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| - So Yelp calls 3 stars "A-OK" and 2 stars "I've experienced better." So while 2 stars sounds harsh, the description fits.
I ordered the kung pao chicken with chicken egg roll, hot and sour soup, and fried rice. My wife ordered the sesame chicken + egg roll.
Decent service? CHECK!
Large portions? CHECK!
Looked/smelled good? CHECK!
Fresh ingredients? CHECK!
Flavor?
I said, "FLAVOR!!?"
Flavor was a complete no-show --- except for the egg roll, which tasted of cinnamon (extra chewy, but not bad), and the hot and sour soup, which had a decidedly metallic, "tinny" flavor (bad).
The kung pao was also flavorless and not spicy, despite the fact that I ordered it extra spicy. Based on prior reviews, I should have been breathing fire, which makes me wonder if there wasn't a substitute cook in the kitchen that day.
Or maybe they specialize in Thai food and we ordered made the mistake of ordering Chinese.
Either way, there are better Asian restaurants in the Valley and so many others that I have yet to try. Thus, the 2-star review. Lots of other Yelpers like this place...we just happen to fall outside that group.
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