Herbert Chinese Takeaways is a Chinese restaurant and takeaway at 3 Herbert Ave in Highbury, Palmerston North, carrying a 2.5 rating on Google and a menu posted online. The suburban Chinese takeaway is a New Zealand institution, and a good one lives or dies on cooking to order: rice fresh from the wok, spring rolls crisp rather than sitting under a heat lamp, the chop suey and sweet-and-sour standards turned out quickly at teatime. Menus at these shops usually run broad — noodles, fried rice, wontons, often fish and chips alongside — so it pays to ask what moves fastest. Regulars tend to phone ahead in the dinner rush and stick to a handful of trusted dishes. For Highbury locals wanting a Chinese dinner close to home, Herbert Chinese Takeaways is the neighbourhood option, though that modest Google rating suggests a quick look at recent reviews before ordering.