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| - 3.5 Stars: Outstanding Shrimp Chop Suey
From dining in the sundry of Chinese restaurants in Southern Nevada, I noticed that some Chinese restaurants shine in certain areas. For example, XO Chinese Restaurant on Blue Diamond shines in their exceptional egg rolls. A second example is that New York Chinese Restaurant shines in their New York style chow mein. And a third example is that the China Go Go chain shines in their shrimp chop suey. It was a yearning for their exceptional chow mein that delivered me to their newest location in the Boulder City Albertson's shopping center a couple of shops from Starbuck's.
When I was in Boulder City this previous Sunday, I was decided on trying the new China Go Go. It is so new that if I reviewed China Bistro last year, I'd write that it is the only Chinese restaurant in Boulder City excluding Panda Express.
In some of my Chinese restaurant reviews I stated that the Chinese lunch specials are some of the best dining deals around. China Go Go is evidence that this holds true. During lunch til 4 pm they serve lunch specials ranging from $7.25 to $7.95. The lunch specials include crunchy noodles with mustard, bowl of egg drop soup, chow mein noodles, and fried rice. I ordered the shrimp chop suey lunch combination for $7.95 plus a glass of Coke $1.49 that came out to $10.21 before the tip.
Not all China Go Gos are created equal. I have dined in a few that were take out style paper plate dining restaurants (e.g. Bermuda at Windmill, Durango at Warm Springs, and Valle Verde). This location is full service. Full decent service. When I walked in the host that became my server told me to sit anywhere. It was underwhelming to pick a table since it is small. The way the restaurant is set up the tables are to the right of the kitchen where there is a blind spot in watching the creation of the dish. As far as service, it was the experience where the server placed the essentials of the meal on the clean table. There wasn't the luxury of the server asking me if I wanted my half empty fountain beverage refilled.
The meal started off with crunchy noodles with mustard. A room for improvement is including duck sauce with the crunchy noodles. The crunchy noodles were a good introduction to the food that was going to follow. Next up was the egg drop soup which I believe they name egg flower soup here. Nonetheless it tasted similar to the egg drop soup that has been the common soup of the day for the past ten or so years. Psychologically the colorful bowl it was served in made it more delectable. Finally, the plate with fried rice, chow mein noodles, and shrimp chop suey arrived. In my opinion chow mein noodles are filler food to occupy a quarter of the dish. Some restaurants pull off serving tasty chow mein noodles that can pass for lo mein. Not China Go Go where the chow mein noodles are China so so. The fried rice was good. The truth about fried rice is that it is nearly impossible to mess up. But, the shrimp chop suey that occupied half the plate was outstanding. The chef provided the perfect balance between the vegetables, sauce, and shrimp. Interspersed between the savory vegetables were a generous portion of shrimp. This was flavorful shrimp that outshined the peeled shrimp that I have ate in the buffets. The China Go Go lunch experience concluded with a fortune cookie and check. My fortune cookie might as well have said, "You will soon be writing a three star review."
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