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| - I really like yelp's translation of 3-starts "A-OK" because that sums this place up nicely.
I love takeout, Westernized Chinese food as much as anyone else. Therefore, I'm not judging this place on its authenticity but rather how it stands up to other take-out places I have been to in the city, and to be honest, it's just average.
They have your traditional Chinese-style menu with a few Thai-inspired dishes (ie pad thai). The restaurant itself is a bit of a hole in the wall (though with tons of space) and fairly unremarkable. There is a parking lot next door and plenty of street parking around the corner.
I actually have delayed my review for a while because I wanted to make sure I have tried this place enough times to give it a fair shake. The number of positive reviews made me think that I was missing something, and I can now safely say that I'm ont. I have tried to ginger chicken & beef, the tofu, the fried rice, the pad thai, and a couple of appetizers. All of them were decent but nothing to write home about. I got pineapple fried rice with shrimp which had more imitation crab meat that pineapple or shrimp. The ginger beef/chicken was over fried and under sauced. The appetizers were good but oily.
Also, you're going to walk out of here paying about $15-$20 per person for dinner which I think is a little too much considering the quality of the food. There are numerous other take-out places on 16th Ave that are much better and not very far away. Therefore, if you live near by and really want some Chinese this is a decent option, but I wouldn't drive for it.
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