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1. Bennie Bastian  

   on June 4, 2015
   

   I've never shared the negative experiences with my fellow Yelpers whenever I've eaten at Glatt Kosher Family. This place is my go-to spot for glatt kosher Chinese. I find the food to be delicious, well-flavored, and well-prepared every time I've eaten here. The owners have been polite to me, and I give them a great deal of credit for offering kosher fare. Perhaps others do not understand that there is a language and culture barrier. This is a spot for no-frills fare, preferably to take out. Any time I've eaten in the restaurant itself, I've ordered the food as a pickup and just ate it out of the containers, thereby allowing myself the option to take the rest to go. Anyone who knows Brooklyn Chinese restaurants knows that there are the nicer places where you get waited on and where they have a pot of hot tea and fresh made wonton noodles on the table, and there are the neighborhood takeout joints. This place falls into the latter category, and as such, is NOT a date spot. You don't come here for ambiance, but for a   quick bite, in Spartan, austere digs. Prices here are extraordinarily reasonable and on par with similar non-kosher spots (before you freak out and start oying, the meat indeed all comes from Alle/Meal Mart. The fact that it's an operation run and operated by a hard-working immigrant family, with the strict supervision of an on-site mashgiach, may help to keep costs down). I, for one, do happen to enjoy the novelty of eating a satisfying kosher meal without feeling ripped off. You can't go wrong with $7.20 luncheon specials and with $9.50 dinner combinations. The Veal Lo Mein, only $6 for a pint, is amazing, with napa cabbage and roast veal that eerily resembles the other white meat, the one which American Jews of a less frumme persuasion go nuts over every December 25 in their fried rice and soup. The only menu item I wish was drastically different is the spare ribs. Instead of serving veal spare ribs, they serve gargantuan Flintstone-style beef ribs, which simply don't match well with the red Chinese spare rib sauce. Veal ribs are a far better vehicle for that sauce and quick-broiled preparation, as the beef ribs remained overly chewy and slightly dry from broiling. The beef on a stick has a pleasant orange flavor, and you get a very generous helping of meat for just $6 and change. Don't expect good service, or a smile, or house-made wontons here (they serve instead an individually wrapped OU brand of wonton noodles), but do expect yummy, delicious, and very reasonably-priced Cantonese-style takeout fare.

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