There is no orange chicken anywhere near me.
You will not be giving your jeans stains they like, then.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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Polter-Cow - Sep 16, 2009 8:57:22 am PDT #9132 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
brenda m - Sep 16, 2009 8:58:03 am PDT #9133 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
What kind of a big city doesn't have at least three Chinese restaurants within eight blocks of any individual's given location at any time?
Outside of Chinatown, Chicago is actually pretty sparse for decent Chinese, other than seriouly high-end. This is something Daley should be looking into.
JZ - Sep 16, 2009 9:00:47 am PDT #9134 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Outside of Chinatown, Chicago is actually pretty sparse for decent Chinese, other than seriously high-end.
Oh, that's sad. Within 8 blocks of my work, in one direction or another, we've got low to high end Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean and miscellaneous noodle fusion. Not that I ever actually go to any of them, but it's comforting just to know they're there.
tommyrot - Sep 16, 2009 9:01:24 am PDT #9135 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Outside of Chinatown, Chicago is actually pretty sparse for decent Chinese, other than seriouly high-end.
That is oddly true. Can't swing a dead cat without hitting a Thai, sushi or Thai/sushi place, but good Chinese is limited outside of Chinatown.
But anyway, I think I could find good orange chicken in downtown Evanston, but since I don't drive to work, downtown is too far away for my lunch breaks since our company moved.
Jessica - Sep 16, 2009 9:02:16 am PDT #9136 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
When I was at Northwestern we pretty much relied on Panda Express for Chinese food.
tommyrot - Sep 16, 2009 9:02:30 am PDT #9137 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, that's sad. Within 8 blocks of my work, in one direction or another, we've got low to high end Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean and miscellaneous noodle fusion.
I really miss working in the financial district of San Francisco - cheap and good Chinese was easy to find. I'd go out for orange or lemon chicken all the time during my lunch breaks....
tommyrot - Sep 16, 2009 9:03:04 am PDT #9138 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When I was at Northwestern we pretty much relied on Panda Express for Chinese food.
They're gone now. (The one on Sherman Ave.) Yeah, I'd get orange chicken all the time there.
JZ - Sep 16, 2009 9:06:52 am PDT #9139 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I'd go out for orange or lemon chicken all the time during my lunch breaks....
There are definitely some things I miss about Berkeley, and one of the big ones is easy, walking-distance-from-home access to numerous restaurants with vegetarian orange or lemon chicken. I have a horrible weakness for Chinese fake-meat dishes; they're oddly not so common on this side of the Bay, but right around the Cal campus in Berkeley they're everywhere.
Lee - Sep 16, 2009 9:07:20 am PDT #9140 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Now I want Chinese food. I don't have any good quick places near me for lunch though.
I think I will stick with my plan of eating too much sushi tonight.
Kathy A - Sep 16, 2009 9:08:42 am PDT #9141 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Thai's the big thing in Chicago, like tommy said. It's been big since at least the mid-80s; the one time I worked downtown, first job out of college in 1988, there were at least six Thai restaurants within walking distance of the office (at Grand and Dearborn).
I'm pretty lucky that there's a not-too-bad Chinese place that'll deliver to my apartment. Their sweet-and-sour chicken and fried rice is decent enough.