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| - YAY, I finally found my Chinese food in Ohio! I previously lived in Philadelphia where the selection for Chinese food was quite abundant, and once we found our favorite place we stuck to it for the next 8 years and didn't eat anywhere else. When I got to Ohio, I found that I was having difficulties finding any Chinese places, let alone any places that made good food. Then I noticed that we'd been somehow blind to the fact that Tong Tong was right down the road from our usual grocery store and it was all over from there.
We went into the little building in the strip mall and picked up take out menus to pour over. The prices seemed a bit high, so we decided if we were going to be overspending anyway, we may as well just sit down and dine in. Service was very quick and efficient. Our drinks were refilled every time before we could even think of finishing them.
We both got a veggie egg roll, which was light and crispy and tasted faintly of ginger. Then our entrees came. My boyfriend stupidly ordered something he didn't always like no matter where he got it (Mongolian beef), and he ended up having to order a separate plate of steamed white rice since it only came with fried rice, but that came in about 30 seconds when he ordered it. I got my usual chicken fried rice with extra bean sprouts, and it was perfect.... I hate to admit it, but it was possibly better than my Philadelphia favorite. (Sorry, Golden Chopstick) The rice was perfectly flavorful, the egg and scallions were cut small and scattered wonderfully throughout, the chicken was actually recognizable as chicken and in big chunks throughout, and when I asked for extra bean sprouts, I got them in droves. SO tasty, I'm stuffed. I also got a side of steamed "pea pods" which is a little cup of snow peas which were perfectly steamed, still crispy and bright green, and definitely enough for me to justify paying for $2 for them.
Tong Tong is my new Chinese food staple. Thanks, Stow!
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