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| - I've been driving by his place since it opened and was sort of curious about the quality of the food, and if it was worth the effort to stop. So, after getting a very disappointing dinner from a more local store, I suggested we give Good Taste House a try.
I used the online order, I was surprised that such a small shop had a very useable online order (easier than Pizza Hut).
I also see that they had delivery problems earlier on, I was picking up so sorry, no review there.
Now the food, and ~60% of my reviews are about the food, not the ambience.
We got three dinners with some appetizers, you may want to reduce that and share if you have a group to feed, you will get a TON of food, the dinner portions are HUGE. All three dinners were really good. The House Special Egg Foo Young had fluffy tasty 'omelets' (3!) with a very delicious sauce. The Mu Shu Chicken was excellent, as was the Walnut Shrimp.
Appetizers: dumpling, very good, not too doughy; Crab Puffs, creamy and tasty, Egg Rolls - Huge and also very good.
All of the fried food was crispy and NOT greasy. (draining has little to do with how greasy something is, it's more a function of how hot the oil is and the cooking time).
They also offer lo mein in place of rice for many of the entrees, we prefer the noodles and not many local places offer noodles instead.
This place looks like somewhere you would never want to eat anything, ignore the looks. The food is great, everything cooked as you order. This is right up there with the Shanghai Dumpling Shop in Milbrae, CA. The food far outweighs the appearance.
Oh, someone commented on the chicken, it appears odd because the chicken is poached at a low temperature similar to sous-vide. Meat cooked in this fashion is extremely tender and juicy. From the HS EFY I think they slow cook the chicken and beef, It appears the pork was Twice Cooked Pork, firm and heavy with oriental spice.
We intend to work our way through the menu.
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