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| - Egg roll - They were filled just to the right amount. The spices and flavoring were spot on east coast. The ingredients inside were cut down to pieces which are exactly how an egg roll should be. Kudos.
Fried rice - moist, it had a very good flavor, and a nice blend of veggies in it.
Vegetable lo mein - I love lo mein, nah, I freaking dream about lo mein. It wasn't greasy, it had rich flavor, and had a good amount of veggies in it.
Rice noodles - very wet, had a flavor to them I haven't encountered before. I didn't like the taste at all.
Crab Rangoon - It had a pleasing sweet taste, tiny pieces of crab in it and the inside was not runny and not extremely firm, just right actually.
Pot sticker - light crisp to the edges, flavorful and not dried out.
Chicken Wing - A real winner on this item. They offered drumette, wingettes, and wingettes with a partial tip on them. They were all a very nice size, flawlessly cooked, juicy and meaty. I did not find any dried pockets of blood in them or any bruised meat. The coating was probably potato starch which gives a very crispy outside without being breaded.
Seasoned french fries - Just the ideal amount of crisp and not soggy at all.
Egg Foo Young - Flawless on the moisture level, the eggs were not over cooked, the vegetables infused a subtle sweetness, and with the gravy it was as good.
Egg drop soup - The broth was the exact in consistency, extremely light salt barely noticeable, lots of egg, tiny amounts of peas.
Hot and sour soup - freaking excellent! packed full of tiny slices of button mushrooms and slivers of wood ear mushrooms, egg, bamboo and green onion.
Chilled crawfish - OK, this my forte right here. Having lived in Louisiana for 10 years I have had crawfish boil countless ways. They actually added real boil spices to it. This alone is an accomplishment I have never witnessed outside of Louisiana at a restaurant. It was on the medium spice side and the heads had juice for sucking astounding accomplishment #2. The spices were unfortunately inconsistent from each one. This comes from not stirring the spices well into the water, and also not stirring up the crawfish during the boil. Tip: For a little extra kick, dip the tail in the octopus salad juices, heavenly.
Octopus salad, They were cut into smaller pieces and manageable for exact size bites. They were tender, and the had a decent amount of kick to the juices which were added.
Sweet and sour chicken - The bread to chicken ratio was spot on, with a light crispness. White meat, moist, and delicious.
Pepper chicken - semi moist pieces, average flavor, lots of pepper.
Baked salmon, semi moist, good flavor. I am not much of a salmon person.
Crab bake - It had great roasted peppers in it. It hit your palate and has a subtle taste. Then when you chew the other ingredients interacted and turned into a heavenly blend of delight.
Mongolian beef - Great flavor, perfect mix of onions, green and red peppers and green onions. Sadly over cooked.
Sweet and sour pork - Average flavor, cooked just right.
Baked chicken - Manageable size pieces. The glaze was delicious and not overwhelming at all. They complimented each other well. One of the best I have had.
Broccoli beef - The beef was cut thin, it had a mild flavor and extremely tender. The broccoli in it were very tall pieces 4"-5" in a 3/4"width cut on average.
Kungpo chicken - It had a subtle syrupy glaze, fresh moist peanuts, good flavor to the vegetables.
Orange chicken - Big time over cooked, chewy. Good flavor if it had been made right.
Clams - They had a pure taste.
Creampuff - no flavor to the whipped cream inside, bland overall.
Chocolate pudding - It had that very artificial flavor to it. Not good at all.
Tapioca pudding - It had very few tapioca pearls in it and was heavy on the pudding side with a light flavor.
Loquat fruit - It was in light syrup, pretty good, nothing like off the tree though.
Lychee fruit - Awesome flavor yummmm. Again, different from the tree eating.
Coconut macaroon - smaller bite size, smidgen on the dry side, but still good flavor.
Watermelon - Bleh. That is hit and miss at any place. It is extremely hard to find a really good melon anywhere nowaday.
Chinese donut - Winner, winner! very tender. Most places they are very dry. It had copious amounts of sugar. One of the best I have had.
Apple pie - Flaky crust. It would have been phenomenal with more sugar and cinnamon.
I noticed on dishes which are breaded and glazed or in a sauce, they are the ones to eat sparingly. Mostly overcooked. If they fixed this, they would be hitting it out of the ballpark for east coast style Chinese.
I drink a lot of water, 6 glasses usually, and the waiter wasn't keeping up. Typically I ask for a pitcher straight away and should have. He was trying but also seemed pre-occupied on his phone at times...
I will be back here for sure. This was the lunch buffet. There were still many items I didn't get to try, especially the sushi.
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