I stopped by here this past Sunday morning for a birthday brunch with 6 other members of my family. I have eaten food from the Sesame Inn before but have never actually been to the restaurant. We arrived at around 11:40 to find both sets of doors open and proceeded to head into the restaurant. Once there we were greeted by the hostess who told us that the restaurant did not open until noon. Since we were already there we decided to wait out in the lobby/sunroom type area. It was actually quite a nice area that was decorated brightly with plants and some spacious seats. At around 11:50 we were told that they were now ready for us and that we could sit inside. The inside of the restaurant is just as nice as the lobby area was and had some large windows, birds of paradise flowers and some nice decorating. The lights seemed to be embedded in what looked like large umbrellas and I thought that it gave the restaurant a nice feel.
For my entrée I decided to go with the Mongolian Chicken, extra spicy. Since it was Sunday, there was also a brunch option on the menu which gave the option of 4 popular dishes that would also be served with soup, salad or egg roll, the entrée and a soft drink (no free refills on them if received from brunch). Everyone else at the table ordered a brunch menu item except for me and within a short time there were all served their egg rolls and soup. Thankfully for me, my cousin is not a big fan of soup and so I was able to get him to order hot and sour soup for me. The soup came out hot, was very tasty and I enjoyed it. I have to admit that I was pretty jealous of the egg rolls that everyone else got as well as they were absolutely humongous. After everyone had finished the starters our meals came out. They served the white rice accompaniment family style in a huge bowl. My Mongolian Chicken came with bamboo shoots, scallion, onion and dried hot peppers all mixed together. The chicken was moist and tasted pretty good and I was happy that they made it my dish fairly spicy like I had asked. I ended up added a little rice to the dish and by the time I was finished eating I was completely stuffed.
The bottom line for me is that I would head to the Sesame Inn again in the future. It costs a bit more than some of the Chinese restaurants in the area but you are paying for the quality. This was easily seen in the size and stuffing of the egg rolls and also in the wonton soup which had a decent amount of scallions and thin strips of pork in it.