Do you use the typical condiments that come with Chinese take-out food?

sometimes I use the duck sauce, if I've gotten spring rolls... but usually I don't use any of them.

I usually dip appetizers in the duck sauce. I have no use for the hot mustard or soy.

I use the soy sauce, but we don't get duck sauce or hot mustard where I am.

I use the hoisin sauce, or the dipping sauce for the scallion pancakes, too.

i don't use any of it b/c it makes me sick. i have to eat the fried things nude.

with freedom comes nudity.

jaff...I'd like to take you out to dinner.

I use the sambal.

Depending on what dish I've ordered, I might use all or none of them.

Twisty... you're such a catty little cutie. :)

limme see if i can rephrase that correctly:

"I eat only fried chinese food without condiments."

Duck sauce with a touch of mustard mixed in

I love duck sauce

I assume you mean Americanized (or bastardized) Chinese food. Take-away Chinese food in Hong Kong does not come with these condiments. (And it's a lot better!)

I don't think I've ever seen duck sauce.

*blink* how did my comment come out Anon?

None of the Chinese take-aways that I've ever visited have supplied any of these condiments (unless you ask, and pay, for them). I think this is an American thing.

my favorite is sweet 'n' sour

Only the soy sauce.

What I use depends on what I'm eating.

Depends on the Chinese food, too. Plum sauce (a.k.a. duck sauce) on faux Chinese is OK; on proper kick-ass Szechuan it's a mortal sin.

But the best is that soy-like sauce that you get with Peking Dumplings...ooooo good!

ILJ - soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, a little chopped garlic and ginger, sometimes a touch of hot pepper and/or sugar, sometimes some other stuff... it is pretty yummy.

Depends on the food. I try to get a quality of take-out that doesn't involve those packaged condiments.

of course