- How could this order be improved?
By it going in the bin.
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- Hi, I'm Godfrey, and today we're trying
each other's Chinese takeaway orders.
- With Chinese takeaway, I think it's really popular here,
because it's just so filling, and so like, comforting.
It's like, one of those things on a Friday night,
where you're like, "Ooh I'd really fancy Chinese right now,"
watching some like, great TV.
- To be honest, I'm a really basic like, person
when it comes to like, takeaway orders.
- I think I've tried a decent amount,
so I don't think anything's gonna like, shock me today.
- I'm hungry, and I wanna eat.
Please, give me food.
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- My usual order is spring rolls, go do those spring rolls,
salt and pepper wings.
I usually get a hot and sour soup,
'cause you want to get loose juices flowing,
and special fried rice, because you get a mix of everything.
I think some people might show off today,
and try and get the special stuff in.
Yeah, that's fair to you, but this is my everyday order.
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- This is definitely way better presented,
I'm sure, than my dish would be.
Already soup, Chinese soup always hits the spot.
- Soup, is it Chinese takeaway?
- Really?
- The only soup I like is Heinz, like, tomato soup.
- I'm curious about this rice.
I don't know what's in it, but I love what I'm seeing.
I'm seeing a little shrimpy shrimp.
We've got some little wings.
- (gags) They just look horrible, like what?
Like, they just look horrible.
- On the bone as well, bonus points, because meat
on the bone always is like, 10 times better, always.
Spring rolls, come on, spring rolls are amazing,
especially the veggie ones.
- I do not think I'm gonna like this order.
- I'm gonna start with the soup.
Oh, it's got chicken in it as well,
and veg, lemme try it.
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Um, (chuckles)
it's got a bit of like, gravy taste to it,
but with like, onion and chicken mixing in.
- Oh, it's like, really thick.
I was expecting to be really thin.
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- Oh, hello.
We've got some shrimpy shrimps here as well,
and there's even meat as well.
Maybe it might be too full on.
- Let's try the rice.
- I'm gonna dip some of this rice into the soup,
because I feel like it will need a bit of some
of the juiciness to it.
Mm!
Oh, that hits the spot.
That's really, really good.
- Anything on the bone, to me, just makes me like,
feel instantly sick,
but we're gonna try.
My hands are all like, eh.
- Oh, they're crispy, mm!
Pop here.
I should be ordering wings, basically. (chuckles)
- I need some sort of sauce,
but lemme try and dip it in, in the soup.
Mm, mm.
- But this spring roll, mm, mm.
Took a big bite.
- And maybe sweet chili sauce to to dip the spring rolls in.
That's what I think it needs.
- I'm gonna dip.
Mm, no, mm.
- I think this person puts this order together,
'cause they like to eat things individually,
so they start off with a soup,
and then they move on the spring rolls,
then they move on the rice,
and then they finish off with the chicken wings.
That's how I see this person enjoying this meal.
- Someone who just wants a variety,
someone who's like, "You know what?
Need a bit of tapas vibes going on?"
This is it, absolutely bloody fantastic.
I'm sold.
- How could this order be improved?
By it going in the bin.
- I'd give this plate a five outta 10.
It's not amazing, or is it that really bad.
It's just like, somewhere between.
Nice things by themself, but altogether, not for me.
- I'd give it like, an 8.5.
Like, I think a really solid meal.
I think it just needs some sauces, some nice spice,
just a bit of element to kind of give it
that top tier mentality, but I rate it.
- I feel like I can't give it a zero,
'cause that's like, mean.
I'll give it like, a one and a half,
because I might've liked the boldness
of getting soup for a Chinese.
I find that really strange.
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So my Chinese takeaway order is duck pancakes,
some kind of garlic ginger chicken,
a chicken pate, and plain rice,
which everyone hates on me for.
It's like the worst thing ever, I know,
but yeah, I love a bit of plain rice.
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- I do like that you've got, you've got your meat,
you've got your one saucy dish.
I don't care about the plain rice, but I love a duck wrap.
It's just that I ain't got the money to be doing that
every every other weekend.
You've gotta have a lot of XP to have three meats
on the plate, so you really don't care.
You've got money, that's what I can see, it's rich.
Well, I appreciate it. (cash register dings)
- There's a nice aroma with this one.
I've never had ginger chicken before.
I wonder how that's gonna be,
'cause I do like ginger, but in like, small doses.
- From like, first reaction, I think it's
a bit too much chicken on chicken action. (laughs)
So I'm kind of intrigued to see how it's all gonna work.
I feel like they're
a bit more separate, standalone items,
rather than more harmonious.
- So that I feel like the only logical way to start
this plate is the duck pancake.
If I go to a buffet, I'm eating at least seven of these,
or even more, maybe.
- That's cool.
Mm.
More duck rolls, please.
- Money, well,
love it.
- Mm, mm.
Oh, I love ginger.
I know that's gonna be good.
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That's delicious, okay?
- Very gingery, might be a bit too much, actually,
too many flavors on the plate.
- I'm pleasantly surprised by this one.
It's got a lot of aroma on it, so I was expecting
a bit more of a stronger flavor,
but it's a nice mellow flavor to this ginger chicken,
and because it's in the sauce, the chicken's not dry.
- Ginger chicken, that's going on my order,
because I fricking love ginger.
- Okay, skewers.
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These skewers are not given.
- Mm.
Definitely more like peanut vibes.
I like it.
I like it a lot,
but I don't think I would order it with this.
- Hmm.
So I'm confused by this chicken now,
'cause what you gonna add it to, the rice?
There's no flavor in the rice, so what,
why?
- This order, I don't have a bad thing to say it really,
but it could have been better.
- Someone who orders this is definitely indecisive.
There's someone who looks at the menus like,
"Oh but I could have that.
Oh, I could have that as well."
Honestly, I would really order everything on this plate,
just not together.
- Having the duck pancake on this plate is like,
a hack to get a good score, 'cause this is good.
Like, I can't bring the rest of this plate down,
because this is kinda holding it up.
You know what?
I'm gonna give this five.
Without the duck pancakes,
what is this dish really about?
- If I had to rate this in terms of just flavors, dishes,
and everything, I would seriously give it like, a nine,
but as a plate, and how it works,
I'd give it like, a seven.
- I give this a seven out 10,
because it's just about the pieces coming together,
but the pieces separately are great,
so seven outta 10 and I notice I'm being very generous.
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- My typical order is always some duck.
I love some Szechuan duck.
Gotta have the plain rice.
You've gotta have some black pepper like, veggie thing,
and obviously, some veggie spring rolls,
because you can't go wrong with veggie spring rolls.
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- First thing is like, there's just hella sauce, man.
- Too much, but also not enough is happening on his plate.
Like, the plain rice is, actually, is angering my spirit.
- If you ordered white rice, and paid for it,
I'll be I'd be angry at you.
I'd be like, "What are you doing?
What are you doing?
I can just make it for you right now."
- It's giving buffet style, actually.
Like, you know when you go to a Chinese buffet,
you're just like, yammin' everything on.
You don't care, you're throwing caution to the wind.
That is what that's giving me,
but why would you want buffet style in your house?
All right, then, so the spicy one,
there's like some spice to it.
- (couging) My God.
- It's quite nice.
I do like the sweetness.
It's kind of like, giving me hot and sour vibes.
- I think if you didn't know that was duck,
like, you wouldn't know that was duck.
- Mm.
And this is when it would compliment the white rice.
I get it now, actually.
The veg?
Mm, see the veg is nice, but when it's like,
drowning in the sauce, it's too much.
I think it needs just a little touch of it.
- You see, now this is the issue, the duck,
whatever the hot and sour sauce
from that has already traveled to the veg side,
so whatever sauce on this veg, I can't taste it.
All I can taste is like, the duck one.
- So the broccoli looks really sad.
Like, this is not a happy piece of broccoli.
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That's not nice.
Like, that's not nice at all.
- Spring rolls though, they've been spoiled by the sauce.
- Because you've had too much sauce on your plate,
it wasn't giving me the full crunch effect
that I needed.
- It's just like
a veg.
Like, I feel like I'm eating a healthy Chinese,
which is not what you're supposed to feel
when you're having a takeaway.
- When they say you can't have too much sauce,
this is a case where you have too much sauce.
- This dish is chaotic.
It had the potential to be great,
but some wrong steps were made,
and yeah, unfortunately it's just not, it's not given.
- It's not basic, but there's not really much else to it.
- I'm actually gonna rate it a five.
If that vegetable stuff wasn't on this plate,
and this plain rice wasn't on this plate,
you would've got higher.
- Out of 10, I would give this a, I feel like
I would give it like, a solid, like, four and a half.
It's not like, awful.
I didn't gag at anything,
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but it's just not like, great.
- I'd give this a six.
I'd give this a six out 10.
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My typical order is special fried rice
with some crispy chili beef, sweet and sour prawns,
and some special chow mein as well.
I know people are gonna come at me for the double carbs.
I ordered them both, because I get,
I like to mix up the kind of texture,
so then if I'm getting tired of some, one thing
with the rice, I switch it up.
- This person has been around the way.
They know exactly what they want.
You don't make these choices accidentally.
- It smells okay.
I feel like there's some sweet and sour sauce going on
in here, which is nice.
- One thing I'm sensing is whoever's ordered this is like,
hashtag bulking season.
Want all that protein, all that meat, just like,
yamming it down, like, "Gimme the food."
- If I get rice, I don't get chow mein.
That is a bit wild, a bit mad, but you know what?
If it's Chinese, at the end of the day,
I'm not trying to eat for health. (laughing)
- I'm gonna try these weird prawns to begin with,
'cause I've never seen a battered prawn
in a Chinese shop ever.
The prawns are really good,
but the batter is like, squidgy.
- I love seafood.
I need that spice ice, ice ice.
I'll have a little bit with the rice as well,
'cause I just needed like, a mouthful.
Oh.
That's really good.
Seafood's great, especially fried.
Like, anything just like, levels it up.
- These prawns are very sweet.
I kind of like a spicier prawn.
Like, if I was gonna get sweet and sour,
I would get like, sweet and sour chicken.
Crispy chili beef, let's see how chili it is.
Not too chili, but I love a crispy beef.
Mm.
- Mm, good.
- Oh, mm, oh, that one's got like, a secret kick.
- So I only order plain rice from my,
any takeaway I ever get.
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It's like, really bland.
- Plain rice is the devil.
Like, honestly like, you should never order plain rice.
I appreciate that.
- Oh, wow.
There's more meat in this as well.
I've literally just noticed.
Woo!
- The chow mein, special chow mein even,
that chow mein is fantastic.
It's actually the best thing on this dish.
- The taste is actually really good.
- I just think you should get a start.
I would like, ditch the prawn,
get some prawn dumplings,
'cause they would actually go really well this.
- If you had the battered prawns, but without the batter,
in the sauce that they're in, amazing.
- Basically ticked all the boxes.
You've got meat, you've got seafood food,
you've got rice, you've got noodles, all that,
which is great.
I would definitely, definitely order them all,
just probably not together.
When I'm judging this, I'm basing it as like,
how it works on the plate, okay?
We're just gonna bear that in mind.
I'll give it a six.
Like, it's good.
The food is really tasty, but altogether,
I'm just like, this would cause me stomach problems,
like, woo.
- This is a very solid dish.
I will give this
an 8.5 outta 10.
It's the prawns that hold you back.
If the prawns weren't there, it would be a nine,
but it's 8.5.
- I feel like I give this a four out of 10,
which is, I'm really like, horrible with these ratings.
I'm slating everyone's food, but yeah.
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I don't know why other people would pick my order,
'cause I have, I'm such a picky eater.
That just makes me no sense why mine would win.
- It's okay.
We win some, we lose some, and this is one
on my losing streak, and I'm ready to win the next one.
- Yeah, each to their own,
but I still won't order their dishes anyway,
so like, (laughing)
- If less people like the food that I like,
then they're probably gonna become cheaper at my takeaway.
It'll be a bonus for me if people stop buying my food.
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