I think this is some of the worst food I've ever eaten. I feel terrible saying it as the owner is very friendly and the ambiance is nice. I also love supporting anything in downtown Glendale, but I am appalled at how bad the food is.
We tried this place once a few years ago. I wasn't very hungry that night, so I just ordered some hot and sour soup. I wasn't impressed at all and hardly touched it. It had little flavor other than a bunch of pepper. Like if someone accidentally dumped a container of ground table pepper in it (not even freshly ground). I tried a couple of the other dishes at the table and wasn't impressed either.
About a year ago, my husband and I decided to give it another chance thinking we might have just ordered the wrong things. I ordered some type of lemon chicken dish (tried to look at the menu just now to see what it was, but can't figure out which one it was). It was literally drowning in lemon pepper seasoning. Like someone dumped an industrial sized container of it in there. It was so overwhelmingly salty, it was inedible. My husband had the Ma Po Tofu and wasn't impressed either, but his wasn't nearly as bad as mine. He also thought mine was inedible. I told the waitress that I was unable to eat the dish and she took it and just kind of shrugged her shoulders. I had to ask to have it removed from the bill (even though we had only eaten a couple of bites).
Like I said, I hate to give them a bad review. I was so hoping it would have been better, but it wasn't. Hopefully, the nice owner will see this and take it as some constructive criticism. I say stop using the McCormick seasonings in insane amounts and try some fresh herbs and ingredients. I guess I'm glad someone likes it as I'd hate to see something else in downtown Glendale close. However, we won't be back.