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| - If you are pretentious, stuck up, or a snob; please do us all a favor and stay the hell out of here. This is probably one of the best kept secrets in Vegas and we locals really don't need you wanna be food critics ruining the name of an absolutely delightful local eatery. This place would be a perfect candidate for Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and we sincerely hope Guy Fieri never finds it.
After living in the Southwest for nearly a decade, we despaired of ever finding anything resembling edible Chinese food again. However, the human determination to continue a hopeless quest eternally endures. After driving by this place several times, we finally decided to give it a try several months ago. When we pulled up, my wife looked at me and said, "I am not sure I want to go in here, it looks scary." My response was, "I am hungry, we'll go in, look around and if we don't like what we see, we can leave." Well, we almost left after going in. Gordon Ramsay or Robert Irvine would burst a capillary looking at the interior. Which to my way of thinking meant "Good Eats" were on the horizon.
So, we sat at a table that was made from the petrified forest (not really) and in chairs that Jackie Gleason probably sat on while he was performing here in Vegas. It appears that this is a true Mom and Pop establishment. Mom runs front of the house and Dad cooks.
We were brought our menus promptly which at first glance looked like the standard fare we have grown used to.
My wife ordered the Won Ton Soup (there are multiple varieties) and I ordered the Egg Flower. (There is an odd property that it seems is only possessed by the Chinese Wok and can only be accomplished by a Master Chinese Chef and that is making liquid hotter than boiling without evaporating, so take care.)Our soup was brought to us with those ridiculous looking chinese soup spoons, which I now know are designed to keep you from giving yourself third degree burns. I was about to get my first taste and was preparing myself to reach for the salt/pepper shakers, when much to my great delight, I discovered that neither was required. The soup was seasoned perfectly. (To date, we have had the Egg flower soup, the Won Ton Soup, The Shrimp Won Ton Soup, and the Beef Noodles soup. Do yourself a favor, before you die, try the beef noodle soup. But tell everyone watching you eat it that it is terrible. If they taste it, you will not get to finish it. Seriously, it's that darn good.)
For the appetizer, we ordered what the menu describes as "Spring Egg Rolls". I could dedicate an entire review to these tasty delights. First off, they are not Halal or Kosher, they contain pork. You get two with an order, and they are not your father's egg rolls. These are amazing. These egg-rolls are huge and unless I am mistaken, they are tempura. When they bring them to your table, they are cut in half. One of these is the equivalent of two anywhere else. They come with a lovely yet subtle sweet and sour sauce. Every time we order from here, we get an order of these, and my wife, who hates egg rolls always eats one of them. This is the only appetizer we have ordered.
For the main course, I ordered the tangerine beef (which to you philistines, politically correct eaters, and those with general eating disorders is the beef equivalent of Orange Chicken). Our hostess was quick to point out that this dish is spicy. I was skeptical.My wife ordered the Chicken Chop Suey which is a Special Dinner Combination Plate. I must stop and interject at this point, there is no Duck on the menu. If you will notice, the letter f is not in the word duck. This means there is no F in Duck on the menu. Don't ask, she will not be happy with you. Back to our regularly scheduled review. A little while later, our wonderful hostess/waitress/phone answerer brought out at least three metric tons of food. The aforementioned tangerine beef was spiced to perfection. Just enough heat to dance on my taste buds but not hot enough to make me break out in a foreign language, get the hiccups, or need to be immediately taken to the ER. My wife enjoyed her chop suey, however I cannot fully remember her comments as I was in the throw of mouth-gasms.
While there was enough food for us to take to an orphanage left over, we decided instead to be selfish and keep it. We brought it home and ate it again the next day to similar delight.
On a side note, when we ate in, fortune cookies came with the bill.....
Since our first incursion to this well kept secret establishment we have tried the following main courses as well:
Mongolian Beef, yes, spicy and tender. However, you must love onions.
The Great Wall Fried Rice- accept no substitutes. This is a meal unto itself.
Moo Goo Gai Pan which was plentiful, flavorsome, and had a good variety of vegetables.
Shrimp Chow Mein. They do not short you on the shrimp and they are cooked perfectly.
Shrimp with Tomatoes.....Where do I begin with this one? Just awesome...a review for another tim
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