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| - This is a very up and down place and this review will try to cover both the ups and the downs. The basic premise of the place is fast take out. In many ways, it reminds me of places I've visited in the outer boroughs of New York City. Upon entering the space, you see a few small tables at which you can sit. While I suppose you could eat your food here, it appears to be mostly space to allow people to wait for the food to be cooked and turned over.
The main counter goes across most of the space, with a small gap to allow the staff to come in and out. Above the counter are photos of what some of the dishes are supposed to look like. These are clearly stock photos and have nothing to do with what the place offers. When you stand at the counter, you can see straight through to the back so you can view all the action in the kitchen. During my visit, the cook was working the woks and a woman was taking orders and bagging them. There is a stack of paper menus on the left side of the counter, so I used one of them to decide on what to get.
The first upside was that they have a variety of different fillings for their egg rolls. Vegetarian, and chicken based egg rolls are always available as are shrimp ones. The first downside was that they came out very greasy - I mean after taking a bite, oil rolled out of the egg roll, rolled down my hand and dripped on to the plate!
We also tried their hot and sour soup. A generous portion of it could not make up for the complete lack of any kind of heat. Unlike most of these offerings around the area, this one seemed to have more carrots than I've ever seen leaving the impression of this soup being orange in color (see the photos I uploaded to get a sense of what I mean).
The next dishes we tried were the Garlic Chicken and the Ginger Chicken. On the menu, one is listed in red ink which is supposed to denote that it has some spice to it. You really have to look carefully to determine which is which. Both dishes had the exact same cuts of chicken and same collections of vegetable ingredients. If you really looked carefully, you could see strands of ginger in the one, and some small polka dots in the other. Flavor wise, they were very very similar, with the polka-dotted one being sweeter. Spice? What spice?
The final upside was that they have something that they call "sesame balls". I asked what those were and was gratified to hear that they were red bean paste filled buns that are then coated in sesame seeds and fried. These were absolutely excellent! Even though they were also fried, they were totally not greasy unlike the egg rolls.
So, what do I make of this place? It basically offers the same things as most every other American-Chinese restaurants and is hardly distinguishable from their competitors. If it's more convenient for you to get takeout from here, than that could be what determines your choice. I am not sure why they do not offer delivery service, but they do not. As the rating shows, it's OK, but nothing special.
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