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| - We have been visiting Imperial Garden for over 30 years and have always found it to have the best Chinese food in Madison, or regionally for that matter. The Midwest remains pretty much a wasteland in the Chinese food category. Imperial was always our oasis. However, lately they have fallen out of bed. On both occasions that we have been there within the last six months, the food has lost its character and flavor. Also, on both occasions our food was served barely warm, so it had been sitting around awhile before it ever got to us. Disappointing.
Giving Imperial Garden three stars would be overly generous at this point, as the food really was disappointing, and was definitely not A-OK. We usually order way more than we can eat and take away the rest for reheating at home another day. In this case even the leftovers, which I always enjoy almost as much as the first time around, were pretty dismal. I won't get into the details of which dishes, but across the board that we have sampled, it appears that the chef has changed, and not for the better.
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