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| - As an American living in Canada, I struggle to find Chinese delivery that's as good as the American style Chinese food I'm used to back home. I do have a refined enough palate to also appreciate authentic Chinese food (and have eaten in hole-in-the-wall restaurants in Northeast China to prove it!) but I just find comfort in a good old box of sweet and sour chicken with white rice and an egg roll. The Canadian stuff suffices, but I'm used to disappointment. That being said, my food from China Gourmet was just awful.
Last night I decided to order some delivery from China Gourmet, not having had their food before. The food arrived later than the estimated delivery time, and when I answered the door the delivery guy just said the name of the restaurant, handed me the bag, and walked away (I get that it's possible that the delivery person didn't speak much English, but as a server myself I expect at least a "hello"). I knew right away that the food was going to be bad, because I couldn't feel the usual warmth of freshly cooked Chinese takeaway through the bag.
My suspicions were confirmed when I opened the bag. The food was cold. Grudgingly, I spooned some onto a tray to heat up in my toaster oven, as my partner and I do not have a microwave (by choice). Even before I heated it up, the sweet and sour chicken balls were overcooked, and the egg roll looked like it had been run over by a steam roller.
I ate about half of my meal and had to give up. It was greasy, overcooked, and the egg roll was just a smooshed greasy pouch with only cabbage and sprouts inside.
I will never order from here again!
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