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| - When I asked my dad what he was most looking forward to in retirement, amongst his list he included, "Saving money by not paying for lunch in the cafeteria." My father for the past 33 years had worked at a Junior High School in Mesa, Arizona. I laughed, asking him how much he possibly could have paid for lunch in the school's cafeteria. He told me, "around three dollars," and I good-naturedly teased him and we had a good laugh over the fact that there was no restaurant in the world where he would find a better lunch deal.
This was BEFORE I knew about the Zaw's lunch special. Far from Mesa, AZ, on Murray Ave. in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA you will find the most delicious Chinese Mandarin food you have ever tasted. Zaw's lunch special includes full meals for less than three dollars. How is this even possible?? For those of you cynics thinking that the portions must be ridiculously small, or the food be not tasty--I assure you, neither is the case.
Sonny, the owner/manager (we are not sure, but he's been around a long time) goes out of his way to shake your hand, learn your name, and remember it--even if you haven't been in for multiple years! Marvin, the cook who speaks less English is just as friendly if not as verbal as he whips up sesame tofu, rice, lemon chicken, Szechuan eggplant, and a variety of other dishes.
This is the kind of greasy-hole-in-the-wall Chinese that actually isn't greasy at all--that's my kind of Chinese food! It will however satisfy your cravings that sometimes only greasy-hole-in-the-wall Chinese can alleviate.
Go here for the lunch special. Go here for a good time. Go here to meet Sonny and Marvin. Go here for good food. Bottom line: Go here.
Just to let you know: Cash only, no delivery, limited seating (get it as take-out, or eat it on the stoop next door and people watch Murray Ave.)
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