Why chinese take out in the UK doesn’t come in those boxes?

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DanielFrancis13@reddit

Because we don't eat out of cardboard? We use plates, like normal people.

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Organic-Locksmith-45@reddit

Does your local Chinese deliver food on plates?

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Organic-Locksmith-45@reddit

Then your remark doesn’t make any sense.

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Organic-Locksmith-45@reddit

That isn’t relevant to the original question asked.

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It's completely relevant. We don't use those boxes, designed for eating out of, because we use plastic packaging which is meant to be emptied out onto plates. The advantage is the plastic packaging keeps it warmer with no chance of leaks.

The disadvantage is killing the planet, of course, as it's soft plastic.

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Organic-Locksmith-45@reddit

Not at all. Neither are designed to be eaten out of. Both are purely vessels.

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DanielFrancis13@reddit

And yet, they do...

Although can the average American actually use chopsticks?

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Organic-Locksmith-45@reddit

That image doesn’t show anyone eating out of the box. Also, I could post an image of me holding chopsticks over a plastic package and it would still be irrelevant.

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DanielFrancis13@reddit

What do you think they're doing, unpacking it one piece at a time?

Plus there's plenty of American TV shows where they show it being eaten straight out of the box. And we know TV never lies.

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Organic-Locksmith-45@reddit

Maybe they are. But it’s still irrelevant to your original comment.

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DanielFrancis13@reddit

Have you forgotten what the original comment was? It was about how said takeaways are eaten. So of course it's still relevant.

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Organic-Locksmith-45@reddit

No I haven’t. You’re assuming food is eaten from the vessel. You’re simply incorrect.

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DanielFrancis13@reddit

Evidence is there.

There's literally a shit tonne of people eating from the boxes pictures.

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Organic-Locksmith-45@reddit

I’m currently eating out of a plastic container for my main, I have a cardboard container with noodles in for my side and also pizza on a plate. Your point is irrelevant.

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BALLCLASH@reddit

McDonalds, KFC, Burger King and every takeaway pizza all come in cardboard

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Steamrolled777@reddit

Anyone else remember the gold fleck polystyrene boxes Big Macs came in?

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Glorinsson@reddit

Those plastic containers are amazing. Use them for years!

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Jack-Rabbit-002@reddit

Don't I have a cupboard full of them The worst thing is they came with me when I moved too Lol

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Kitchen_Part_882@reddit

Nah, the worst thing is there are about 83 ever so slightly different shapes where the lid doesn't quite fit the others.

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pakcross@reddit

Take a bit of time out of your day, and sort them out. Discard any rogue lids and tubs, and match the rest up.

I did this a few years back, and it's made my life so much easier.

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Ok_Gear6019@reddit

Yeah right after I clear out the 2 black bags of carrier bags in the attic.

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Ajram1983@reddit

A week later you’ll have a cupboard full of mismatched ones again.

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pakcross@reddit

I live a peaceful life. I have a tuppaware cupboard which is neatly stacked, and organised so that lids and tubs are together.

It's not much, but it's honest work.

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Ajram1983@reddit

So you are the one who steals all our kids and leaves us yours that have lost their tub partner??

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pakcross@reddit

I'm gonna assume that "kids" was a typo, and that you don't know about what's in my basement.

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Ajram1983@reddit

You would be correct, and I don’t want to know. Ignorance is bliss

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somersetscot@reddit

Then have to go through at least 7 lids before you find on that fits!!

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popsy13@reddit

Stack the empty boxes and lids separately, last one washed fits the lid

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4ever_lost@reddit

Mind blown! I just throw them in the cupboard and shut the door quick so they don't fall out

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somersetscot@reddit

see, u knows it lol

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Both-Ostrich-9@reddit

This is the way

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Jack-Rabbit-002@reddit

😂 That's normally when I've washed them Because I tend to cycle them between family when we cook for one another Lol

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superjambi@reddit

I use them for lunch boxes

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DarkLunch_@reddit

Microplastics stay in your body for years too!

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InflatableSexBeast@reddit

Yay. I’m only semi-biodegradable.

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CraftyWeeBuggar@reddit

Yup totally no microplastics found in disposable plastic coated cardboard boxes.....

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MoodyStocking@reddit

yum

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BALLCLASH@reddit

we're already filled with plenty.

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WasabiMadman@reddit

Keeps your stomach full too then! Even better!

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Substantial_Craft_95@reddit

Careful, you’ll get lumped in with the lizard people (even though it’s been scientifically evidenced pretty fuckin solidly)

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Glorinsson@reddit

Oh well. I guess part of me will last forever

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AlpsSad1364@reddit

They're not UV stable though, useless for seeds.

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randomlyalex@reddit

All my food prep is perfect in then 🙌

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anon9876543210nymous@reddit

Don't tell a rush hour fan that!

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DeadlyTeaParty@reddit

Same! I love them! So handy to reuse!

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Bleperite@reddit

Yep, brilliant for freezer use and any extras are recyclable.

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generichandel@reddit

Completely off topic, but this way of phrasing a question is becoming increasingly common and is so incredibly irritating to me.

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Organic-Locksmith-45@reddit

I wonder where it originates? It seems like a second language thing, which is fine, but I’m guessing it isn’t.

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i-am-a-passenger@reddit

It’s just YouTube/tiktok, or whatever shared social media they use.

What really opened my eyes to all of this was how my nephew from the UK, and my niece from Australia fully understood each others slang words. They don’t have local/regional variations anymore, it’s just a universal culture/language that they all follow.

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Organic-Locksmith-45@reddit

Typical bogan.

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IOnlyUpvoteBadPuns@reddit

Nah eshay bruv!

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generichandel@reddit

I don't think it is a second language thing, looking at OP's post history. I have a feeling it's more to do with how you might enter a question in a search engine. Same as with the dreaded "How to fix this?"

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flippertyflip@reddit

It's a statement with a question mark on the end. Making it neither question or statement.

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Beatnoise@reddit

Well said! Little fuckin scudbooks trying to talk as if they are in saved by the bell or some shite!

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generichandel@reddit

I had to look up scudbooks, but yeah. Och aye.

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Beatnoise@reddit

Nice one haha! It’s just an insult in Scotland! It only means a porn mag! But scud in Scotland means naked! So a scudbook is a nudebook or porn mag( things of the past really) but it’s a term we use for someone being a bit of a dick, they get called scudbook! Things I never thought I’d be typing 🤣

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droidaloid@reddit

It sounds like a Chinese person is asking the question.

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20dogs@reddit

It does and my first thought was that OP might be Chinese

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F430Scuderia@reddit

Why he say fuck me for?

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nikhkin@reddit

The phrasing is more like a clickbait headline that will claim to answer the question than an actual question.

I assume that's the origin of this particular form of poor grammar.

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sp0o0okyy@reddit

SAME !! pisses me off so bad

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Sorry-Thing7797@reddit

If I had to guess I’d say it’s because the Tupperware that the British Chinese takeaway comes in is reusable, therefore good for the environment.

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PetersMapProject@reddit

Only if they're actually reused - and I question how many of them actually are.

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newtonbase@reddit

I often use them to store leftovers while waiting for them to go off.

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Round_Caregiver2380@reddit

I use them for meal prep. I'll use 28 of them on Sunday when I cook for the week.

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HugePatFenis@reddit

I'd happily argue that 99% of the tubs are reused.

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Extreme_External7510@reddit

Yep, sandwiches and leftovers, and then one day you put curry in them and turmeric stains them and then you can only use them for curry until they break.

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HugePatFenis@reddit

Even if they crack you can still store appropriate sized foodstuffs.

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rocki-i@reddit

Our lab used to reuse them to store some of our frozen materials. The EQA did smell like chow mein for a couple of months

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Sorry-Thing7797@reddit

I actually believe many people reuse them.

I for one have many of these Tupperware boxes from my local Chinese and I’d happily take more. They’re perfect for leftovers, somewhere to put sandwiches etc.

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GrandAsOwt@reddit

They sell them in Costco, if you know anyone who has a card. They come in a box of about 11 million though so you’ll be well supplied for years.

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Alas_boris@reddit

They are great, except for when they change supplier every few months, and you have about 5 different designs of container that are similar enough to be indistinguishable when in the messy tupperware cupboard, but different enough for the lids to be incompatible.

So very annoying. I'm sure the Germans must have a word for this container based strife

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pervertsage@reddit

ChinesischenboxenÄrger

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saint1997@reddit

Chinesischerkartonenärger

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Mother_Ad7869@reddit

We have this issue, I wrote different @%&# symbols on the lids and pots that match with marker pen 🤗🤗

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Select_Scarcity2132@reddit

Oh snap! I know this pain 😫

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saywherefore@reddit

Even if not reused I suspect that a box made from a single type of plastic, most likely with a high recycled material content (they are milky not clear), is more eco friendly than a box made from card coated in plastic which is what those boxes are.

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Interesting-Mud-3665@reddit

I have actually had a Chinese takeaway in a box like this in England, years ago. The plastic ones are great to keep and reuse forever, though.

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FruitOrchards@reddit

The plastic ones are great to keep and reuse forever, though.

And to add another source of micro plastic that will enter your bloodstream, cross the blood/brain barrier and enter organs.

Yayyyy

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Interesting-Mud-3665@reddit

Yes, yes, microplastics are bad. But paper/card is one time use and not recyclable in most places because it's covered in food.

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FruitOrchards@reddit

Not recyclable but can be burned in a controlled manner to produce electricity and all the bad smoke filtered heavily.

Micro plastics is one of the biggest health concerns today and could be responsible for the much higher rates of cancer and mental health problems over the last couple of decades.

Micro plastics is a vastly bigger concern than whether you can recycle the paper, in any case it can be composted.

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cosmic_monsters_inc@reddit

Or until you put them in the cupboard and can never match lid to tub again

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AndyKWHau@reddit

*Takeaway

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CanisAlopex@reddit

I had to correct my own parents on this the other day. I feel so disheartened that we may be losing our language and culture to the USA, which is hardly the shining example to follow.

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koopa35@reddit

An entire generation learned English from American YouTubers.

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i-am-a-passenger@reddit

It could be worse

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BiggieSnakes@reddit

Who says they're from the UK

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HugePatFenis@reddit

It's desperately sad.

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PeanutMerchant@reddit

Press F to pay respects skibidi rizz

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furrycroissant@reddit

It's awful

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georgejennings_penny@reddit

No cap

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gtr011191@reddit

*Carry oot

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Dizzy_Context8826@reddit

*Cairry oot

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

Once you're an adult you should really say "minus" or "subtract".

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rsweb@reddit

Tf is “take out”

🤮🤢

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Stock-Cod-4465@reddit

Cut some slack for those who watch too much of American shows.

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ReleteDeddit@reddit

too many*

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Stock-Cod-4465@reddit

Cut some slack for those who aren’t native speakers and are a tad drunk. Lol But you are right.

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SunDancerKid@reddit

I'm telling you now. Don't back down. Double down.

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Stock-Cod-4465@reddit

Lol. I’m for the truth and fairness. Sigh

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merlin8922g@reddit

It's takeaway in the UK, not take out.

I agree i would like to see them start using the cardboard boxes though, better for the environment. So long as they don't coat them in plastic of course.

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Fellattio_Nelson@reddit

I need something to put my work butties in.

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DucksBac@reddit

One of my favourite takeaways in Leeds uses these for rice or noodle dishes, but plastic tubs for the saucier ones.

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sharkmaninjamaica@reddit

cos our Chinese food is shit and leaks everywhere

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WelshBathBoy@reddit

Why does American take away Chinese food come in those boxes?

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NotOnlyMyEyeIsLazy@reddit

The boring reason is that Brits prefer wet chinese food (sweet and sour etc.) whilst in the US it's more noodles etc. The cardboard containers leak. (In the US if you get wet chinese food the sauce tends to come in Styrofoam containers).

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FruitOrchards@reddit

There was one in hillingdon that did

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portra315@reddit

I cringed at the very word styrofoam

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The_Sown_Rose@reddit

But the phrase ‘wet Chinese food’ didn’t affect you at all?

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InflatableSexBeast@reddit

Would you prefer ‘moist Chinese food’?

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Piggstein@reddit

Succulent

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WillWatsof@reddit

Friday night, time for a lovely wet Chinese.

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swissfraser@reddit

Just finished mine, it was absolutely soaking.

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someknight2004@reddit

Now imagine eating it

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AvoriazInSummer@reddit

Big bite, then grind it between your teeth.

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Puzzlepetticoat@reddit

Why? Why would you do that?

Right in the middle of my cheesecake too... you swine!!

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bosscockuk@reddit

With a side order of packing peanuts..

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absent42@reddit

This. A large amount of British Chinese takeaway (and British Indian) dishes = meat choice + sauce choice.

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PeteUKinUSA@reddit

All my local takeaways in North Carolina use those for small portions of rice. Everything else comes in plastic. Honestly they’re both crap compared to foil as neither hold heat.

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cheexy85@reddit

There was a store in Leicester called Yumchi. They sold their food in boxes, and it was so yummy. That was 14 years ago, though. I wonder if they still exist.

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Embarrassed_Top9083@reddit

I’ve had Chinese takeaway in Newcastle that had these boxes.

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Big_Coffee_2406@reddit

I think oodles has this box arrangement here in the UK

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Vegetable_Exam4629@reddit

Depends where you go? I have two places that will send it in these containers.

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PresidentPopcorn@reddit

Foil keeps it hot while you get it home. I'm all for foil.

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cheeseandcucumber@reddit

"You're eating worms Michael"

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Airportsnacks@reddit

You're one of them!

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Helpful_Talk@reddit

Oddles comes in those boxes

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YesIAmRightWing@reddit

It does. You just gotta know where it go.

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DuncUK@reddit

Neds Noodle Bar does them in the UK although they only have 5 locations and they're not a full Chinese menu, just takeaway noodles with various flavours.

https://nedsnoodlebar.com/places/

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UtopiaFrenzy@reddit

My local does

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No-Particular-2894@reddit

Different Chinese people immigrated to America than the UK. In the UK they're mostly from Hong Kong and they're cuisine is different from mainlanders.

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Worldly-Till4308@reddit

Does the cuisine dictate the container it comes in?

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Ok_Gear6019@reddit

Because we use plates like civilised people.

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cosmic_monsters_inc@reddit

Speak for yourself. 🤷‍♂️

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BastardsCryinInnit@reddit

My best friend growing up owned the local Chinese, she said it's that they don't hold heat.

We grew up in the US sitcom era where you'd always see those cute boxes, and she was asked all the time.

They're just crap at keeping your food warm

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Dark_Foggy_Evenings@reddit

Because we eat Chinese food out of placcy tubs, as opposed to eating Chi neesefood on the American television programmes

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81optimus@reddit

The Thai place in Wrexham uses these. Never seen anywhere else

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saoirsedonciaran@reddit

inconvenient cardboard lips

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YetAnotherMia@reddit

My grandparents have a Chinese restaurant, the reason is because these boxes were invented in the USA and stayed there. Actually they are suppose to be unfolded into a plate. I've never seen them in China.

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WiseBelt8935@reddit

i wish it did come in them boxes. they are just neat

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chubbylawn@reddit

They actually fold out into plates

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WiseBelt8935@reddit

i want it even more now

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DudeTooBad@reddit

My kebab takeaway comes in these boxes.

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StillJustJones@reddit

Why does it come in those boxes in other countries?

There. Fixed your question.

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Ldero97@reddit

It's called a "takeaway".

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Dependent-Bet1112@reddit

Lunch boxes, containers for frozen sauces or gravy. Great for popping bolognaise portions in the microwave to reheat. Last for ages.

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Neddlings55@reddit

Leaks.
Goes cold quicker.

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theshunta@reddit

What about other vegetables?

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adymann@reddit

Shit, that made me chuckle.

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ElectricalSystem1761@reddit

Yeah these always look cool in movies but can’t find anyone who does them

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DrWhoGirl03@reddit

They use them in films because you don’t have to make sure the food levels remain consistent from shot to shot

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Organic-Network7556@reddit

My local does them only for the chicken balls or prawn balls.

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TheMightyBattleCat@reddit

I guess there not being an airtight seal it keeps the batter crispy as the steam can escape. Would also get cold quicker I should imagine.

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nikhkin@reddit

As an alternative question, why do you think a Chinese takeaway should come in cardboard boxes?

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HotMachine9@reddit

Mine come in these. Just depends on your chain. My old chinese was mainly plastic though

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Islandfreckles@reddit

Really fancy a chippy Chinese now...

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Henno212@reddit

they're only noodles michael

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Oscyle@reddit

A Thai place near me does

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Mattwildman5@reddit

Some do

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Flaramon@reddit

I had a Chinese in America just because it came in these boxes. I never saw one box like this when touring China. The translator told me it's an American thing.

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Saxon2060@reddit

I've had these boxes from one Chinese place in the UK so they are around, evidently.

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ohhallow@reddit

Same with fortune cookies - 100% American.

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pinkdaisylemon@reddit

And every time you see it on TV the American is always using chopsticks eat it at home Ive used chopsticks in a restaurant but wouldn't bother to do it at home.

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Confudled_Contractor@reddit

Foil trays keep the food warm for longer.

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Stock-Cod-4465@reddit

Omg. Always wondered the same!!

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LouClittler@reddit

People acting like there are cultural, environmental and ethical reasons.

It's the cheapest fucking option here/there. Clearly.

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Status-Heron2424@reddit

Why words in English sentence don't come in right order?

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BALLCLASH@reddit

When I went to Florida and got a Chinese takeaway one night, only the rice came in those in containers.

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BodgeJob23@reddit

About 15 years ago I used to get chinese takeaway from an amazing spot that came in these type of boxes. Absolutely Huge portions, this could be part of the reason… although im sure they make smaller boxes.

Still the best takeaway I’ve ever had, called ginger dragon or something similar

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