CHINESE MEAL DEAL at M&S (2 mains, 3 sides) - £10 @ Marks & Spencer

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CHINESE MEAL DEAL FOR £10 at M&S (2 mains, 3 sides)

£10 Marks & Spencer29 Aug 17

Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Groceries

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Shaheel

29 Aug 17

MAINS:

Chicken fillets with sweet & sour sauce

Whole battered mini chicken fillets with a sweet and sour sauce with fresh pineapple and red peppers

Chicken chow mein

Egg noodles with fresh vegetables and chargrilled chicken breast in a dark soy and shaoxing rice wine sauce

Sticky chilli chicken

Whole battered mini chicken fillets with an aromatic sweet chilli dipping sauce

Beef and black bean

Wok-fried beef in a rich black bean sauce with red peppers and water chestnuts

Crispy prawns with sweet chilli sauce

Succulent, lightly battered prawns with an aromatic sweet chilli dipping sauce

Crispy lemon chicken

Whole battered mini chicken fillets with a fresh and tangy sauce

Char siu roast pork

Tender slices of slow-roasted char siu glazed pork in an aromatic BBQ sauce with water chestnuts, red peppers and pak choi

Crispy katsu chicken curry

Crispy fried chicken with ginger and garlic rice and an aromatic curry sauce

Crispy chilli beef

Lightly battered beef strips with an aromatic sweet chilli sauce

Singapore noodles

Fine rice noodles with tender chicken, pork, free-range egg and prawns in a spicy coconut curry sauce

Hoisin duck noodles

Egg noodles with succulent strips of slow-roasted duck in a rich hoisin sauce finished with fresh pak choi

Shanghai beef noodles

Udon noodles with wok fried marinated beef strips, in a savoury soy sauce finished with fresh pak choi and red chillies

Firecracker chicken

Battered chicken breast pieces in a hot and sour sauce with dried red chillies and vegetables

Fragrant wok beef noodles

Flat rice noodles with wok fried beef in a Thai basil and chilli dressing topped with wok fried beansprouts and fresh vegetables

Green Thai chicken curry

Marinated chicken in a fragrant coconut, ginger and lime curry with crunchy vegetables and fresh coriander

Chicken Panang curry

Marinated chicken in a fragrant coconut and lime curry with roasted spiced vegetables and fresh coriander

SIDES

Egg fried rice (V)

Wok-fried rice with free range egg and peas

Mini spare ribs

Slow cooked pork ribs smothered in a sweet, sticky soy and shaoxing wine sauce

6 Duck spring rolls

Layers of crispy pastry filled with aromatic duck, oriental vegetables and hoisin sauce

Egg noodles with wok fried beansprouts (V)

In a soy and sesame dressing

6 Vegetable spring rolls (V)

Layers of crispy pastry filled with beansprouts, carrots, edamame, water chestnuts and noodles

6 Prawn siu mai selection

Classic Chinese steamed dumplings hand-filled with juicy prawns and mushrooms

6 Steamed prawn dim sum

Handmade steamed rice dumplings filled with tiger prawns and oriental vegetables

Tempura prawns

King prawns in a light crispy batter

Oriental starter selection

Two prawn wontons, two vegetable spring rolls and two vegetable money bags

Crispy vegetable rolls (V)

Two wok-fried sweetcorn spring rolls, two chilli mushroom spring rolls and two vegetable spring rolls

Prawn & mangetout gyozas with ponzu dip

Handmade steamed dumplings filled with tiger prawns, mangetout, ginger and chilli with a pan fried finish and a soy, lime and rice wine dip

Red Thai fishcakes with sweet chilli dip

Handmade spicy fishcakes with green beans, red chillies, lime and Thai basil leaves

Jasmine rice (V)

Steamed with lime leaves

Crispy calamari with a sweet chilli dip

Tender calamari in a crisp batter with a light dusting of salt, pepper and chilli

Spicy sweetcorn fritters with sweet chilli dip (V)

Handmade fritters with sweetcorn, aromatic Thai basil, lemongrass, chilli, galangal, coconut and lime leaf

33 comments

johnraggett

30 Aug 17 #31

I'll stick to our regular takeaway Chinese order for £13 which is £13 and includes 2 mains and 3 sides (if you include the free prawn crackers)!

Probably triple the calorie count though

misterleoni

30 Aug 17 #29

The relative hygiene ratings of specific takeaways don’t really change the fact that a freshly prepped takeaway from a decent establishment is going to be better than this. Indian and Chinese/Cantonese takeaways pre cook much of their meat, pre-cook the rice for given dishes in advance and have sauces ready prepared for each dish so that each particular order can be assembled as quickly as possible - there is no way around this, unless you want your Indian takeaway to spend three hours slow cooking your lamb so that it doesn’t taste like the bottom of a shoe; and egg fried rice IS made from cold, pre-cooked rice - it doesn’t work properly with hot rice as the starting point. As long as rice is cooked, cooled and stored properly it is perfectly safe to pre cook.

Despite this, the vegetables are cooked fresh and the battered elements will taste better as they won’t have been sat around in a sealed plastic container for a week. Ever wondered why a supermarket samosa tastes nothing like a takeaway one? It’s because they have to use a different type of pastry to remedy the fact that it needs storing away in a sealed package.

Still a good deal, mind. I’ll be having mine later but I’ll have some MSG and salt on the side to make it a bit tastier :stuck_out_tongue:

johnsmith1997

29 Aug 17 #26

Got a Chinese take away, got in the car, heard the bag rustle, looked over and saw a pair of eyes looking over the top of the bag at me then disappear back inside. I was so scared I nearly crashed.

I looked again and saw the eyes looking back at me then disappear again. I ran back into the shop with the bag, terrified. I asked the Chinese guy "what the bloody hell is going on here?" He said "you no worry, it peking duck."

‌ :neutral_face:

bay45

29 Aug 17 #25

No mention of what the sizes are of the mains in grams does any one know? also sizes of the sides need to make sure my M&S visit is worthwhile

IanWiles

29 Aug 17 #18

On the subject of 'is your local takeaway food better than M&S? ' Checkout 'Scores on the Doors' website and see if your takeaway is safe , clean etc..

misterleoni to IanWiles

29 Aug 17 #21

A takeaway is always a bigger gamble as they are not subject to the same pressures and rigorous hygiene and QC checks as a supplier for M&S is. I think the difference is in the taste, and a good restaurant is infinitely better than any supermarket ready meal - I mean have you honestly ever had a supermarket naan bread that even comes close to one freshly made in a tandoor from a good restaurant?

These sort of deals are for convenience and budget but unless you’re comparing to the pits of takeaways then I don’t personally think they come close. I still bought this deal today though as my local (decent) Cantonese restaurant wouldn’t be able to offer a deal like this for a tenner, and it’s perfectly palatable food.

Jellybeans

29 Aug 17 #11

Coming to a BA long haul flight soon. :wink: with complemtary drinks from poundand.

Honeyb3

29 Aug 17 #6

Thank you love Chinese food xx

stu1979

29 Aug 17 #5

Ok deal but i would rather spend extra couple of pound and get the same from a takeaway which will be much better quality.

idealstandard to stu1979

29 Aug 17 #7

Do you really think it would be much better quality? I very much doubt it.

misterleoni to idealstandard

29 Aug 17 #9

Unlikely to be better quality but could be tastier if the restaurant is decent as takeaways don’t need to worry about displaying nutritional content in traffic light form on the front for salt, sugar, fat etc. I always find these sort of meals a bit bland compared with what you’ll get from a local restaurant but for a tenner it’s a good deal.

idealstandard to misterleoni

29 Aug 17 #16

Agreed. There's a definite distinction between "tastier" and "much better quality" but that seems lost on some who don't question what's gone into their takeaway meal.

adamspencer95 to idealstandard

29 Aug 17 #10

food freshly made at a takeaway will always be nicer than prepackaged, precooked and mass produced

if not, get a new takeaway

Groaver to adamspencer95

29 Aug 17 #12

You might want to consider how fresh that food is. Much of the meat and rice/noodles are prepared a day in advance.
Heat OP for the deal.

adamspencer95 to Groaver

29 Aug 17 #14

some of the ingredients may be prepped in advance, sure, as do michelin star restaurants.

admittedly there will be variation, but every takeaway i've ever had has been far tastier than anything which comes from a microwave.

DealAnarchy to Groaver

29 Aug 17 #15

Yes, marinating significantly improves the flavour of meat. It isn't a bad thing because it was prepared in advance...

thegamingkinginfo to Groaver

29 Aug 17 #23

A Day in advance is better than a week in advance then pre-packaged sitting in a fridge then waiting for you to reheat it. Takeaways don't (and shouldn't for health and safety) reheat food

Groaver to thegamingkinginfo

29 Aug 17 #24

Takeaways cook meat and rice and then at a later point (up to 3 days later) will reheat the meat and rice.
Health and safety is a separate matter to food hygiene/safety.

thegamingkinginfo to Groaver

29 Aug 17 #27

Not from my experience. I worked at a few Chinese takeaways before. Meats can be marinated before hand, some meat products are cooked to make other products such as "Sweet and Sour Chicken Balls" but a lot of the meat will be cooked on the day and then used in dishes thorough out the day. Reheating is a health hazards as well as a breech of hygiene within a takeaway kitchen. Rice is never precooked and is always fresh on the day or at the time of order. Same goes for noodles.

Groaver to thegamingkinginfo

30 Aug 17 #30

Tell me what breach of hygiene legislation it is, exactly? Rice never precooked? Hahaha!

jimbo23 to adamspencer95

30 Aug 17 #28

Not my local - 2 out of 5 FSA rating, which is terrible - Always worth checking.

ratings.food.gov.uk/

stu1979 to idealstandard

29 Aug 17 #13

Yes far far better than microwave ready meals. I very much think so.

sola35 to stu1979

29 Aug 17 #19

i don't think you would if you lived round oldham, more like you would die a slow death with food poisoning.

Newbold to stu1979

30 Aug 17 #33

You mean with added rat? :unamused:

joethepope

29 Aug 17 #4

Lots of options thanks Shaheel, now are they any good.

Shaheel to joethepope

29 Aug 17 #8

I quite enjoyed the Indian meal deal they had a few weeks ago. Haven't tried any of the M&S Chinese ready meals but will give it a go tomorrow!

joeo2000

29 Aug 17 #3

Great deal unless your a vegetarian.

AndySX to joeo2000

29 Aug 17 #17

Or having a gluten allergy... although their gluten free lasagne and cheesecake were appreciated in the last £10 meal deal.

misterleoni to AndySX

29 Aug 17 #20

These are buyer minorities, which for reasons of scale means they are not catered to. This is not M&S being evil in their discriminatory decision but simply the common sense reality that if you offer choice for a minority within a meal deal that relies on profit margins spread across each item then you won’t be able to offer as good a deal for the majority.

patrick_000 to joeo2000

29 Aug 17 #22

Quite. They have a long selection of meat options, you think they could have made the effort to stick in a veggie option or two. The veggie options in the £10 meal deals usually sell out quickly in the three M&Ss I frequent. I went for the Waitrose £10 meal deal instead today as that has decent veggie options. My local Chinese takeaway is infinitely better than supermarket ready meals & isn’t that much more expensive, so will try there again soon.

Stephen.Hughes to joeo2000

30 Aug 17 #32

Yup, noticed that M&S are very bad in catering for veggies and even as a pescatarian I often struggle to find anything in the meal deals. Considering when eating in east Asia veggie options are often the most common it's a shame.

iamkaia

29 Aug 17 #2

Thanks OP. :grin:

loveabargaincharly

29 Aug 17 #1

Thanks OP always love an m&s takeaway... Lush :smile:

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