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    J L Kitchen

    3.6 (222 reviews)
    ModerateChinese, Soup, Seafood
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 3 weeks ago

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    Salt and Pepper Fish Filet with fried rice lunch special
    Colin R.

    I owe JL and updated review. It's been more than a decade ago and things have changed a lot including an updated menu and of course pricing. In spite of inflation, their prices are still very reasonable especially the lunch specials. Taste and quality have improved dramatically for a joint like this. Inside the dine in options are limited -- just a few small tables usually 1 or 2 people in a rush. Most of us take to go. Which is fine by me, cos it's good portions, the guy at the counter is super nice, and price and taste are good enough especially for lunch. Love it!

    2024/01/26 Seafood Chow Fun
    Dexter D.

    I finished one project, had a half-hour to kill before my next project and I was hungry. I thought a quick fix at JL Kitchen would cure my hunger pangs. There was space in the parking lot. I was the only customer inside. When I stepped in, the gentleman asked if I was Anthony. I told him no, though now I wonder what Anthony had ordered (wink, wink!). I ordered Seafood Chow Fun to go, paid and was told that it would be a five-minute wait. I sat and worked on my phone until my order came out. I drove to a nearby park to eat. My bag contained my food, two napkins, a fork, soy sauce and some chili oil. I ate 1/2 the container and found two shrimp, two pieces of fish and three pieces of calamari. I'll finish the other half tomorrow. Overall, the food was hot and reasonably flavorful. I usually request a packet of hot mustard but forgot to do so. JL is decent for a quick meal from a local neighborhood Chinese restaurant. I would come back for another meal, but I would not bring my parents here for a more formal meal.

    Shrimp fried rice w added chili oil

    The chef that cooks the food has some fine wok cooking skills. I just wished they used fresher rice because the fried rice I ordered today had many chunks of old stale rice. I will give em another chance since the flavors were good.

    31. Kung Pao Prawn Lunch Special 8/10 would get fried rice next time instead

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    The best take out spot EVER! The walnut shrimp and shrimp chow fun is my fav. And for appetizers the egg roles and pot stickers

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    9 years ago

    great food. nice people . I typically eat here once a week

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    13 years ago

    What happened ... we stay away a couple of weeks and it is under new management. The food is crap!!!! I want the old J L back!!!!!

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    16 years ago

    this is so far the best chinese fast food to go. Everything cook fresh when u order and the portion is big. The owner is a very sweet lady.

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    10 years ago

    Ordered the salt and pepper pork chops and it was dry and barely any meat. Never again, I'm good.

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    13 years ago

    Salt n Pepper Pork Chops over Fried Rice. Smh... I am too stoned!!! Great Chinese Food nonetheless.

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    11 years ago

    NEVER AGAIN. Literally delivered raw chicken with my meal. Thanks for the food poisoning guys!

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    Fusion Delight

    2.9(1.1k reviews)
    2.9 mi
    $$

    Came here for dim sum and there was a long waiting list. The food was mediocre…read more There must be lots of MSG because I kept drinking water afterwards.

    I came here for a family birthday dinner. It's located in greenhouse so there's plenty of parking…read morearound, even if it means just a tiny bit further away. The restaurant is really big and we sat at a table for 14 pretty comfortably. We were also here on a Saturday night and the restaurant was full. The service is your typical Chinese restaurant vibe where you leave a little bit emotionally abused after paying for overly priced menu items. We did the à la cart and easily spent up to $1500. Better off with the family plan meal but nothing was of interest to us except one or two dishes. It took forever to come out and I mean FOREVER to a point where we almost cancelled a few dishes and called it a night, but they kept saying it's being made. With as many people and as massive as the restaurant was, and the price tags, I was expecting a more efficient service. A couple of times we saw our dish being brought to the wrong table and the people going "oh we didn't order this." With all of that out of the way, I am giving them an average score of 3 starts because the food did bring them back up. It was actually really good. My favorite of all things we ordered was their sea bass with string beans. The sea bass was fried crispy, garnished salty and still soft inside. It paired really well with the string beans. We ordered a bunch of other things that I couldn't tell you what the name was in English and they were above average taste wise. Their complimentary dessert however, was mass produced and tasted like they added too much water to it. This was the only one I was disappointed in. I still say this place is extremely overpriced but for a family meal experience and if you ever want to impress a date, why not.

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    Baby Cafe

    4.0(239 reviews)
    1.6 mi
    $$

    Always friendly attentive service. Love the decorations and large trees inside. Came for dinner in…read morea Saturday and place was pretty full. Seated promptly and food came out fast. Chicken was moist and flavorful, very tender and the rice was good too. Generous helping of ginger garlic sauce. Tried the club sandwich for the first time. Crusts are cut off and bread is thin. Interesting take with tuna, ham, egg and tomato inside. Comes with fries which are always tasty Curry was a decent amount of heat. Pork chops were very juicy and tender. Baked oven dishes keep the plate warm for the whole meal. Love coming here and will be frequent returners.

    I met up with my cousin at Baby Cafe on a Tuesday evening around 5:30PM. First off, it's a win on…read morethe parking lot I didn't need to search far and wide for parking! There was no wait to get seated, and we appreciated how most of the seating was spread out. It was a bit warm inside so if you're sensitive to heat, I would dress lighter. Servers will not come by your table unless you flag them over so make it obvious if you're ready to order. We ordered the string beans and beef, the famous baked pork chop with a little mild cheese and sweet tomato sauce over white rice, the salt and pepper chicken wings, popcorn chicken and the crispy Hong Kong style noodles with stewed beef and tomato. If we could have had more space in our tummies, we would have go the Haianese Chicken because we saw it served on other tables around us and it looked delicious. ALL the food was comforting and good. The cool surprise was the drink that comes with the pork chop dish, there were several to pick from but I picked the cold honey lemon tea and found it wonderful and highly recommend this. My cousin and I were having a lengthy conversation lasting almost 3 hours, and maybe because it was a slower week night they never pushed us to pay the bill while we were chatting, so we really appreciated they valued our uninterrupted time together.

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    Interior

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    1/2 shredded chicken

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    Jin Gege - Sweet and sour fish

    Jin Gege

    3.4(153 reviews)
    2.9 mi
    $$

    Their menu inside and their receipts spell their name as one word...Jingege. Why different on this…read morelisting? There's usually a pretty good line right by the register, so this place is pretty well known by the Asian locals. Shrimp Wonton Noodle Soup ($16/2*) First outing here I sat for lunch and tried this. Surprisingly disappointing seeing how busy and popular this place is. The wontons were okay, decent flavor with a strong sesame oil presence. But they weren't that plump and luxurious, just seemed like homemade/amateur versions. Which is fine, except given the nicer restaurant feel, I just expected something more elevated. The noodles were fine, super thin egg noodles that had a nice QQ. BUT their broth was so bland and unremarkable that it kinda ruined the whole experience. I couldn't even taste/detect the protein that made up the stock, just tasted like murky liquid to me. And zero condiments on the table, so I just ate the wontons and the plain tasting noodles cuz the broth couldn't offer anything to the noodles. Womp womp. And their bowl of choice is very weird to eat from. Super tall bowl that if you leave a spoon in there it will sink and be submerged for you to fish out...in piping hot liquid. If I would have reviewed this place just on this one visit, then it surely would have been a sub 3* rating. But I knew I couldn't leave my impression with that one lone visit. Roast Duck - Half ($20/4*) Came back for some take-out deli items and I was handsomely rewarded. Total 180 experience from the soup outing. Their ducks here are slightly more expensive than most others for the area. But it is still worth it imo. They cut it with good skill and even for a take-out box they present it nicely, with the shape of duck still somewhat intact. The skin is not crisp at all but it is very well rendered. Some pieces were not that salty at all but some other pieces are well seasoned, which I thought was strange. But overall a very solid roast duck is to be found here. There's also a big scoop of these tiny beans that are slightly sweet almost like baked beans just not as gloopy. But the bean texture is very al dente, almost crunchy, which I found very strange. Macao Roast Pork w/ Rice ($19/4.5*) This is crazy good...I'll even say special. Super seasoned pork belly is roasted til the skin gets crisp...like chicharon status, except it is just a very thin layer of crispness. So the balance between the sturdy crunch and juicy flavorful meat was practically perfect. It is definitely on the salty side, almost the same intenseness as eating Spam with white rice, but white rice offsets those salty components beautifully. And they garnish this massive plate with perfectly blanched gai lan (Chinese Broccoli) and some other pickled greens that add a nice sweet and tangy component. So between the decadent pork, white rice and diverse greens offerings just made this a complete one stop shop that could make a regular out of me. There's also a Share Tea next door so I've got a harmonious tandem going on here. Lucky Ducky Me yassss!

    I ordered take out of their soy sauce chicken ($30) and BBQ pork ($21). The chicken was moist and…read moreflavorful- just the right balance of sweetness and saltiness. On the other hand, the bbq pork was wayyyy too fat. There was hardly any meat, I basically tossed the whole thing away. A good BBQ pork should have the right mix of meat to fat ratio.

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    Jin Gege - Newly opened HK styled chicken restaurant, nice decor inside.

    Newly opened HK styled chicken restaurant, nice decor inside.

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    Oriental Tea House - Deep Fried Shrimp Bean Curd - 2/2024

    Oriental Tea House

    3.1(543 reviews)
    1.7 mi
    $$

    9 out of 10 dishes we ordered were very good! Would be happy to try many more…read more Service was quick once orders are placed - could get busy so it's nice to go after the lunch rush on a weekday! Typical Asian establishment, family friendly! Would love to see a menu friendlier to non-Chinese reading customers or at least better pictures of each dish. Did not like the xiao long bao we ordered; preferred Din Tai Fung's version.

    As a heads up, I have never come here without my husband who speaks Chinese. It's much easier to…read moreorder exactly what we want by understanding how to communicate. We come here for the dimsum because we know it's good. We always order the herbal chicken feet, baked BBQ pork buns, fried pumpkin, and the green veggies with the sauce. The tea on its own is really good and always steaming hot. We have never been asked for tip and we're actual discouraged from tipping bc it's added in. The host is very friendly and accommodating. They serve quickly and the food has always been steaming hot each dish that comes out. The portions are very generous that we always take leftovers home and it's good still. We enjoy the food but I highly recommend bringing someone that speaks Chinese (canto) for best service bc communication will impact the overall experience. Restrooms are iffy, they're always sticky with a film even in the mornings. It never smells bad, I can tell they do make their rounds but I cant understand why it's always sticky. It's also very stuffy and humid in the restrooms. Yes, they smoke outside but I never smell inside the restaurant itself. Each table is clean and they're quick to clear the empty dishes so they're not in the way. Parking sometimes feels like finding your own spot in not so clearly defined lines but people here seem to make it work even with the lack of the markings so it's fine. Handicap is limited in spaces though. There's a party room in the back and it's well used, I see people having fun in there.

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    Men's Restroom

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    Pretty tea set and keeps the tea hot!

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    Asia Delight #2 - 4/24/25 FYI. Got here too early. Not fully open yet.

    Asia Delight #2

    3.3(227 reviews)
    0.7 mi
    $

    This was my second time getting food from Asia Delight #2. The first time I tried the shrimp with…read moremixed vegetables, which was very flavorful, and the pork ribs in black bean sauce, which were also really good. This time I ordered the yellow curry chicken and the fried pork ribs. The ribs were just okay, a little too fatty for me. The yellow curry chicken I would not order again. It was very bland and watery compared to other yellow curries I have had, which usually have more depth and umami. I even tried adding salt to improve it but it did not help. On top of that, the potato chunks were huge, almost the size of a tennis ball, which threw off the dish. I also got their thin chow mein noodles, which I prefer over the thick ones, and a hot and sour soup. The soup was actually one of the highlights. It had the sourness I look for since most places fall short on that, although it was a bit too salty and I had to add some water. Still, I would definitely order it again. Overall, this spot feels like one of the better fast food style Chinese places in the area. I would come back, but I would stick to certain dishes.

    Stopped by for a quick Chinese takeout and it hit the spot. We ordered the chow mein noodles, salt…read more& pepper fish, and General Chicken. Everything was tasty and came out quickly, which made it perfect for a fast meal. The chubby noodles had a nice texture, the salt & pepper fish was crispy and flavorful, and the General Chicken had a good balance of sweet and savory. It's a solid option when you want something quick and easy, and they have a lot of different dishes to choose from as it's similar to Panda Express setup but authentic food.

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    Asia Delight #2 - Inside

    Inside

    Asia Delight #2
    Asia Delight #2

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