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| - This place used to be very good. I might even say excellent. Ten years ago and for the first five years I lived in the area, I had consistently high quality meals here. I was happy to come to Solon to eat, rather than drive downtown. However, over the past few years, I have had to become very cautious when ordering. When here with Chinese friends, especially when ordering off the Chinese menu (yes they have one), they still deliver quality most of the time. If you are American, though, there is a 50 50 shot that they may serve you crap, tasteless or undifferentiated tasting among dishes. Of course, a large number of Americans don't know the difference, even savoring the filler ingredients you would never find in real Chinese restaurants, thinking that vegetables like water chestnuts and baby corn (which are from cans!), slopped with oil and msg (which is fed to lab mice to make them fat!), are authentic Chinese food. (Okay, Chinese people DO use MSG in their homes.) It is funny, just as Hunan of Solon expanded its restaurant space, the quality of its ingredients and recipes and service dropped while raising its prices, I suspect losing so many customers which were the reason for their expansion. Yes, I still go there occasionally against my better judgment and order selectively. I don't want this place to close. I just want it to wake up and restore its quality.
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