little place at all, even better seeing I don't pay full price.


Edit: Made the call at 6:19, it's here by 6:30. And they rounded it down from £8.80 to a Fiver. It's either old as fuck or an order someone made and didn't collect  :wink:

Had another cracking curry from Naga Kitchen.

Do they predict (wrongly) what your order is, before you make it?

Happened to me with China Kitchen, got told it would be around 30-45 minutes, so had to run out to the cash point, i hadn't been gone 15 minutes and the missus is calling me telling me the foods here and the drivers getting pissed off. It tasted great but you gotta wonder how they made it so quick,

May have to ring them, see if they deliver to SN5

hahaha you don't think they cook every order fresh do you?

Take of Spice is the only half decent Indian in Chippenham, although it's a year and a half since I was last back and went there. Part of me still wishes it was the King Alfred, mind.

Fortune Inn for Chinese. I don't miss the Five Alls :)

Got food poisoning from our regular curry house last night
 - literally feel like death today - thank god my husband was ok

I went there no so long ago, its literally over the road from work. My curry was great, some of the groups wasn't  (cold) - there were 10 of us so it may be they put it under the hot light to make sure it all came out together.

King Alfred, that's a few years ago. Not sure I remember it too well, other than turn left here to get to my late great aunts flat in The Oaks.

not good. Assume it was from a place in Calne?

No I live in Melksham - although spice of Bengal in Calne is the bees knees!

Oh right, I knew it was one of those weird places in Wiltshire.

I'm from Calne so your half right!

Yes, it's in Wiltshire.

Well anyway looks like it might not have been food poisoning after all but a horrible bug that's come home from nursery as my husband had it tonight!

Here's a bit of fun.....quiz on takeaways at football grounds.  I got 15.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/14/football-quiz-identify-club-food-stadium

You bugger Reg. I got 14!

16  :D

12

15

21

No one likes a show off.

Or a fibber. I got 9

12.
Not bad considering I don't eat at football

13 for me

I noted that this score was better than 88% of entries and thought how intelligently above average all of our scores were.

Or are we a mix of fibbers and pie hunters?

24

12 which beat 75% of others  :eek:

Not been to most of those wrong anyway :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

My 16 beat 98% of others. A lot of clues tbh.

Years ago there was a big trailer outside Wycombe's ground that did full English breakfast in a baguette. Unfortunately last time I went there they were gone.

Does anyone remember that Colmans football food guide book? What a load of rubbish, I'm sure the author's football prejudices were more influential than the real quality of what they ate.

There were lots of clues. Was quite surprised the guy in a Utd shirt was actually outside Old Trafford!

Had TFC today for dinner. Always find their Chicken better than KFC. Quick delivery, and got quite a lot more than we ordered, so thats a bonus.

Currently half way through my take away from Terry's and very underwhelming-won't be going back...sweet n sour chicken and special chow mein. not a patch on Eldene but couldn't be arsed driving there.

Just had my tenth or so curry from Naga Kitchen, every one has been superb. Most consistent place I've ever ordered from

You don't cook much chubbs, do you?  :D

I've seen that chubbs in Sainsbury's, but it always looks a bit like tripe to me? It reminds me of the "chum" that they threw over the side of the boat to attract the shark in Jaws?

Anyone tried Wagamamas?

Seems like the fashionable place to go at the moment... (at my workplace, anyway)..

Go to Waga's regularly on my travels.  Good but overpriced I find.

Love a chicken katsu curry.

thats what the wifes for [/tysonfury]
In fairness, we probably treat ourselves to a take out every other week, but other than that we cook ourselves.

I am talking about the actual take away, i dont think they have any affiliation to what they sell in sainsburys.

Think he's talking about dog food

Once upon a time when the oop north mill towns were flourishing before their descent starting in the 60's, tripe takeaways were abundant....now you might find the odd market stall in Stalybridge, Darwen or Accrington.

The Lancashire love of tripe, came about because, both men and women worked long hours in the cotton mills, so picking up a takeaway was a boon.  The key thing with tripe was that it was juicy and a bit slimy, just the job when you had a throat full of cotton dust, went down a treat.

Tripe and onions along with a whole range of other offal based dishes were popular in the kitchens of post war austerity Swindon.....as 4D observed Swindon was a bit like a norvern town dumped in the south.

Not had it for a long time but whenever i vistited family in poland, tripe was often on the menu. If not well it very nice.

Moshan box dinners do not deliver to SN25. This is shit.

We love resurrecting's threads at the TEF!

Fancy a Chinese or a Curry tonight but I'm always scared to deviate from my norm. What are your go-to dishes? I want to try something totally different.

I’m a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to a curry. Chicken Dansak with Peshwari Naan.

Jalfrezi occasionally if I don’t fancy much sauce. Passanda if I’m feeling wussy.

Garlic chilli chicken

Lentil dahl of some sort. Indian vegetarian food is about a billion times better than western equivalents, and you get to feel like you're being a bit healthier whilst annihilating a takeaway curry. Treat yourself to an extra paratha to balance that bit out.

Chicken chilli massala

Methi Gohst. With paneer and fine helping of Raita.

Vindy. Man up.

Chicken Laal Maans, Jeera Aloo and Palak Paneer. Bloody hell I want a curry now.

My go to as well, although I will ask for the dhansak a bit hotter. I love a hot, sweet curry.