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But this one came highly recommended.
Rather, the conversation was "I cannot believe you have worked in Oakland for 6 years and have never gone here. We went here every Friday!"
and when venturing out to lunch today without a plan, I suggested this place. Worth a shot I guess.
My first impression was the cantaloupe - it was good and in season. But ok...getting to the actual Chinese food...
I had the chicken and broccoli, the general tso's, an egg roll, some of their fried mushrooms with sweet and sour sauce, some vegetable lo mien, a 'biscuit', and some fried dumpling with a creamy filling that tasted somewhat like onions.
Overall very good. The lo mien and the mushrooms were the best. The 'biscuit' is the 'Chinese donut' type - spongy with sugar. It was typical. The general tso's was surprisingly good. To me, general tso's is often too gooped up in sweet and sour sauce with rubbery chicken that tastes like it was microwaved. No, this was pretty good. The egg roll...yeah that's the only thing I wasn't a huge fan of, but overall, $6.26 for a full buffet and a drink. You can't beat that, AND now I've found a Chinese buffet that actually has decent food. Yay.
For reference, there were a bunch of Asian people eating there - I tend to use that as a marker for how authentic/edible the food is. I like to think I'd be a pretty good judge of pizza or hamburgers in China if the tables were turned.
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