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| - It's good for what it is--Americanized Chinese food. There weren't too many traditional dishes on the menu. It was like a sit down Panda Express. Yep, it's good for what it is.
I had the sesame chicken dinner combination, and it came with eggroll, some weird foil-wrapped chicken morsel, a crab puff and hot and sour soup. The hot and sour soup had way too much black pepper. My mom used to say that if you have to use black pepper in your cooking, you're cheating, cause you're hiding the food's natural flavor :P The chicken was decent.
Ryan had the walnut shrimp. It was NOT what I expected. It wasn't crispy, and the sauce had...coconut in it??? Ryan enjoyed it, but I couldn't really eat it.
After this meal, I had to ponder why the crab puff is such a staple in Americanized Chinese food. There is absolutely no dairy in Asian cuisine, and we don't even bother with fake crab. And suddenly, here comes this crab-cream-cheese puff thing onto the menus of countless Chinese places...lol anyways off the tangent...
Anyways, the lunch and dinner combinations are well-priced, and I wouldn't mind going back if someone else wanted to go, but I don't think I'll crave it again.
The service was REALLY nice though. The ladies were very sweet. For that reason, I really wished I could have liked the food more.
I'm still looking for my go-to Chinese food place here in Phoenix...I need me some good dim sum, Hokkien Fried Rice, some garlic crab, pi pa tofu, squab, liver/kidney congee....*drool* My next stops will be Phoenix Palace and Great Wall...hopefully one of those will be awesome!
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