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| - Rose Garden Chinese is located in "sleepy" downtown Henderson. I was hungry for Chinese food for lunch and having had some bad experiences I'm always on the lookout for new places to try.
Parking is on the street, and without a lot of people around I didn't have to park but 3 spaces from the door. Stepping inside you'll find a clean but yet a little bit dated restaurant that does offer plenty of space.
Service was prompt and attentive without being overbearing. My menu was on my table in under 60 seconds, I had my order taken in under 3. They have lunch specials and I ordered Kung Pao Chicken, Egg Flower Soup (aka Egg Drop Soup), and it came with an egg roll and a wonton.
While I waited on my food I looked around. The place had several older couples and a noisy group from Chicago in there that were almost finished and were leaving. On the table they had Kimlan soy sauce but they didn't have any sugar, just packets of Sweet N Low. I thought that was kind of odd as usually you get a choice. They also left the regular menu on the table and I took a look. The back cover says they don't use MSG. I took a picture of that as well as I hate MSG. My Egg Flower soup arrived and while hot, it was nothing special either. Lots of crunchy noodles were sacrificed in order to make it workable.
The food arrived fairly quickly and it was hot. Not pepper hot, I'm talking physical temperature wise. Kinda made me suspect microwave usage but I can't confirm that. I snapped a picture of the plate...fried rice on the side, Kung Pao chicken on the other so you can see what I had in front of me. One thing I look at with Kung Pao Chicken is the celery / filler to meat ratio. This plate ended up having a bit more celery than I like to see. Also it's not Kung Pao anything without peppers, and the plate was a little skimpy on the peppers. I counted the equivalent of 2 peppers. It should have been at least double that.
The egg roll was no better than the stuff you'll find at Vons in the frozen food section. But the deep fried wonton was not good. It had very little filling, and what was there just didn't taste good at all. I didn't spit it out but the thought crossed my mind.
As I finished up I put my debit card out on the table and not long afterward a man approached and said their credit card machine was down. I ended up paying with cash, but in this day and age there's really no reason to not have up to date and working payment systems in place, even for a small business.
Overall....if I find myself in downtown Henderson and hungry during the week I would consider coming here again. 3 stars: For a lunch special the price is perfect. And they only charged $.99 for a soft drink which is almost unheard of in the land of $2 and UP for the same thing elsewhere.
Note: They don't take checks (checks are evil anyway) and they do offer a limited selection of beer, wine, and sake is mentioned too on the card on the table. Also if you want to see if a place is kept clean, just look up. The air vents in this place were clean...which is a sign of attention to detail.
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