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| - Hungry for chinese food mid afternoon on a Sunday, the proximity of Beijing to my house made it rocket to the top of my list. After looking at the menu, we realized we could still get the lunch special (which comes with eggroll) and decided to order some appetizers. Super pumped it would be ready in under 15 minutes, but everything kinda dwindled after that.
We both got a chicken & veg dish (moo goo gai pan and chow mein), but since the only starch in either was fried rice, the only difference between ours was the vegetable selection. Yes, the sauce tasted exactly the same, like thickened water with a touch of chicken flavour. We also ordered the steamed dumplings, which were good but the top to the sauce wasn't put on all the way so we were forced to eat them dripping in pure soy and sodium. We also ordered a salad with ginger dressing (I know, I know, from a chinese restaurant) but the "dressing" was so thick it was just like eating shredded marinated ginger on lettuce. You win some, you lose some. And the eggrolls were HT freezer section material, definitely could go without next time.
I know we didn't chose heavily fried and sauced items that usually can't be messed up, but a good Chinese restaurant knows how to infuse flavors into even its lighter dishes, and that wasn't the case here.
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