Hau PO

General Tsos was excellent! Lo mein noodles were very tender and flavorful. Staff was attentive and friendly. The place is clean, smells nice and is strangely pleasant compared to most of the Chinese places in this county. Overall a good experience. Would’ve given 5 stars but my fortune cookie was pretty lame. However, I will visit again during my lunch hour.

Just ordered carry out from Hau Po, which is starting to become a somewhat weekly ritual, and that is for a reason.
Tonight I got General Tso’s Chicken with a side of Lou Mein, which was great as usual, chicken was the perfect amount of sweet with a tad of spicyness. The noodles where also great as usual.
I’m not sure how, but it seems that every time you walk through the door you are greeted with a mixed aroma of freshly baked rice, chicken, noodles, and egg rolls. Also the dining room has more than enough seating so you will never have to wait for a seat.
If you’re ordering take out or ordering in the dining room, don’t plan on it taking long. The meals on average take about 10 minutes to be prepared and cooked, which is great if you are in a hurry. My only complaint is that they do not accept debit or credit cards, which is pretty common in a small town such as Jefferson, so make sure you have enough cash with you.
I myself have had many lunches and dinners at many different Chinese restaurants, and Hau Po is just as good, if not better, than some more popular chain restaurants. My personal favorite is the Sesame Seed Chicken with a side of rice, or the classic Pork Fried Rice.

Justin d. Is insane. This joint is the real deal. I go out of my way to order here. Everything is always fresh and always delicious.

Hau PO has performed an amazing feat: they have perfected coffee brewing technology as applied to Chinese food. The restaurant smells fantastic, but the food does not live up to the aromatic promise.
We came for dinner (and, unusually, to eat there; most people appear to get take-​out, but they were happy to seat us in the small dining area). We ordered fried dumplings, roast pork egg rolls, hot & sour soup, and a collection of entrees.
The roast pork egg rolls and dumplings arrived first; an unpromising but not alarming start. The roast pork egg rolls were almost entirely cabbage, and poor cabbage at that, in addition to an undercooked and not very crispy wrapper. Nobody finished a whole one. The fried dumplings (which seemed to be beef, unusually, rather than pork) were unimpressive but entirely edible; the sauce they came with was similarly unworthy of comment.
The soup arrived next — a quart of hot and sour (and delivered in the to-​go quart container — we observed that the descriptions of sizes as pints and quarts on the menu was a pleasant innovation for the to-​go service). Duly distributed and tried, and it was not much to anyone’s taste — sweeter than usual, and made with a somewhat acrid and unpleasant vinegar. The only particularly positive note was the very flavorful roast pork, but the pieces were surprisingly tough even for that.
The entrees arrived — and I will observe that the service was speedy and friendly, although they were serving food of no particular appeal. The moo shu had the same unusual and unpleasant flavor that the hot and sour soup had, all of the broccoli (especially the broccoli in the broccoli and garlic sauce) tasted off, and the hunan beef was limp, too sweet, and otherwise almost flavorless.
It still smelled good on the way out, though.