Chinese voted the nation's top takeaway in fun foodie study by hungry Brits

Chinese has been unveiled as the nation's favourite takeaway food in a poll to decide the most popular fast food in the UK

Favourites like chow mein and chop suey helped Chinese food take the title of top takeaway, with customers spending on average £9.86 per person - more than any other cuisine.

The ideal takeaway combination ((Image: Tombola))

Indian dishes came second, while fish and chips battered other choices to take third place.

Research by online bingo site Tombola, estimates customers will spend a total of £10.6bn on takeaway food during 2019.

The study shows that a perfect takeaway is more than just a favourite main dish. Almost a third (31 per cent) of those polled said they would prefer no starter at all.

Starters, mains, sides, desserts and drinks voted for by the British public ((Image: Tombola))

Starter

31% prefer no starter

Mains

34% prefer a Chinese dish such as Chicken Chow Mein.

Side dish

37% chose Poppadoms as their favourite side dish

Dessert

35% went for Ice Cream as their winning dessert

Drink

34% want Fizzy Pop to wash it all down

Different dishes however, proved more desirable than others. Each dish was categorised from most loved (elite) to least loved, (barrel scraping) to reveal the best and worst takeaway dishes.

The poll reveals 29 per cent of Brits are indecisive when placing an order, which could cause a number of arguments with the 71 per cent that know exactly what they want.