Number 1 China Buffet

I used to work in Hillsboro (2010) and ate here every week. Back then, this was one of the best restaurants in town by far. Unfortunately, the quality and taste have plummeted. I occasionally travel through town and 6 weeks ago ordered takeout in the evening. Chicken Lo Mein, Fried wanton and Crab Rangoon. The lo mein was alright, but had no vegetables just chicken and noodles. The wanton was tough and chewy, not crisp and had cooking oil inside the wrappers. The crab Rangoon was also tough and chewy but the filling was excellent. Because I have had so many great meals here, I decided to wait until I could give it another chance before my review.
Today I ordered a lunch special, General Tso’s chicken with Fried rice. The chicken looked mushy and dull. The color was a pink-​orange. Not like it used to be – orangish brown. I tried a few pieces and they were soft, squishy and chewy. This was an unexpected and fairly unpleasant sensation. The flavor was extremely sweet but not spicy at all. I never got a bite of actual chicken meat, so I began cutting open each piece as I pulled it from the tray. It mostly consisted of skin and trimmings that were breaded and fried, but not crispy. The pink-​orange color went all the way through each piece like it had been stewed in the sauce and not just coated. I would guess the sauce was like an apricot or plum sauce, but mostly sweet, not much flavor and definitely no spice. Needless to say, I stopped eating the chicken. The Fried rice was very bland. White rice would have had as much flavor. I could see onions, carrotsa and peas, but the flavor was all the same. I am so disappointed in #1 China. I gave them two stars because they used to be great.

Nearly 3 years later its still the same. Something to be said for consistency I guess.

We usually eat here a lot and it’s good I think. We went their for dinner last night it was 12.99 per person. All I really wanted was the crab legs for dinner. We had to wait a while for them to bring them out. I ate other things on the buffet and it was ok not real fresh. Finally they brought crab legs out and the lady had done gave us our cookies and never came back we hadn’t even been their 30 minutes. She took my daughters plate away from her and she was still eating. We left and headed home and I felt sick I mean vomiting sick. I am pretty sure I got food poisoning because I was up all night long with it and still can’t eat at all today. I will not be back for the fact of the poisoning and the food was not fresh. Sorry I use to enjoy this place.

Qualifier: I just can’t bring myself to apply NYC or SF standards to a place in a town in the midwest of about 10k people. For these factors, this is a very reasonable approximation of small town Chinese buffet.
A friend took me here for lunch. $ 17 for two, all you can eat but who can eat that much? In august they had great fruit and dessert choices and everything I ate was fresh and tasty. I would go again. They had a very good, large selection of choices which I appreciate since I’m not supposed to eat all the batter fried stuff you see so often on these buffets.