Megan C.
Yelp
Short story: I am from the Bay Area. As a child, my dad will always bring me to a viet restaurant that served sweet and sour catfish soup. Ever since then, I could never find an establishment that sold viet sweet and sour catfish soup. Trust me, the only place I didn't look was Vietnam. Of course nobody in my family would or could cook it because we are Taiwanese.
THEREFORE, I WAS SO FREAKING EXCITED that this place even had it on the menu!!! I had very low expectations. But when I took a bite...oh my gosh, it was everything I remembered as a kid. THANK YOU, Golden Phoenix.
Another short story: I have no friends, no family, and I have never felt so alone in my life in Oklahoma. The only people that reached out to me were from OKC. However, I was always deadly afraid of an almost 3 hour drive. Friends I gathered from OKC highly recommended Golden Phoenix.
But, I don't appreciate the crazy increase in price. I understand there are signs and of inflation, but a $4 increase... that's nuts. A small soup of sweet and sour catfish was $15.95 and now it's $19.95. However, I do appreciate that they included a side of a huge portion of rice as their sides usually average $2.50 (no idea if the price jump includes sides because their to go and online menus have yet to be updated).
Ambiance: Asians! Definitely HUGE and a good place with large tanks to have a feast and conversations with family. Though, be aware, there are massive amounts of Hispanics working here. I have no idea what their actual Chinese food tastes like.
Parking: There's a rather large side parking lot. It's attached to a Chinese supermarket. There's parking in front of the restaurant but there's no direction. It's obvious cars are parked as one direction but people enter and exit the other direction anyways. Additionally, people parallel park behind this parking making it extra tight. If this paragraph doesn't prepare you for the confusion, I don't know what will :)