I was downtown dealing with some work things, and had been craving Chinese for a few days - perfect answer is obviously to go to Li Wah. I'd never been here for dinner before, only for Dim Sum. I definitely think their dim sum is better than dinner (and likely cheaper for the same or more food). I wasn't feeling very creative and went for comfort food, so sweet and sour chicken for me.
The portion was sizable and had a good amount of peppers and onions with it. It was flavorful and probably the best sweet and sour chicken ever. My dining companion had lemon chicken, and finished most of it. I also really like their tea. The portions are large enough that even though we were both starving, we would have had enough for lunch the next day. I didn't get enough rice, but I'm sure if we could have found our waiter, he would have brought more (another bummer about not getting dim sum - there are always TONS of employees). A weird note: the tvs were all silent with Spanish subtitles. I wasn't watching tv, but it was weird.
Now onto the bad. I really struggled with whether this deserved one or two stars. I'm giving it two because I've had so many good experiences here in the past. So we're winding up our meal and the person I was with went to the restroom. He noticed an employee wearing an apron walk out of a stall after flushing, texting, and walk past the sinks. No washing of hands. YUCK. I was glad that we had eaten already but that is just disgusting. As soon as my partner came back, the waiter asked if we wanted to to containers. Um, no thank you. If I wasn't done eating, after I heard this I was. When we left (after paying), we told the woman at the register about what happened and she was just like, "Meh. Okay. Sorry about that".
Now I need to find a new place for dim sum