Unless you're not a fan of spicy food of course.I think a lot is generational and it also depends on what you've experienced previously. Chinese takeways were pretty much the first affordable places in the north east in which you could experience proper "foreign food" affordably. When I was in primary school, the takeaway options were basically chippy or Chinese. If you've experienced Indian, Vietnamese, Korean or Thai food, you'll find most Chinese takeaway food to be bland.
Basically, as a 7 year old, I was blown away by 2 egg fried rice, 1 boiled ricem special foo yung, chicken with sweetcorn and beef in black bean source with a portion of water chestnuts and bamboo shoots to share between my parents, my sister and me. Now, I'd be throwing ghost chillis in by the dozen (my plate/bowl only).