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| - Hello Urbana-Champaign! It's nice to see you again, although a lot sooner than I had anticipated. This was a glorified road trip pit stop for my family, and it was everything it promised to be -- efficient and delicious.
Golden Harbor pretty much took the most hated part of Chinese food -- the service -- and put it upon the diner. They do charge a very small "seating fee" (I think it's $1 a person), and for that they bring you all your dishes and clear the table, but you're responsible for ordering at the counter and bringing your own pots of tea to the table, along with any other beverages. Fine by me, I love not chasing down servers for glasses of water.
Since my parents are Chinese, we ordered off the wall and got the following:
809 (I think), Crispy Tofu - So, so good. I thought that sauce would be overwhelming but it was the perfect complement, not too sweet but also not too salty. Do order this when you're with a larger group as I can imagine this isn't very good as leftovers.
745, Sea Cucumber with Beef Tendon - This is an uber Chinese dish but I loved the fatty beef tendons (sounds grosser than it tastes).
561, Sliced Lamb with Ginger and Scallion - I think lamb is the new pork. Gamey, but still tender.
We also ordered a beef with flat noodle dish (in Chinese: gan chao niu he) that is not on the menu, but they whipped it up anyways.
I would recommend going through the website menu first before going there so that you're not overwhelmed with the range of choices.
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