"0"^^ . "I've been looking for a go-to Chinese takeaway on this side of town, but had been scared off from most of the contenders due to bad ratings. In the case of China Jade, I'm glad I took a chance and placed my order in spite of mixed reviews online.\n\nI call the number. A garbled young voice picks up and says something not quite intelligible. I announce I want to place a take out order. He says HANG ON, followed by a clunk as the receiver is set on the counter. When he comes back, I place my order (Medium Hunan Shrimp, as listed on the menu, is repeated back as Small Hunan Shrimp). \nI ask if they make their Hunan Shrimp with broccoli. \n\"HANG ON\"\n*clunk*\n*background shouting: MA! DOES THE GARBLE GARBLE BROCCOLI GARBLE* \n*Mom shouting back*\n\nThe kid told me 10-15 minutes for pickup, and yes, it has broccoli. (Then he asks - you like broccoli?)\n\nThis is a family run place. \n\nTheir young son was designing a video(?) game in between taking orders on the phone when I arrived to pick up, and I saw what had transpired with me repeat in person: \n\n\"HANG ON\"\n*clunk*\n*kid runs around the counter to get something to write with*\nPresumably customer on phone asks question: \n\"HANG ON\"\n*clunk* \n*shouting: MA, WHAT DOES SMALL SESAME CHICKEN COST??*\n\nTo be honest it was all pretty charming. When he was done taking the order he wanted to tell me all about the game he was designing.\n\nMy food was ready pretty quickly. There was a little mixup where the mom thought I had ordered chicken (mom rolled her eyes at kid, kid insisted: \"I said SHRIIIIMPPPP\"), so she apologized and they remade it with haste.\n\nThe food: good! For the small/medium order, there is a *lot* of it. Plenty of fresh veggies - (chinese cabbage, broccoli, baby corn, carrots, onions), good flavor to the sauce (I might prefer a bit more spice-heat), 5 large shrimp and two big scoops of white rice. The egg drop soup was pretty standard, just broth and eggs, but not too salty, which is a pleasant change from some places. I can see sending Husband out to pick up a quart of the stuff next time I come down with a cold.\n\nPrices are slightly higher than what is listed on their website - probably just an outdated menu - but not enough to matter since everything is so cheap anyway. My meal - a TON of food that I could not finish - was just over $8 before tip, and next time I probably wouldn't get soup since I know just how much is in the regular \"small\" size order.\n\nAll in all, I'm really glad to have given China Jade a shot, and I'm sure I'll be coming back with frequency in the future."^^ . . "0"^^ . . "1"^^ . "4"^^ . "2015-09-20T00:00:00"^^ . .