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| - This was just okay. We were in Vegas for two nights, and decided to eat our favorite dishes at two different Chinese restaurants. Last night we ordered Spicy Boiled Fish and Kung Pao Chicken at J & J, then tonight ordered the same thing at Cheng Du. J & J was okay, but their competition was amazing!
Food here was good, considering we haven't eaten this sort of food in a very long while, but it just missed the mark for me. The KPC wasn't as tasty, and it was short on peanuts, and missing that wonderful sliced toasted garlic which gives the dish so much taste. Boiled fish was enjoyable, lots of spice. The best dish we ordered was the garlic A Choy. Now that was the best Chinese veg dish I've ever eaten, and hubby loved it too. Very balanced, and slight smoky taste, very fresh, we loved it.
A few reasons J&J fell short:
-we almost didn't go in because the place was completely empty. During our meal, only one other party of two came in to eat.
- waiter only came when we called him, and we had to ask for things like extra napkins more than once
- during dinner I distinctly smelled cigarette smoke coming from the back room where some employee was enjoying a smoke break. Eeeww not pleasant.
- there was a very loud Asian singing show on the tv which was driving us crazy but the staff and other customers were watching it
The pluses:
free hot tea with the meal
Prices were very reasonable, and cheaper than Cheng Du
Loved the A Choy
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