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| - Did I....find it? Have I finally found my treasured Chinese food restaurant?
I feel as though Ive been a character in a video game battling terrible Asian food places. From undercook rice to soggy sweet n sour chicken, and questionable "meat" on skewer sticks.
But, I think Ive found my castle.
ITS ABOUT TIME.
Ordered delivery at about 9pm this evening via Yelp. It arrived piping hot at about 30 after. Really fast for what I ordered Id say.
I ordered, Orange chicken, with brown rice, extra spicy (I love spice!), Mei Fun with chicken, and an order of fried dumplings.
Is it weird that I judge a restaurant by how their brown rice is cooked? Yeah? Well, tough. Brown rice takes some extra care when cooking it to make sure it has that perfect texture. That "spring". Their brown rice is lit. Cooked so well, it made me take a moment of silence. Good brown rice is hard to come by.
The spicy orange chicken. Fried to perfection and still so hot that it burned my mouth. Well worth it. Anyway, white meat chicken. All white meat. And still juicy. I ordered the sauce on the side (something I've had to do living in AZ, most of the Chinese food places out here water their sauces down, which then causes fried meats to go soggy quick). But, there was no need here. The sauce was full of citrus-y spicy goodness. Actual orange triangles were in the sauce. Along with CRISP green bell peppers, onions, and a few slivers of carrots (not a fan of cooked carrots anyway). The sauce was thick and a rich brown color, stick to yer ribs sort of sauce. There was only one chili pepper in the batch, but I'm more than okay with this, why? Because the quality. This one chili pepper absolutely trumped all the others I've had from previous places out here. You know what Im referring to, those leathery, odd flavored "chilis" that you find. Makes you wonder if they plucked them from some dusty Southwestern motif.
Anyway, here, It was freshly dried. You could tell they even PAN FRIED it before adding it to the sauce. A key step. Not kidding. Dried chili peppers can go bad and lose their flavor over time. But the fresh ones, if they're warmed up before using them in cooking, oohh it makes a world of a difference. Gives it an added kick.
I haven't been able to touch the fried dumplings. Way too full.
My boyfriend had the chicken Mei Fun. He LOVED it. Which for me, is another win. Appeasing his hunger for Chinese food is difficult. He's from Boston, if that gives you an idea.
I feel like I've really, truly won with this place. I found the princess, and she's in THIS castle.
Ill order their Pho and sushi next time. I'm going to get fat :(
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