Moving reviews off of Yelp. This was originally published 7/22/17: Americanized Chinese food made by a family that's from the southern part of that vast country. All of your favorites are here and will be prepared absolutely fresh for you to eat in or carry out. Personally, I prefer to eat food very soon after it is prepared so that it is in the best possible condition. It appeared as though virtually everyone that came in got their food to-go. They also deliver but that's a distant third option in my book because you never really know how long it takes the food to leave the store or get to you. I will say that I was between 3-4 stars but rounded up based on how friendly the staff was. Maybe it was just rare that people dine in but I really felt welcomed and appreciated. I had the General Tso chicken and the wife had the honey chicken. Both were ordered as combo plates for about 8 bucks and came with an egg roll. They brought that out as an appetizer before our entrees - nice touch. The egg roll was roughly the temperature of the surface of the sun when delivered so I broke mine in half and went to get some sauces to try with it. They have the typical carry-out packages of sauce but in more varieties and quantity than I think I've ever seen before. I experimented a bit but settled on the spicy mustard because it just felt right. Very good eggrolls! The chicken was also good, piping hot and cooked perfectly - crispy, juicy and not at all dry. The sauce could have used a bit more of a kick though. Good fried rice also - plenty of red pork in there helps a lot.
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Moving reviews off of Yelp. This was originally published 7/22/17: Americanized Chinese food made by a family that's from the southern part of that vast country. All of your favorites are here and will be prepared absolutely fresh for you to eat in or carry out. Personally, I prefer to eat food very soon after it is prepared so that it is in the best possible condition. It appeared as though virtually everyone that came in got their food to-go. They also deliver but that's a distant third option in my book because you never really know how long it takes the food to leave the store or get to you. I will say that I was between 3-4 stars but rounded up based on how friendly the staff was. Maybe it was just rare that people dine in but I really felt welcomed and appreciated. I had the General Tso chicken and the wife had the honey chicken. Both were ordered as combo plates for about 8 bucks and came with an egg roll. They brought that out as an appetizer before our entrees - nice touch. The egg roll was roughly the temperature of the surface of the sun when delivered so I broke mine in half and went to get some sauces to try with it. They have the typical carry-out packages of sauce but in more varieties and quantity than I think I've ever seen before. I experimented a bit but settled on the spicy mustard because it just felt right. Very good eggrolls! The chicken was also good, piping hot and cooked perfectly - crispy, juicy and not at all dry. The sauce could have used a bit more of a kick though. Good fried rice also - plenty of red pork in there helps a lot.
Ordered two items off the small menu was already 20 bucks. I ordered a beef and broccoli broccoli was all right. Didn't taste like it was beef and broccoli and then I got the barbecue pork. Let's just put barbecue sauce on top of half a cup of lettuce and then scent it off like that. So never going back to this place again
Ordered two items off the small menu was already 20 bucks. I ordered a beef and broccoli broccoli was all right. Didn't taste like it was beef and broccoli and then I got the barbecue pork. Let's just put barbecue sauce on top of half a cup of lettuce and then scent it off like that. So never going back to this place again
Great chinese food if your local or passing by granite city!, ive been here multiple times and they are very consistent and quick with orders, open when no one else is it seems such as the recent snow storm we had. The egg foo young is excellent my only complaint is the gravy consistency they are using too much starch or something. Since when I try to heat it up in the microwave afterwards its quite thick and goopy unable to be poured over my beautiful egg foo young, they have good protein choices for the fried rice and other dishes. I also like their chicken fried rice - Definitely worth checking out despite there are some things they can improve on such as quality control of the not so popular menu items.