English Chinese Food in Hua Hin

[joelle]

I dare say it's undoubtedly good but having looked at their menu I find it expensive. I mean 200 baht for a fried rice ??
But if it's all that good why not, for a treat, occasionally

[Bubba1]

Would probably be around £13 in the UK or more than ฿500

[Dannie Boy]

You must use a posh Chinese - my local takeaway in the UK charges £6.50 for Special Fried rice, which is less than B300.

Anyway if the food is that good then it might be worth paying their prices for an occasional treat rather than use as a regular facility.

[Big Boy]

I dare say it's undoubtedly good but having looked at their menu I find it expensive. I mean 200 baht for a fried rice ??
But if it's all that good why not, for a treat, occasionally

I used to be of the same opinion. However, it is a completely different flavour to Thai fried rice, and the portion sizes are huge. I had to try the food again yesterday, just to see if my previous visit was just lucky. I won't be a regular (as in every day or probably week), but it is a very nice option to have if I want it.

[VincentD]

Thanks. Looks a good recommendation judging by the Chinese menu, To get good chop suey would be a delight (spicy Singapore noodles even better, which I could get from the old place by the railway line).

As a resident Singaporean, I am curious as to what this particular noodle dish looks like? Most Singaporean dishes are already spicy. However there are so many different types I'm wondering what sort of a mongrel concoction this could be? Char kway teow? Laksa? Hokkien mee?
Right. Rant over.
Probably triggered as I haven't had any decent real Singapore food for a while..

[joelle]

Would probably be around £13 in the UK or more than ฿500

No offence but I think
1- you've been ripped off at that price in UK
2- we are not in UK and fried rice is one of the basic Thai food and real cheap even the good tasty ones which I agree are not easy to get by

[Bubba1]

Mod Edit:

Content deleted. No need to be insulting and talk down to people.

[Bubba1]

Most popular UK Chinese in pattaya. Delivery only

[404cameljockey]

Thanks. Looks a good recommendation judging by the Chinese menu, To get good chop suey would be a delight (spicy Singapore noodles even better, which I could get from the old place by the railway line).

As a resident Singaporean, I am curious as to what this particular noodle dish looks like? Most Singaporean dishes are already spicy. However there are so many different types I'm wondering what sort of a mongrel concoction this could be? Char kway teow? Laksa? Hokkien mee?
Right. Rant over.
Probably triggered as I haven't had any decent real Singapore food for a while..

A 'mongrel conconction? Why so hi-so meh? Just a basic dry mei fun dish as seen in Chinese takeaway places (not in Singapore I can say). Yes, fresh chopped chili included with tiny shrimp, fine diced char siu pok, cabbage etc., I don't usually expect it to be nice and also spicy in Thailand, but it was decent at the place I mentioned.

[VincentD]

Ah. Wasn't trying to be facetious, but Singapore food does have a unique place and I suspect what you call mei fun is probably called hor fun in Singapore and raad na in Thailand. To label a particular dish as 'Singaporean' on an English version of Chinese food can be pushing the term fusion food off the nearest cliff.
Having said that, there are some really interesting noodle dishes you need to try when you do go to Singapore, my sister makes a very good Nyonya version of Mee Siam. (A totally Singaporean/ Malaysian spicy noodle that has absolutely nothing to do with Siam).
Didn't mean to shatter any fragile misconceptions as to what a 'proper' plate of nosh should taste like. We have our individual expectations based on what is available from our home countries. If it tastes good, I eat it. Just don't label it as something that has no relation in the slightest to the purported place of origin. It can lead to a lot of frustration looking for that particular dish when visiting the country and not being able to find it..

[STEVE G]

Thanks. Looks a good recommendation judging by the Chinese menu, To get good chop suey would be a delight (spicy Singapore noodles even better, which I could get from the old place by the railway line).

As a resident Singaporean, I am curious as to what this particular noodle dish looks like? Most Singaporean dishes are already spicy. However there are so many different types I'm wondering what sort of a mongrel concoction this could be? Char kway teow? Laksa? Hokkien mee?
Right. Rant over.
Probably triggered as I haven't had any decent real Singapore food for a while..

I really like Singapore Noodles but I've just had a look online and apparently they're originally from Hong Kong.
That explains how they got to the UK because pretty much all the early Chinese restaurants established in the 1960s were by people from Hong Kong.
At that time it was very difficult for anyone from the rest of China to emigrate to the UK which is why nearly all the restaurants there are Cantonese.

[Dannie Boy]

Virtually every Chinese restaurant I have used in the UK offers what it calls Singapore Noodles, so my exposure has been with what they have offered - I don’t recall any of them being particularly spicy, but normally quite enjoyable.

[STEVE G]

It seems that the dish has been called Singapore Noodles for seventy odd years:

"Like the Hainanese chicken rices and Mongolian lambs of the world, Singapore noodles weren't invented in the place after which they're named. Instead, the dish was created in Hong Kong sometime after WWII by Cantonese chefs who were keen to find a use for curry powder — a recent addition to the southern Chinese pantry via British colonies. The dish was named 'Singapore noodles' as a nod to the cosmopolitan nature of both city-states."

Not made in Singapore: The curious case of Singapore noodles
https://www.sbs.com.au/food/the-cook-up ... /fbbhq1034

[VincentD]

Okay. Thanks for that, Steve. I now have a better idea as to what the noodles are all about.

[404cameljockey]

I haven't seen any British Chinese offering crispy frog porridge, which was a dish I've had at a Singapore hawker centre before. But as I say, I'll ask Charcoal Grill about Singapore noodles as they did it for me before at their last location.