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| - I live close to "The Goof" and having walked past it a handful of times since moving here, I thought "Let's find out if it's any good".
I had read other users reviews which said it was cheap Chinese food, which is exactly the type of thing I was looking for that night!
Well they are what they profess. Cheap. I got the giant Chinese platter (came with Chicken Chop Suey, 3x Chicken Balls, 1x egg role, and fried rice). Ok, it tasted decent. Not fantastic, but still lived up to what I remember of going to the Chinese Buffet's when I was a kid. Same sweet red-sauce taste on the chicken balls as I always remembered.
So it tasted ok. Not great, but decent. But the price, now THAT'S what I'm talking about. The price of the Chinese platter was like $6.50, and it was more than enough food to fill me up (and I'm a big guy who can eat a lot, so getting full for $6.50 is awesome!)
They also offer a full breakfast menu which my girlfriend and I ordered on a different time we went. Breakfast was like $5.50, so it's also inexpensive. It was decent with some good sausage or bacon, home fries, and toast. We also got coffee that we were not charged for (do not know if that's the norm or a mistake from the waiter). The only hitch is we ordered cheese on top of our scrambled eggs, and when we got it, we realized it wasn't fresh cheese, but a processed cheese slice (like Kraft Singles kind of thing). I was ok with it, but my much healthier, beautiful girlfriend wasn't impressed she wasn't told it wouldn't be real cheese. Oh well, she scraped it off and we still ate. Again, two people are full, and it cost $14 after tax. Not to shabby.
They also have standard american food, like hamburgers, sandwiches, etc. So it's not just a Chinese food house.
Although the food didn't taste good enough to get a 5-star rating from me, the fact that it hits the spot for what you're craving, and it doesn't hit you in the wallet, was enough to make me pretty sure I'll be heading back there whenever I need a quick and cheap meal.
1/2 sized "Win" for me.
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