I was starting to think that Madison did not have any authentic Chinese places: this place proved my hypothesis to be false. Take-out Chinese is fine, but sometimes you need the real deal.
There is one caveat to this five-star review: if you have had awesome Chinese food in China, or Chinatown in various large cities, you might not agree with me in giving this place five-stars. I think this place is great for Madison.
I ordered the beef noodle soup with thick rice noodles. You can choose among thin rice noodles, thick rice noodles, and udon noodles. The soup base was bland like it's supposed to be, though it was a little too greasy for my liking. It had beef slices in it and Napa cabbage - definitely a feel good meal. My boyfriend got the Hong Kong style shrimp soup, where the shrimp is wrapped in wonton skin.
We got a few egg custards to go - they tasted like how they should. I didn't think they were too sweet and it still had about eggy taste.
I had the rice dumpling for lunch today (sticky rice with meat wrapped in bamboo leaves). It was a little bland but satisfied my craving for it.
I'm not sure if they make all their baked goods in store. I can't imagine that they would, since their kitchen is kind of small. Also, there's an Asian grocery store nearby, so maybe they get it from there?
I'll definitely be back! The employee there was very nice and motherly.