After eating Western food for several months and not having access to proper kitchen appliances and utensils, one's cravings for Asian food can become overpowering. 

I would have never imagined myself missing, of all things, PORRIDGE! but here I am, salivating just by the thought of it. The small crispy pieces of fried flour, the spring onions, shallots, century egg, chunks of minced pork...

I don't recall the price of it but when I saw it on the menu I just kept thinking how ridiculous it was. 

About  ₤6 or so. I could get 4 bowls of that back home but as usual, I was too quick to judge, the portion is good enough for 2-3 people.

Similarly to the dish below. Ridiculous price at first impression but it's good enough for the same no. of people.

Cha Sau Shao Rou Fan

(i don't think this is what they call it here though)

 Barbequed pork and crispy roasted pork with rice. 

The crispy roasted pork was to die for x.X

Bummer: I haven't found one yet.

Upside: We-me and a friend-ate these 2 dishes at around 2pm. We were still full until 8pm.

萬德福 Wonderful

Another Sunday night dinner!! We've walked past this takeaway several times. It's closed during the day and we managed to take look at the menu that was stuck on the window. Around last week on a weekend while me and my friend were walking back a bit late, we saw quite a number of people inside.

I am glad to say that this takeaway wasn't a disappointment! It is the best Chinese restaurant I have tried so far even if it is just a takeaway.

Sunday-Thursday: 4.30pm-11.00pm

Friday & Saturday: 4.30pm-12.00am

493 George Street, AB25 3YB

 a couple of snapshots of the menu

 shop front

average sized containers but it's really a lot of rice. I was expecting a measly rice bowl portion of it.

Honey Roast Pork  ₤5.50

+  ₤0.20 for fried rice

looks kinda like sweet and sour.

The often overcooked catered food at halls has made me appreciate food so much more!

King Prawn Egg Foo Yong  ₤5.80

+  ₤0.20 for fried rice

the prawns are bigger than the ones I usually get from higher rating restaurants and these were very, very fresh

prawn crackers that were given for free for order above ₤10

and thanks to dry weather I didn't have to worry about it going stale the next day xD

needless for me to explain this but it says

'Customers will receive one voucher per Adult Meal purchased.'

We ordered for two, so shouldn't we have two? I shall double-check on that again when I go there again.

Bummer: I ordered Roast Pork Egg Foo Yong but the lady took the wrong order and gave me King Prawn Egg Foo Yong instead.
Upside: Usually in restaurants an additional order of rice is about ₤1.80 but there its only extra 20p for either fried rice or chips and extra 50p for noodles. BUT it's only for some dishes, not all. It's stated below on some of the menu titles.

The Bobbins, T.G.I. Friday's

This was quite a while ago but here it is anyway. Went to The Bobbins for dinner on a Sunday(before the first semester ended) for their burgers. I heard a lot of hype about them so why not. I went there in December and they refused to serve us because we didn't bring our passports but served the person before us and clearly heard one of them mention, "Don't forget your passport next time." Whatever the deal was, I don't want to know. So lesson learnt. 

DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR PASSPORT!

We walked to Union Square already starving at this point. Just to satisfy our burger cravings, we headed to T.G.I. Friday's.

Double Cheeseburger with Fries and Onion Rings

Jack Daniel's Pepper Jack ₤12.99

I ordered hot sauce for 99p but it kinda tasted just like Tabasco. A bit disappointed.

But the burger itself didn't need any extra condiments tbh.

Jack Daniel's Monterey Double Stacked Burger w/ mashed potato and onion rings

+ Jack Daniel's sauce

The burger was really juicy and tender but there wasn't any hint of taste of Jack Daniel's in the burger. Or maybe that's how it's like after you burn off the alcohol. I couldn't remember the prices for the other 2 but the price range was about there. 

After winter break, somewhere during the first week of Chinese New Year 2012, we went to Bobbins again (remembered to bring our passports this time). Two other friends and I ordered the same burger. Didn't care about the rest =x

The Scream ₤4.75

Additional condiments of vinegar, mayo, ketchup and HP sauce were given.

It's worth the hype in terms of the pricing and how good the burger was. It easily matches up to Handmade Burger co. in Union Square and half the price. Correct me if I'm wrong, their kitchen only serves food up to 9pm and the only thing you can order past that time are the burgers.

The Khyber Pass

Dead hungry the other night and had missed the catered dinner so my friend and I went to the Indian takeaway just outside of the Aberdeen University halls. We bit off more than we can chew and ordered 3 kebabs and one Butter Chicken w/ rice.

Donner and chicken kebab

₤4.99

the phone is there for size comparison

 Donner kebab or chicken kebab on it's own is ₤4.25

it comes with this tangy red sauce. Not sure of the name of it yet.

The kebab kept me full for a good couple of hours, so I had the Butter chicken and rice the next day for lunch. My friend who had his other kebab said it was still as good even after keeping it in the fridge overnight.

Butter chicken ₤6.25

I was kinda skeptical when I saw how saucy it was

 and thought maybe that was all there is 

but there were so many huge chunks of chicken!

 Rice was an additional order of ₤1.99

it's a good portion for one person

this was half portion of the rice and chicken in a regular pasta plate.

No opinion on how authentic it is as I haven't tried proper authentic Indian food but it's really good(that is if you're not super picky about food) and it's worth it's money considering the size of it.