Full House Chinese Takeaway

Full House Chinese Takeaway sits on Main Street in Etwall, the small Derbyshire village south-west of Derby that has grown its housing stock substantially since the Toyota factory came to neighbouring Burnaston. It is the village's Chinese standby — a collection-and-delivery kitchen serving the village, Hilton across the A516 and the smaller hamlets out towards Sutton on the Hill.

The board is the recognisable British-Cantonese list with the usual chow mein, fried rice, salt and pepper, foo yung and sweet-and-sour options. Trading is the standard evening shift; orders run by phone and through the village's usual aggregator listings. There is no dine-in. Etwall is not over-supplied with Chinese options — the Etwall Balti a few streets away is the obvious near rival and runs a different format — so Full House effectively holds the village's Chinese evening trade on its own. The shop has the kind of long-running presence on the village Main Street that the local press directories pick up — listed in Prawncrackers and the Derby trade directory for years. It is a workhorse rather than a destination, run lean and aimed straight at the village order book.