Stefan R.
Yelp
Was out and about on Craig...was actually looking forward to some pho at Sunflower... But alas and alack they were closed.? Maybe on vacation? Didn't see a sign but then I didn't get out of my car to really look. So anywho, headed back out on Craig, headed west... Was thinking of another Chinese place, but shucky darn.... They were closed too. I was getting desperate for an MSG high when I apied this place at the Albertsons plaza a little west of Decatur... Ok.... No guts, no glory!!! Figured it was worth a try.
Opened the door, small dining area (really hot inside) the way over the counter filled with typical choices found usually in a neighborhood Chinese place. Many had new prices on paper over the original prices .. the place was pretty utilitarian, I.e no fake decorations or stuff on the tables... Obviously set up more as a take out or delivery place. I mean that's no big deal but I was not planning to eat on my car.
Anyway, I ordered the sweet and sour pork with fried rice and a egg roll for the $8.95 lunch special. My dining companion ordered beef and broccoli. No soup was included.
5 minutes later the cashier brings out a bag with two take out containwrs, a couple of napkins and some soy packages, two forks and two fortune cookies.
I guess serving on/in take out containers makes it easier for them, but pretty lowlife as far as I'm concerned. My dining companion said the beef was pretty salty, I tasted it, found the meat super soft almost like it had been marinated for a long time.
My sweet and sour pork was basically 5 really small pieces of bread pork and a bunch of green pepper chunks, some onion piecesand a few slivers of carrots all stacked to the side and the rice on the other side. There was a small container of the sweet sauce included. Guess that would keep things from getting soggy. But I felt like I had to assemble my meal more than I cared for. The fried rice was a decent size portion but quite frankly pretty bland. The veggie egg roll was kind of small not like the full size one you find in some places.
I should have taken pictures, but was trying to assemble my meal.
All in all, not bad but also not worth another trip for me unless I was pretty much out of other options... Maybe some of the other non lunch specials would be better, but I guess I got what I paid for...
Oh, by the way , the fortune cookie was stale...