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Food: Vietnamese or Chinese?

Solidgone
Solidgone Posts: 10,234
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i must admit my preference is now Vietnamese although good Sichuan cooking takes some beating. 

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  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596
    Chinese! Yum 
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,049
    Don't really know Vietnamese food, but like Chinese.
    Any recommendations for a Vietnamese place in SE London?
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,127
    I love both which makes Yunnan the perfect place to live.

    Can't beat a super fiery Chongqing hotpot though, yumyum.
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,127
    I love both which makes Yunnan the perfect place to live.

    Can't beat a super fiery Chongqing hotpot though, yumyum.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,089
    iainment said:
    Don't really know Vietnamese food, but like Chinese.
    Any recommendations for a Vietnamese place in SE London?
    Bahn Bahn in Peckham is absolutely amazing. There’s also a place called Bar Om in Peckham that gets lots of praise, and is pretty good, but not as good as Bahn Bahn.

    Vietnamese seems to be the in thing at the moment.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,049
    se9addick said:
    iainment said:
    Don't really know Vietnamese food, but like Chinese.
    Any recommendations for a Vietnamese place in SE London?
    Bahn Bahn in Peckham is absolutely amazing. There’s also a place called Bar Om in Peckham that gets lots of praise, and is pretty good, but not as good as Bahn Bahn.

    Vietnamese seems to be the in thing at the moment.
    Thanks.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,405
    Vietnamese still retains that indefinable French influence .. basically French meets Chinese(ish)
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,234
    Lincsaddick said:
    Vietnamese still retains that indefinable French influence .. basically French meets Chinese(ish)
    This. 
  • Cordoban Addick
    Cordoban Addick Posts: 5,448
    Proper Chinese food knocks the spots off of other food but so hard to find outside China.
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,234
    The Royal China Club in Baker Street knocks up some good grub but also the cost. 

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  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    JessieAddick said:
    I never like hotpots despite being Chinese. I don't see the attraction at all. For me Vietnamese (and also Thai) food is so much better than a Chinese hotpot. Most of my colleagues and friends love hotpots though.

    That said, Chinese food in general is better than Vietnamese I think. We are a big country so there are countless choices! The food here is what I love about my country the most😍
    Lived in Singapore for a while...if there was ever a nation so obsessed with food it has to be Singapore.
  • Pringle
    Pringle Posts: 464
    As Bryan Robson once said, "Chinese food". 
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,318
    Veitnamese but only ever had it a handful of times as have not found anywhere near me that does it well
  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,760
    iainment said:
    Don't really know Vietnamese food, but like Chinese.
    Any recommendations for a Vietnamese place in SE London?
    Urban Orient in Crystal Palace.
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,222
    Vietnamese for soups, Chinese for stir fry’s. Thai better than both of them. 
  • NapaAddick
    NapaAddick Posts: 4,657
    Is this a veiled way of asking if I am a cat or dog person?
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,284
    iainment said:
    Don't really know Vietnamese food, but like Chinese.
    Any recommendations for a Vietnamese place in SE London?
    Cafe Mama Pho in Deptford (actually closer to Surrey Quays station though) is by far the best Vietnamese I’ve ate in London. It’s a very small place, under a dozen tables, and you can’t book so expect to queue outside at weekends. Well worth it though. 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,326
    Good Viet place in East St Bromley.

    Mandarin Palace in Bromley also good.

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  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    Vietnamese and also Filipino, fantastic food.

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  • Cordoban Addick
    Cordoban Addick Posts: 5,448
    Basically I love anything (veggie in my case) from Asia and the Middle East (which is of course in Asia). What I miss most about living in London is the ease of finding decent nosebag.
  • Boom
    Boom Posts: 1,683
    Where do you live these days then bloke in Córdoba?
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,462
    Surely 

    NapaAddick said:
    Is this a veiled way of asking if I am a cat or dog person?
    Is a post with racial stereotyping going on...


  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,851
    edited June 2019
    iainment said:
    Don't really know Vietnamese food, but like Chinese.
    Any recommendations for a Vietnamese place in SE London?
    @iainment There are two good ones near Surrey Docks station, one on the main road back towards Deptford (Cafe Mama Pho - I've just seen stone roses mentioned it) and one at the far end of the shopping centre car park, quite a good on in Crystal Palace opposite the White Hart, and I've heard there's a good one on Deptford High St but never been there, 

  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,851
    At the cafe end of the market, I prefer Vietnamese, but at the high end, Chinese is far better.
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,996
    Henry Irving said:
    Good Viet place in East St Bromley.

    Mandarin Palace in Bromley also good.

    I meet my mate who works at the Council in the MP. Great lunch menu and food is excellent.

  • snowinberlin
    snowinberlin Posts: 807
    Sichuan is my favourite but hard to find anywhere authentic 

    I know a good Japanese home cooked place that's quite reasonably priced, Taro, http://www.tarorestaurants.co.uk/home/Menu/2
  • Cordoban Addick
    Cordoban Addick Posts: 5,448
    Boom said:
    Where do you live these days then bloke in Córdoba?
    Devon, it is the Andalucia of England but with marginally better Asian food.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,038
    Chinese

    Spent 2 weeks in Vietnam earlier this year and wasn't overexcited by the food. Of course I had some excellent meals but I definitely prefer Chinese or Thai cooking

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