On Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 2:11:58 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > Those poor Chinese restaurants! These days they're looking pretty passé. Everybody would rather have Korean, or Thai, or Vietnamese. My wife and kids no longer want Chinese food. I like it because it cheap. Hee hee.
>
> I'd like to try Thai food sometime because I understand it's basically
> hot food. Never had any though....yet.
>
> I have no urge for Korean, Japanese or Vietnamese food.
>
> I do still love Chinese food. Mostly the Szechwan hotter foods. One
> local restaurant keeps putting menus on my door. I plan to try it
> sometime soon. If I do the lunch menu, it's much cheaper.
>
> Anyway, here's my wish list for an order there. Whenever I do this, I'll
> call it in for pickup so I don't have to give a generous tip to a
> deliverer. I'm cheap .
>
> - 2 spring rolls (not egg rolls)
> - 1 quart or pint of hot&sour soup (with fried noodle pack)
> - 1 sweet and sour pork (not hot)
> - 1 from the hot menu like General Tso's chicken or whatever
> - all with fried rice, not plain white rice
>
> This one order will give me a couple of meals and a couple of snacks.

I'd eat that. These days we go to Panda which is a fast food joint that serves mostly stir fried Chinese-like dishes. It's a sad state of affairs. The old ways are dying out.

https://www.pandaexpress.com/menu/entrees