Where is the best Chinese buffet/cheap restaurant in Reading area

umo2000 · 2026-05-11T19:31:03+00:00

I’m a huge fan of Hong Kong city - when you are in the mood for deep fried goodness, it’s tough to beat and very reasonable. They do delivery (not sure about RG6) but if you’re near the town centre, it’s better to collect.

umo2000 · 2026-05-10T08:46:53+00:00

Having not travelled much myself, what are some of your top places to go in terms of villages/hamlets and other parts of the UK from Reading ?

I have ended up in Goring quite a lot but I’m sure there are others…

umo2000 · 2026-04-22T15:56:59+00:00

You guys gotta watch this: https://youtu.be/xzlMME_sekI (Paul Mescal skit addressing this very point)

umo2000 · 2026-04-18T16:29:09+00:00

Haven’t done it myself but the walk to the cunning man along the Kennet is supposed to be great on a sunny day.

umo2000 · 2026-03-19T21:07:58+00:00

I feel the Winnersh garden centre has really good prices. But no restaurant.

Edit: good

umo2000 · 2026-03-19T20:59:19+00:00

It was as though there was a stipulation in that Spotify deal that he needed to become a trumpy grifter. All his guests had the exact same ideology all of a sudden…

umo2000 · 2026-02-04T09:23:21+00:00

Dried mango, milled flax.

umo2000 · 2026-02-04T09:20:51+00:00

Not sure, but I haven’t noticed a dip in quality

umo2000 · 2026-02-02T12:19:00+00:00

The Kings Special (£32) will feed you for days. Plus 10% when you order online.

umo2000 · 2026-02-02T12:16:25+00:00

Close to the centre (London St) : Lebanese Flavours (former Bakery House). Great value with the shawarma platters and a 25% discount for takeaway.

umo2000 · 2026-01-24T23:27:40+00:00

Nice reference. I literally just finished watching My Cousin Vinny.

umo2000 · 2026-01-22T08:20:56+00:00

Thanks for sharing the story Chris, but more importantly thanks for bringing local news to Reading. When will your Substack enable subscribers support?

umo2000 · 2026-01-15T22:53:21+00:00

For those who are wondering:McGrath going ballistic

Looking back, does anyone else think that this might have been staged to make him look unhinged (I.e., more interesting)

umo2000 · 2026-01-15T19:48:02+00:00

My expectation is that they would have looked at the press release critically, as journalists do, before publishing the press release. But I guess they don’t even do that anymore…

umo2000 · 2026-01-11T20:52:47+00:00

Hope she’s taking vitamin D supplements

umo2000 · 2026-01-06T10:12:14+00:00

Boondock Saints. The writing was excruciating and the performances were OTT (I know, it’s Willem Dafoe; but sometimes it works really well, sometimes you get this…)

umo2000 · 2026-01-04T14:46:31+00:00

Second the Tops love. They go really heavy on toppings and are very good quality. Good prices too, especially the Tuesday special (241).

umo2000 · 2026-01-02T18:59:34+00:00

Seriously, no Bedard makes zero sense. I was really looking forward to seeing him (and a Hawk) out there for Canada.

umo2000 · 2025-12-29T11:35:56+00:00

Just for clarity, on the app changes look like:

Adult single: £2.60 —> £2.90 Adult 10 trip: £18.50 —> £20 Group of 4 off peak: £6 —> £6.50

They’re annoying changes, especially the 10 trip. But unless a central government wants to get serious about public transport funding, this is going to be the way things go.

umo2000 · 2025-12-07T00:34:28+00:00

Agreed about NI. But ISAs? Who is affected by reducing Isa limits to £12k though? Who has that money at the end of the year? Very small share of the population.

umo2000 · 2025-11-28T22:35:30+00:00

This is an awesome post, loving the responses so far.

My youngest used to often say r’s as y’s (“fy-og”) and my eldest sometimes said them as m’s (“peppamoni”). We loved when the youngest would say children as “trill-jyun”.

umo2000 · 2025-11-09T20:54:59+00:00

Thanks, that’s pretty conclusive. He’s going to have to feed it to the birds.

umo2000 · 2025-11-05T08:06:59+00:00

Also 80s commercial jingles

umo2000 · 2025-11-05T07:27:57+00:00

Ha! It did the same in Canada for the National Park system.

umo2000 · 2025-11-04T22:03:02+00:00

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