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Not worth only one star, because I only reserve that rating for a truly horrific experience. Szechuan Garden's food was not criminal; just really, really not good.
Maybe it's just me. I don't know! As my stalkers know, I really only order the same three or four things every time I have Chinese food. This time I went for the wonton soup and NOT the chicken and broccoli, but this fried tofu and cashew stir-fry.
The soup's broth was ok, and very flavorful. However, a good broth does not make up for poor wontons. Mushy wontons! Mystery meat filling! It had the texture, flavor and color of mystery meat. Gross.
Why didn't I go with my staple and order Chicken and broccoli, you ask? (Well, you didn't, but I'm going to pretend like you did.) Because it wasn't on the menu. Huh?! That's right. Chicken and broccoli. Not on the menu.
I know, I know, I could have just ordered the Chicken and mixed vegetables, and asked for just broccoli and no additional vegetables. I could have ordered the Beef and broccoli and asked to sub chicken. But you know what? I thought I'd try something else. And wow, I was not happy with it. The veggies were huge and overpowering, like long tall thick mushroom stems, for example, and they were sorta steamed but then thrown in this heavy sauce so they got all soggy. Same thing with the tofu. I looove me some tofu. But when it's advertised as "fried," and then it comes as "soggy," me no likey.
My husband -- who will eat just about anything -- took one bite of his chicken and garlic sauce and said, "No. Not good." And didn't eat any more. (I know this was hard for him to do, too, because he always loves to prove me wrong, and I said the food was bad before he started eating, and he was like, "Yeah, sure, whatever, you're just a snob." Eat THAT Derek!)
The egg roll was sooort of ok, but overall had too much squishiness and not enough crispy/greasiness.
I appreciate the "Zen" menu and the vegetarian/vegan slant, but you can still do that and make great food. Hell, you can do that at a non-"Zen" Chinese place if people care enough to have it done.
Szechuan fail.
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