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| - I recently came here for lunch with co-workers, and this was solid. The décor is a bit dated, and I'm wary of Chinese restaurants that throw in Japanese, Thai, and Vietnamese dishes, as though Chinese doesn't offer enough variety on its own...but it's not exactly a criminal offense. Most of the other diners ordered Gen. Tso chicken, which is the baseline dish that I usually order and judge all Chinese restaurants by to see if it stands up to my beloved House of Chen in Cranberry, but this time I was feeling wild. I ordered steamed pork dumplings and the lunch special with a shrimp eggroll, eggplant garlic, and steamed rice. Everything tasted lovely, though there were about 2 teeny shrimpies in my roll and the rest was pretty much just the shredded cabbage. The dumplings were nice and big and delicious, and that eggplant garlic was anything but boring. I took about half of it home, and was sluggish and sleepy for the rest of the day. So...portion sizes are not an issue, unless you're un-American and don't like them big. The tea tasted a bit weak. Not that that's my main draw, but come on..it's TEA in a Chinese restaurant. Bring your tea game up.
All of this said, I'm sure I'll be back at some point, now that I know there's a solid Chinese restaurant with ample seating downtown.
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