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| - Was looking for a new place to eat and saw Yan's. I have found a good Chinese cuisine restaurant should be able to make a good fried rice and hot and sour soup. Those are my leading indicators of whether it is a real Chinese food or American fast food restaurant. I ordered Kung Pao Chicken combo with fried rice and a spring roll, some hot and sour soup to eat and some house fried rice to go.
The fried rice on the combo plate wasn't. It was some light orange colored steamed rice. Not bad, but not fried rice.
The hot and sour soup was a bit bizarre. It was nicely spicy, but contained uncooked sliced button mushrooms. I've had hot and sour soup that tasted more like warm dish water. This was much better than that, but still way off the mark. The sour component was mostly missing. If you like southwestern spicy mushroom soup with bamboo sprouts and tofu, you'll enjoy this version.
So, with two major strikes against them, the Kung Pao Chicken was great. Flavorful, spicy but not hot enough to blow out the taste buds. When I got home and tasted the to go House Fried Rice, it was wonderful. Great fried rice has a smokey taste from the extreme high heat of the wok. This was a home run. So, on the first visit, I'll give them a two star review with bonus points for a polite and friendly staff and another bonus for properly prepared house fried rice.
The food was poor or great. Worth another try. Still looking for some decent hot and sour soup.
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