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| - Wanted some Hot and Sour soup to combat my cold and saw this place was nearby and mostly got good reviews...
As soon as I stepped in I was immediately greeted by the lady at the counter and a middle-aged gentleman in glasses who was very cheerful and attentive. In fact, he had an energy and enthusiasm that made me EXCITED about the act of eating Chinese food, like when you first start going to these places as a child. I felt like a young Steve Simeone at The China Palace.
Store was clean and had a nice ambiance. Lucky cat, Chinese music and Christmas decorations in April which is both hilarious and charming. A pleasant and reassuring surprise is how the kitchen was in full view.
Since it was my first time, I just stuck with a simple order of the soup and some egg rolls. As the great Joey 'Coco' Diaz says "If you screw up the pork fried rice, we got nothing to talk about."
In less than five minutes, the man who took my order was thrilled to present it to me.
Once I got the food home, I first tried the egg rolls (with sweet and sour sauce). You could tell they were very freshly made and had a nice texture. Not much else to say, since these were just skinny appetizer egg rolls, not the potentially epic New York style egg rolls.
The Hot and Sour soup was even better than I expected! From the first tastes I was worried it wasn't spicy enough, but then it quickly started kicking my ass! Taking me half an hour to finish, it was joy eating the abundant freshly cooked, still firm vegetables, tofu and occasional eggs, shrimp and imitation crab as I sweated and blew my nose. Finished with the crispy noodles and fortune cookie.
Very good first impression. Will likely be back before I get another cold.
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