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| - i'm kind of on the fence about this place. While the food was generally tasty, I'm wondering exactly how much healthier it is here vs eating at any other "regular" chinese joint that serves meat. I mean the food was for the most part tasty, but the sauces it was covered in were painfully sweet, sorry but there is just no way you could call this "healthy" eating which is one of the reasons to go vegetarian, right? I'm not lying when I say I felt my health was worse after eating here.
Case in point...we ordered 3 dishes, Lettuce wraps, Orange "chicken", and General tzo's "chicken". So for the "chicken" dishes, I'm not really sure what the faux chicken was made up of, maybe tofu? but whatever it was, it was covered in a thick batter (thicker than a normal chinese restaurant) and deep fried, then buried in a sauce that was basically liquid candy. I cut a couple pieces in half and it was more than 50% batter, that can't be healthy. The lettuce wraps were probably the healthiest of the 3 dishes and also the tastiest. The wraps, along with the side of rice, a mix of brown / wild rice, were the high points of the meal.
One other good thing that stood out was the service. The servers were on it, refilling waters quickly and checking on us multiple times to make sure everything was O.K.. The restaurant itself was also very clean and inviting. There is ample parking in the shopping complex and there's also a big asian market downstairs. I doubt I'll be back to the Veggie House but I'll surely be back to the asian market.
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