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| - I've been coming here for years and years, and I can honestly say that I have only ever had one truly bad meal here. I just read some truly dismal reviews of this place, and I don't get it at all. I guess everyone has a bad day...
If you are looking for an authentic chinese meal, i.e. "real" chinese food, you won't find it here, and they will gladly admit that. If what you are looking for is classic American style Chinese food with better ingredients and a nice atmosphere, you will be quite happy.
Depending on what day/time you choose to go, it can be quite busy, and the crowd in the foyer area waiting for takeout orders during dinner rush can be a little chaotic.
The food? Classic Chinese American, like Moo Goo Gai Pan, Szechuan Eggplant, Kung Pao Chicken, Ornage Chicken, etc., with what I consider to be the best Hot and Sour soup on the west side of Cleveland. If you are used to cheap Chinese takeout, the versions of those dishes served here are fresher, and better prepared renditions. They are also more expensive.
On my last visit, I had Teriyaki beef skewers (I know, not Chinese at all) which were meaty, large and tender. We shared fried potstickers which I find to be superior to many others I have tried elsewhere. My 6 year old is obsessed with potstickers, and we've had them at quite a few places and these are her favorite. I learned on this last visit that they do not make them in house, but purchase what they feel are the best.
They had a Mei Fun noodle dish with shrimp, pork and chicken that was accented with Chinese pickled cabbage which was a peasant surprise, a little different and it kind of made my day. The Szechuan eggplant was great, as were the soups, as always.
In all the years I have been coming here, I have seen the same faces at the door, in the dining room (one waitress has waited on me at least half of the times I have been there). It is always very clean, everyone is always friendly and gracious. I can't say the same for other Chinese restaurants in the area.
Yes, it's more expensive. For my daughter, her mom and myself it was almost $50 plus tip (so $60). That was for two entrees, 2 bowls of soup, two appetizers and a pot of tea. It seems like a lot, but we took at least half of it home for another meal, and none of it was greasy or half assed, and it was served with style.
SO, if all you want is some takeout and the usual overseasoned brown sauce sticky junk, go to some dragon-palace-china-city-china-chef strip mall place. nothing wrong with that. This is a little better, and I think it's worth it.
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