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| - Do you ever hear so many people tell you that you absolutely HAVE to try a restaurant because it's allegedly the BEST option in town?
Kinda like when when your Aunt Suzy says you, "Just have to meet my neighbor's daughter. I know she's 47 and still lives in her parent's basement, but you'll really hit it off because she likes 'The Netflix', too..."
Well, China Renaissance is that place for me.
After being told that I just had to give it a shot, I finally did. Well, the first time I tried they cancelled my uber eats order after an HOUR with little explanation. Minus one star.
After I waited the customary 30 days for my anger to subside, I decided to give them a fresh start and ordered again.
Based off of reviews, we went with Mongolian Beef and General Tso/Tao/Tsao's Chicken. Fun Fact: General Tso was a real person, and his family doesn't like the fact that an Americanized chicken dish is named after him, but I digress...
I opted to add $3 "extra beef" to the Mongolian Beef order, because, well, I'm kind of a glutton.
What arrived was a very tasty beef dish that unfortunately was mostly vegetables and without any trace of the "extra beef". It was almost as if my cardiologist intercepted the order and told the chef, "No, no, no... more veggies for Dan..."
Tasty? Yes. Worth the $12 I paid for it? Not a chance. Minus one star.
The General Tso's chicken was decent, and they obviously use a higher quality of chicken than most places do.
There's just one major issue I have with that: I like my General Tso's to be the smaller chicken cuts of questionable origin that I've grown accustomed to. If I wanted huge pieces of chicken breasts in a barbecue-like sauce I'd just do it myself on a grill.
Now, I know that General Tso's Chicken is like the chili of the Chinese food world: It's different at every place. Nonetheless, minus one star.
Just like Aunt Suzy's recommendation, this was a letdown.
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