Location on Google Maps here
I'm hoping in years to come, this Blog will prove to be a valuable record of the great Chinese Takeaway tradition in Britain. Every picture is a genuine photo taken by yours truly (I have had many a strange look but have bluffed my way so far without having a Chinese chef with his hatchet chasing me away).
30 March 2016
^*GOLDEN ORIENTAL*^ - South Western Rd, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Location on Google Maps here
Most exotic/unusual dish = No. 13 - Cha Siu Bun (Fluffy White Bun, Filling in Barbecued Pork, Please Discard Baking Paper) - £2.80
29 March 2016
28 March 2016
^*HONG KONG HOUSE*^ - East St, Warminster, Wiltshire.
Location on Google Maps here
Most exotic/unusual dish = No. 52(J) - Aubergine in Hunan Sea Spice Sauce - £4.60
The most luxurious takeaway menu I've come across, by a mile (stapled, with 14 pages and numerous colour photos)
27 March 2016
19 March 2016
18 March 2016
6 March 2016
^*MILLENNIUM DRAGON*^ - Tarrant St, Arundel, West Sussex.
Location on Google Maps here
4 March 2016
3 March 2016
^*HAKKA*^ - Felpham Rd, Bognor Regis, West Sussex.
Location on Google Maps here
Picture taken at night - clearer snapshot from Google Street View below
^*TING'S*^ - London Rd, Bognor Regis, West Sussex.
Location on Google Maps here
Most exotic/unusual dish = No.205 - Honey & Spicy Vegetarian Duck - £4.30
25 February 2016
^*VILLAGE CHIPPY*^ - Dinting Vale, Glossop, Derbyshire.
Location on Google Maps here
Update:- by early 2026 this had closed down (it still looked the same from the outside, but the white notice on the door confirmed closure and the yellow sign had gone)
^*MAXIM'S*^ - High St West, Glossop, Derbyshire.
Location on Google Maps here
Update:- closed and for sale in May 2019
Further update:- still empty, with signage gone in 2025
22 November 2015
^*MAGIC WOK*^ - Waverley Terrace, Douglas, Isle of Man.
Location on Google Maps here
Most exotic/unusual dish = No.S18 - Malaysian Style Hot Sambal King Prawn - £7.40
A new, colour menu replaced the rather drab one above in 2018:-
The new most exotic/unusual dish = No.80 - Stuffed Duck with Prawn Meat in White Crab Meat Sauce - £15.00 (most expensive dish I've seen on a takeaway menu)
A new, colour menu replaced the rather drab one above in 2018:-
^*MANDARIN EXPRESS*^ - Broadway, Douglas, Isle of Man.
Location on Google Maps here
Most exotic/unusual dish = No. 165 - Scallops with Crabmeat on a Bed of Vegetables - £7.00
14 November 2015
^*SUPERSTAR*^ - Carlingwark St, Castle Douglas, Scotland.
Location on Google Maps here
Most exotic/unusual dish = No.37 - Superstar Special Babipangang - £4.60
^*JIMMY'S SPECIAL*^ - Nith Place, Dumfries, Scotland.
Photo taken from bus
Location on Google Maps here
Location on Google Maps here
27 October 2015
^*CANTON KING*^ - High St West, Glossop, Derbyshire.
Location on Google Maps here
Most exotic/unusual dish = No.218 - Turbo Chow Mein - £5.60
Most exotic/unusual dish = No.139 - Kindo Chicken - £6.60
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