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Pros:
First, there are not many Chinese restaurants in the area to choose from. Cleveland's "chinatown" is rather non-existent. Wonton gourmet is exactly what you'd expect a good chinese restaurant to be like in Cleveland.
Important note: the style is Cantonese/Hong Kong cuisine.
A few memorable dishes:
A very famous spicy beef dish (), fortunately comes in a spicy oil-based sauce. Believe it or not, some Taiwanese restaurants serve this Szechuan dish in WATER (Peach farm in Chinatown of Boston). The beef could be much more tender, and the vegetables (generally napa cabbage) was not cut very thinly. It was just chunks of the thick bottom part of the vegetable, not even the leaves. Somewhat disappointing.
"Aromatic" Eggplant (). Pretty good. Note: this style of cooking MUST be done in a lot of oil. Therefore, it is oily, no surprise there. Tastes decent. Eggplant not overly done, and cooked on high heat. Retains the purple color, very nice. Chicken is very tender. The sauce is my only gripe, as it could be more flavorful.
I have heard that the #6 dish: Hong Kong fried rice on pork chops?, is very good. I had it once and did enjoy it very much. Unfortunately, it was a while ago, so I can't remember.
The inside of the restaurant has pictures on the walls. Good concept.
Cons:
Some dishes, I believe, do have quite a bit of MSG. Of course glutamate makes any food taste much better (cuz it stimulates umami taste sensation), but it makes me want to throw up sometimes if it is used too heavily. Was not exactly pleasant.
Overall, your standard Chinese restaurant. Can't go wrong, but you can go better (to Cali or NJ, haha).
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