...and the challenger "Dance Stuffed in My Pocket" recieves...
3 and 1/4 Stars
Pink Lotus is a decent, clean, hole-in-the-strip-mall americhino classic.
Their extensive menus includes all the basics, prepared hot and fresh for you to takeout or dine in, as long as the odd mural on the wall doesn't scare you off. (pic)
The food was pretty good. General Tsao's chicken is a barometer to me, and Pink Lotus' rendition was a little different. Think more along the lines of spicy terriyaki than hoysin. But there were lots of bits of green onion and minced FRESH garlic (I'm still getting garlic burps). The consistency, as well as the flavor that was underneath the sauce, was more like rough chopped chunks of crispy fried chicken than the usual batter-balls. Good but a little greasy.
Pink Lotus is pretty generous with giving small discounts to deserving community members like military or helathcare workers (pic).
They've been hidden on the outside edge of this shopping center for years and I'd never noticed them before.
With lunch specials at around $5-6 including drink, more menu research must be done here, clearly.