Drove in to NYC area for the 4th tonight and decided randomly to order from this place. We pretty much ordered a feast to share:
Vegetarian Spring Rolls— So-so. Kinda stringy cabbage, no rice stick noodles like I prefer… extra good flavor though via the use of sesame oil in the cabbage, carrot, mushroom mixture. Mushrooms were rather rubbery, sadly. Wasn't terribly crisp either. Not the best but far from the worst! Cheese Wontons (ie crab rangoon)— little tiny wontons with a small amount of real crab and scallions and cream cheese mixture. But I liked that. They were clearly good quality and in this case less was MORE. These were crispy and delicious over all. Eggdrop Wonton Soup— Fresh tasting, SEEMED made in the store rather than a packet mix. I was told "These wontons are really really good. They are the best wontons I've ever had in a soup. Really good quality and great tasting." Dry Sauteed String Beans— Garlicy, delicious and pretty basic. I usually prefer my string beans to be a bit crisper but these weren't terribly mushy. Sweet n Sour Chicken— Nice cuts of chicken, not too much breading. Tasted fresh. Fried to a nice golden brown and they were still pretty crispy which was a pleasant event for delivery! General Tso's Tofu— Great. Star of my plate, personally. The pieces were pretty small like I prefer… and the sauce had a sweet and lighly spicey flavor that was well balanced. Sometimes General's sauce can be heavy and too strong but this was nice and light. They weren't quite as crunchy as I like but given the overall flavor and texture I didn't mind it a bit. I'm looking forward to eating the leftovers (FYI, chinese left overs always taste best re-heated in the oven I've found, strangely enough. Things get crispier and the flavors marry even more) Malasian Sambal Chicken— A pleasant surprise. Not something we've seen on a chinese menu before. It had a good spicy sauce that wasn't insanely hot but had good heat. Kind of red-curry esque but without any hint of coconut. Had red peppers, tons of onions even though we asked for less and sugar snap peas stir-fried with white meat chicken slices. We enjoyed it a lot. Chicken Fried Rice—- Bleh. Flavorless steamed chicken slices in flavorless fried rice. I've had worse and worse luck with chinese fried rice recently. Some places get it right with a deep, smokey flavor and other places just miss the boat and land on Bland. Sadly this place is one of them.
Wow, see? A Feast.
You could order lunch or a combo and no apps or sides and eat here easily for less than $10/person. But if you want full courses it's going to cost you. After delivery guy's tip, tax and the cost (even with a free fried rice) it was $50. But we've all got some leftovers for tomorrows lunch.
Drove in to NYC area for the 4th tonight and decided randomly to order from this place. We pretty much ordered a feast to share:
Vegetarian Spring Rolls— So-so. Kinda stringy cabbage, no rice stick noodles like I prefer… extra good flavor though via the use of sesame oil in the cabbage, carrot, mushroom mixture. Mushrooms were rather rubbery, sadly. Wasn't terribly crisp either. Not the best but far from the worst!
Cheese Wontons (ie crab rangoon)— little tiny wontons with a small amount of real crab and scallions and cream cheese mixture. But I liked that. They were clearly good quality and in this case less was MORE. These were crispy and delicious over all.
Eggdrop Wonton Soup— Fresh tasting, SEEMED made in the store rather than a packet mix. I was told "These wontons are really really good. They are the best wontons I've ever had in a soup. Really good quality and great tasting."
Dry Sauteed String Beans— Garlicy, delicious and pretty basic. I usually prefer my string beans to be a bit crisper but these weren't terribly mushy.
Sweet n Sour Chicken— Nice cuts of chicken, not too much breading. Tasted fresh. Fried to a nice golden brown and they were still pretty crispy which was a pleasant event for delivery!
General Tso's Tofu— Great. Star of my plate, personally. The pieces were pretty small like I prefer… and the sauce had a sweet and lighly spicey flavor that was well balanced. Sometimes General's sauce can be heavy and too strong but this was nice and light. They weren't quite as crunchy as I like but given the overall flavor and texture I didn't mind it a bit. I'm looking forward to eating the leftovers (FYI, chinese left overs always taste best re-heated in the oven I've found, strangely enough. Things get crispier and the flavors marry even more)
Malasian Sambal Chicken— A pleasant surprise. Not something we've seen on a chinese menu before. It had a good spicy sauce that wasn't insanely hot but had good heat. Kind of red-curry esque but without any hint of coconut. Had red peppers, tons of onions even though we asked for less and sugar snap peas stir-fried with white meat chicken slices. We enjoyed it a lot.
Chicken Fried Rice—- Bleh. Flavorless steamed chicken slices in flavorless fried rice. I've had worse and worse luck with chinese fried rice recently. Some places get it right with a deep, smokey flavor and other places just miss the boat and land on Bland. Sadly this place is one of them.
Wow, see? A Feast.
You could order lunch or a combo and no apps or sides and eat here easily for less than $10/person. But if you want full courses it's going to cost you. After delivery guy's tip, tax and the cost (even with a free fried rice) it was $50. But we've all got some leftovers for tomorrows lunch.