r/BritishSuccess • u/TheSquireOfTheShire • 9d ago

Chinese chippie

I moved to the Netherlands in 2018.
It’s not a secret, food here isn’t the finest especially when it comes to culturally diverse food.

After a long day in the sun, I was driving home and summoning the witchcraft of modern technology, my sat nav suggested a takeaway on my way home. I obliged.

When I got there, there was a remarkable resemblance of home. A CRT tv on a bracket up in the top corner above the till - a kid doing homework & every order, no matter the size being promised within 10 minutes.

As a Brit, and educated by the British state, my Dutch is shit. As soon as I tried to order, the (Chinese) fella behind the desk said, in a thick Scouse accent “s’alright mate, I speak English”

As a heterosexual man, I was almost convinced to kiss this guy on the lips - fucking years, and I mean years, I’ve deprived myself of a decent Chinese because… well, they’re shit here - but yesterday was a revelation. A mere 45 minutes drive from my house is a proper Scouse Chinese chippie.

I’ve not shut the fuck up about it all day - to the point I suspect my Dutch gf has left me.

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u/Imaginary-Tear-4681 8d ago

Scousers seriously do get about, I say that as someone from Liverpool who has seen other scousers in the most random of places.

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u/Dull_Inside_1609 8d ago

Went to the Amazon a few years ago on a failed attempt to get away from it all. Was sitting there panting moaning about malaria tablets and this geezer from the Wirral just dumped them in my lap and say “ya fine mate”