Originally Posted by pr_capone (Post 6000694)

Instead of asking here you could ask there?

They would know the answer for sure!

:p

Originally Posted by cdcox (Post 6000686)

My favorite Chinese restaurant can go from order to handing me a *hot* meal ready to go out the door in 3 min flat. I hear the wok sizzle (for maybe a minute and a half), so they are not scooping me a plate off some hidden buffet line. They have like 40 entrees with lots of variety. For example, I have tried at least 4 or 5 of their spicy chicken dishes each with its own unique combo of veggies and unique sauce. The chicken is even cut in different shapes for some of the meals.

Tonight's entree has:

chicken - cooked and hot all the way through - not rubbery
green pepper, - still crunchy
bamboo shoots - still crunchy (maybe too many, kind of like filler)
mushooms - cooked
carrots
peas
a sauce with visible bits of garlic and red pepper flake.

I just don't understand how they can turn such a variety of fresh tasting dishes around so fast.

Originally Posted by RJ (Post 6001486)

I don't thin k the chicken is pre-cooked, angelo. As thin as it's sliced there would be no need.

Originally Posted by angelo (Post 6002009)

RJ

It depends on whether or not it is deep fried.

If it is General Tso's chicken it is usually made from boneless skinless thigh meat
(hence why it is not uniform in shape) and then deep fried in advance and kept warm. This only happens in some restaurants.

The non deep fried items can be raw or pre-steamed for faster cooking.

I used to date a girl whose father owned a Chinese joint. We broke up because I was always horny 30 minutes after having sex with her.

Ang

Originally Posted by pr_capone (Post 6000705)

There is a flaw with your theory... all time travel theory really.

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/2778/timemachinef.jpg

Originally Posted by angelo (Post 6002009)

RJ

It depends on whether or not it is deep fried.

If it is General Tso's chicken it is usually made from boneless skinless thigh meat
(hence why it is not uniform in shape) and then deep fried in advance and kept warm. This only happens in some restaurants.

The non deep fried items can be raw or pre-steamed for faster cooking.

I used to date a girl whose father owned a Chinese joint. We broke up because I was always horny 30 minutes after having sex with her.

Ang

Originally Posted by Sofa King (Post 6002043)

on top of that, it should be obvious that time travel will never be possible, the biggest evidence of this is the lack of people from the future.......

that or we live in a very boring time period, and for some reason people don't want to travel back in time to post on chiefsplanet....

Originally Posted by angelo (Post 6002009)

RJ

It depends on whether or not it is deep fried.

If it is General Tso's chicken it is usually made from boneless skinless thigh meat
(hence why it is not uniform in shape) and then deep fried in advance and kept warm. This only happens in some restaurants.

The non deep fried items can be raw or pre-steamed for faster cooking.

I used to date a girl whose father owned a Chinese joint. We broke up because I was always horny 30 minutes after having sex with her.

Ang

Originally Posted by cdcox (Post 6004781)

Well I went back there again today for curry chicken. They were really on top of their game today.

But I have some new information. In my seat I had a partial view into the kitchen. I timed from the first sizzle to when they pulled my food off. 75 seconds! Not only that, but I can now confirm that the sauce is added to the wok with a ladle. I would have bet on plastic squeeze bottles, but he actually used a ladle.

Not only that, but after the 75 seconds of sizzle for my food, there was a 20 second sizzling clean up procedure. He ladled some kind of cleaning solution into the wok (I'm guessing it was just water) scraped around a bit then wiped it out with a cloth. Presto, ready for the next order.