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[Gary Marshall]

A colleague gave me a menu for a new leeds chinese the other day and then over lunch on friday jay and thom were raving about the sister branch in manchester.........

http://observer.guar...1591529,00.html

so i headed over today, being a complete novice to chinese food and not having the time or inclination for a big blow out we passed the undoubted delights of stir fried pig intestine and had the wimpy set lunch, a veritable bargain at £8 for 3 courses. I had a very good beijing hot and sour soup, some excellently garlic salt and pepper spare ribs followed by singapore style vermicelli (spicy).

Everything was definitely a step above the usual chinese standard and it looks well worth returning to for a more adventurous banquet.

[Bapi]

You great big jessie Sounds a bargain though

Don't expect any set lunch nonsense next month

[Matthew Grant]

Leeds! This is the UK forum!

[jayrayner]

You went to Red Chilli and had that?

It's like visiting an experienced hooker and, after listening to everything that's on offer, opting to have a cuddle.

Edited by jayrayner, 20 October 2005 - 12:23 AM.

[thom]

I have to side with Mr Rayner on this one.

To follow Jay's lead and use a metaphor from my own experience I would suggest it is akin to visiting the players lounge at Old Trafford and asking where Phil Neville is.

Gary, Bapi - I can hear those husband and wife lung slices calling for our next Northern soiree...

Cheers

Thom

[jayrayner]

I have to side with Mr Rayner on this one.

To follow Jay's lead and use a metaphor from my own experience I would suggest it is akin to visiting the players lounge at Old Trafford and asking where Phil Neville is.

Gary, Bapi - I can hear those husband and wife lung slices calling for our next Northern soiree...

Cheers

Thom

And here, I think, we have identified the difference between you and me. When thinking about food, I grope towards notions of filthy sex. You think about cricket.

[Andy Lynes]

Listen to them, like a bunch of larger louts daring each other to order the phall after a night on the piss. "Backs to the wall lads, he's having the Singapore Noodles!"

[jayrayner]

Listen to them, like a bunch of larger louts daring each other to order the phall after a night on the piss.  "Backs to the wall lads, he's having the Singapore Noodles!"

Second time in a week: Observer readers are already accusing me of being a homophobe for suggesting that only a ladyboy would order from the ordinary cantonese menu. Of course, my comment does not indicate that I discriminate against the gay community. Only aganist Ladyboys. Like Gary Marshall.

[kutsu]

Guys, this sounds fantastic, I'm off to Manchester this saturday and wouldn't mind taking the missus for a spot of lunch. Do they do the full shebang at lunch as well as dinner?

Mmm lung..

[jayrayner]

Guys, this sounds fantastic, I'm off to Manchester this saturday and wouldn't mind taking the missus for a spot of lunch. Do they do the full shebang at lunch as well as dinner?

Mmm lung..

yes

[fisherman]

Listen to them, like a bunch of larger louts daring each other to order the phall after a night on the piss.  "Backs to the wall lads, he's having the Singapore Noodles!"

what exactly are these louts larger than?

[Gary Marshall]

i know i let the side down (Ladyboys FC), i did warn you i know nothing about chinese food

i'm so distracted at the moment i've just walked back from leeds town centre and forgot to buy lunch so constructing a banquet is out of my range at the moment

anyway, anthony's at flannels opens officially next week so that's my lunchtimes taken care of

Edited by Gary Marshall, 20 October 2005 - 06:33 AM.

[Gary Marshall]

Listen to them, like a bunch of larger louts daring each other to order the phall after a night on the piss.  "Backs to the wall lads, he's having the Singapore Noodles!"

hey, they were spicy noodles !

[Pweaver1984]

Phil Neville "supposedly" plays footbal Jay , not cricket...............

[thom]

Phil Neville "supposedly" plays footbal Jay , not cricket...............

I didn't want to be the one to point that out... It seemed petty and churlish. Now you're stolen the glory though I kind of wish I had. Bloody moral highground...

By a strange coincidence Phil did actrually play cricket for Lancashire (Freddy Flintoff recently admitted that the Neviller was the star of his junior side) and had a promising career ahead before switching to football.

Jay isn't a big sport-lover (ladyboy), but we love him anyway for his generosity, sparkling wit and casual baiting of organic-shoe wearing, freerange pasta smallholding Observer readers.

Cheers

Thom

[jayrayner]

Phil Neville "supposedly" plays footbal Jay , not cricket...............

Which is why, after nearly 20 years in journalism, I have literally written for every section of newspapers for which it is possible to write - except sport.

[culinary bear]

Phil Neville "supposedly" plays footbal Jay , not cricket...............

Which is why, after nearly 20 years in journalism, I have literally written for every section of newspapers for which it is possible to write - except sport.

Which personals column did you edit?

I think a trip with Mrs Bear to the aformentioned Chinese might be in order.

[Bapi]

I have to side with Mr Rayner on this one.


Gary, Bapi - I can hear those husband and wife lung slices calling for our next Northern soiree...

It's official then Thom.

Gary will be made to sit in the corner in a Kimono like the Ladyboy that he is.

[Gary Marshall]

Phil Neville "supposedly" plays footbal Jay , not cricket...............

Which is why, after nearly 20 years in journalism, I have literally written for every section of newspapers for which it is possible to write - except sport.

you see, i thought that was a joke on jay's non sporting nature, though to look at him you'd never think he wasn't sporty

[culinary bear]

Gary in a Kimono? Having met Mrs Gary for the first time recently, I can confirm she wears the trousers. :)

[Gary Marshall]

[quote name='Bapi' date='Oct 20 2005, 04:05 PM']
[quote name='thom' date='Oct 20 2005, 08:24 AM']I have to side with Mr Rayner on this one.

Gary, Bapi - I can hear those husband and wife lung slices calling for our next Northern soiree...

[/quote]

you see being foodies you'll be lured into tucking into those lungs as being 'the right thing to do' whilst i shall be tucking into my chicken satay and actually enjoying it

[Gary Marshall]

Gary in a Kimono?  Having met Mrs Gary for the first time recently, I can confirm she wears the trousers. :)

the trick is to let them think they wear the trousers ......

[culinary bear]

I suppose I do wear a kilt sometimes, so I shouldn't comment...!

I did notice, though, that you were good enough to let her have a go behind the wheel.

[Ian]

Second time in a week: Observer readers are already accusing me of being a homophobe for suggesting that only a ladyboy would order from the ordinary cantonese menu.

Actually, anyone who orders on menu *at all* in any Chinese restaurant must be considered a 'ladyboy'. This includes prominent food writers.

--
Ian Fenn
Chopstix
http://www.chopstix.com/

[Bapi]

Gary in a Kimono?  Having met Mrs Gary for the first time recently, I can confirm she wears the trousers. :)

the trick is to let them think they wear the trousers ......

No, I agree with Allan. She has the brains, looks and could easily beat seven bells out of him if crossed. Terrible taste in blokes though.

[Simon Farrow]

Sounds great. Garry do you have the address for the Leeds branch?

[Gary Marshall]

i do, it's near millenium square, in a basement on the corner.

6 millenium square, great george street, leeds, ls1 3dw.

0113 242 9688

[BertieWooster]

Hey, I'll make you look red in tooth and claw when I go Gary. Shit, I make Proust look red in tooth and claw. 'Uhhr, excuse me, what steamed vegetables do you have?'

[muichoi]

Chinese people have the sense not to steam vegetables(except aubergines and some roots).

[BertieWooster]

I'm going to be very, very disappointed then ain't I?