I picked up some Chinese takeout here and overall it was pretty good, for North American Chinese…read morefood.
I'm a bit surprised by all the poor reviews, but I did notice they are all from several years ago.
I got the Dinner for 5 and that fed 6 adults and 2 kids with minimal leftovers. The Dinner for 5 was $87.95 and it consisted of 10 egg rolls, Chicken Fried Rice, Garlic Spareribs, Sweet and Sour Chicken Balls, General Tao's Chicken, Beef with Broccoli, Cantonese Chow Mein and 5 fortune cookies. We got a bonus large portion of Chicken Fried Rice for free since we spent over $80.
I phoned my order in and asked for it to be ready in an hour. When I arrived at the specified time, it was ready. The drive back to my parents' house was about 10 minutes and it was still piping hot.
I was impressed with the egg rolls. It was mostly ground meat in the filling, and not mostly vegetables like at other places. They were crunchy and tasty. The plum sauce was much runnier than I'm used to, but was still good.
The Sweet and Sour Chicken Balls were great too. Crunchy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. Lots of lean chicken breast meat inside. Good meat to batter ratio. The red sauce was also a bit on the runny side, but it was still ok.
The Garlic Spareribs were meaty and not drenched in sauce. I like them on the drier side so I liked these.
The General Tao's Chicken was a bit sweeter than my preference, and had no spicy kick, to my chagrin. It was also a bit soggy. However, it wasn't bad and I still enjoyed it. I liked that it didn't have fatty or gristly pieces. It's just battered meat, no vegetables.
The Beef with Broccoli was more broccoli than beef, but that's how it often is with most restaurants. The beef was tender and the broccoli was soft but not mushy. It also had onions and carrots. The flavour was just right and not too salty.
The Chicken Fried Rice had very little chicken, but I liked that it wasn't greasy. The rice was soft and fluffy and not too salty. It did not have any vegetables in it other than green onions. It was a bit on the boring side, but not greasy/oily wins out in my books.
The Cantonese Chow Mein had chicken, BBQ pork, shrimp, mushrooms, broccoli, celery, carrots and onions on top of soft noodles. It was my favourite dish, but had way too much onions in it, lol.
I liked that I didn't feel super thirsty after eating the food. And usually after gorging on Chinese food, I'm usually a few pounds heavier the next day, lol, but that didn't happen with the food here. Relatively speaking, I feel like they use less fat and less salt here than at other places. I am a fan.
Service was friendly and efficient.
It's strictly a takeout joint, no dine in.
It's part of a strip mall so lots of free parking in strip mall parking lot.