Food poisoning from local Chinese Takeaway :(

biko

Had Asian tonight. Hope I don't poop myself.

GekkePrutser

inisboffin wrote: »

Plenty of other places cheap enough but cook food and are clean tasting!
King Ding and Emperor City get my vote.

I concur on both had takeaways from both many times and never got sick. Try the meat sung starter from King Ding :9 and the Malaysian Satay chicken from Emperor city (they put pineapple in that in King Ding which puts me off). Never got sick from any takeaway in Galway by the way and I eat Asian food all the time (usually more Thai than Chinese, I love spice!). I think this was an exception.

OP's experience was pretty bad though, sorry to hear about it. It could have been someone with low immune resistance ending up with worse effects than just seeing the inside of the bowl. I think you were right to report it.

Arghus

gordongekko wrote: »

I think you a showing way to much praise to the hse. I'm sure most of us have dealt with them so I find it hard to believe that you complained and they hopped into the bat mobile and shut them down. It's either a raft of complaints or a planned visit that caught them out.

What part about it annoys you more? That either (a) they acted promptly, after getting tipped-off or (b), if they weren't tipped off, seem to be serious about closing down businesses who don't obey the food safety regulations?

Either way, they seem to have done alright in this case.

PLL

There is no Great Chinese in Galway that I've tried. I don't think the ones out in salthill would deliver to me so I've never tried. The menlo is grand but such a bloody rip off. Limeleaf had the best satay but started finding everything way way too greasy. If anyone is in the Killarney direction order from Xin Garden. It's beautiful, I miss it :-(

If anyone could recommend any Chinese that will deliver out the Headford rd.. I've tried a good few now and none have excited me at all.

gordongekko

Arghus wrote: »

What part about it annoys you more? That either (a) they acted promptly, after getting tipped-off or (b), if they weren't tipped off, seem to be serious about closing down businesses who don't obey the food safety regulations?

Im in no way shape or form annoyed by either a or b

Interesting, there is an Indian restaurant in Cork that's always recommenced on the same closure list would never have known that had I now clicked the link.

snubbleste

Free whopper @ BK later today. Should I go?

biko

No, eat a salad instead.

Redhairedguy

PLL wrote: »

If anyone could recommend any Chinese that will deliver out the Headford rd.. I've tried a good few now and none have excited me at all.

I've been using China Garden for years. Even when they relocated to Mervue, and the food changed slightly. Still bang on.

swine

biko wrote: »

No, eat a salad instead.

JohnCleary

gordongekko wrote: »

I think you a showing way to much praise to the hse. I'm sure most of us have dealt with them so I find it hard to believe that you complained and they hopped into the bat mobile and shut them down. It's either a raft of complaints or a planned visit that caught them out.

Where did I praise the HSE? All I stated was a factual time-log, which i'll repeat:

Wednesday: Ate food and realised the issue
Wednesday night: E-mailed FSAI

Thurs morning 9:20am: Had an e-mail from FSAI
Thurs afternoon: Had a call from HSE EHO Galway

Friday morning: Visited HSE EHO and submitted complaint and submitted food sample

Following Monday: Takeaway closed with sign on window


Seems damn efficient to me and I *should* be praising the HSE. Maybe you have a gripe with the HSE (don't we all??) but in this instance I couldn't have asked for more efficient action. Well done HSE!

civis_liberalis

biko wrote: »

No, eat a salad instead.

I live beside Burger King. I was in there the night after I moved into the house.

I could see what direction that was going in, so I decided to never go in there again.

Now I'm having free burger leaflets dropped in the door.

Halp.

joeKel73

Tried to go to Golden Rickshaw last Thursday but they had a letter on the door saying they were closed for a week too. No sign of them on the FSAI site though so hopefully all is well!

ger vallely

I've had Men At Wok a couple of times now and they seem to be really nice. Fresh food and not as ridiculously bad for you as run of the mill take away. It's slightly more expensive but as I does seem fresh and as a treat I can justify the extra few quid. It's just there by Tesco Expres so I'd imagine they'd deliver to you. This post refers to PLL's question about other decent takeaway.

beardybrewer

Someone above mentioned Royal Villa (above the Aquarium). When we moved to Knocknacarra most of the local takeaways were so shocking we gave up on Chinese for a year. Then we started using Royal Villa going back several years. Roughly been ordering every other month for years and never had a mishap of any sort after dozens of tasty orders.

JohnCleary

Just to add balance, i've been ordering from ChinaTown (now Jalan Jalan) opposite UHG for 10+ years now and never had a bad meal.

jenno86

Anyone looking for a cheap takeaway?

https://www.marvin.ie/feasts-galway/

I'm in no way affiliated with Marvin!

Redhairedguy

Lana (on the main thoroughfare of Salthill) is fast becoming a new favourite of mine. Small premises, but always packed anytime I'm in. Really good food at takeaway prices. Try the Pad Thai! :pac:

pleasant Co.

Redhairedguy wrote: »

Lana (on the main thoroughfare of Salthill) is fast becoming a new favourite of mine. Small premises, but always packed anytime I'm in. Really good food at takeaway prices. Try the Pad Thai! :pac:

Jalan jalan is fairly epic too

ArtyC

Papa rich for me! What a place 👌🏼

IncognitoMan

Only had one meal from Jalan jalan (one of those €5 deals from marvin- The spice bag deal) It was tasty as could be. I'll definitely be going back.

smurf492

ArtyC wrote:

Papa rich for me! What a place 👌ðŸ¼

+1 on Papa Rich!!! Chicken rendang yum yum yum

beardybrewer

Redhairedguy wrote: »

Lana (on the main thoroughfare of Salthill) is fast becoming a new favourite of mine. Small premises, but always packed anytime I'm in. Really good food at takeaway prices. Try the Pad Thai! :pac:

Got back wrecked after camping and tried them last night. Got the udon noodle house special and crispy chilli chicken. Good god, it was absolutely savage! Reminds me of what Chi was trying to do but much better put together. For the usual offerings I still love Royal Villa but for something different and damned delicious I'll be back.

JohnCleary

To put it into context, had lovely meals from (to name a few):
Papa Rich
Lana
Jalan Jalan (old Chinatown opposite UHG)

civis_liberalis

Mentioned in the IT along with others (no others in Connacht)

Edgedinblue

Jalan Jalan is lovely. Really disappointed the last two takeaways I ordered from there were stone cold by the time they arrived.

JohnCleary

Edgedinblue wrote: »

Jalan Jalan is lovely. Really disappointed the last two takeaways I ordered from there were stone cold by the time they arrived.

Do you mean delivery? In fairness, that'd most likely be the drivers fault. I never get delivery, always order to collect.

Edgedinblue

yes, delivery. I live across town from there with no car so have to get delivery unfortunately. Have ordered from places in salthill before and never had food that cold