China Chef

It’s a very nice little restaurant for takeout that’s local and very reasonably priced the food is always good and fresh, and the owners are very nice

I’m sorry, but the almond chicken was not good. The breading was greasy and left an unpleasant after taste. The fried rice was dry and bland. The egg roll was ok but an egg roll doesn’t make a meal. This was my first visit and I may try it once more for beef with broccoli as that’s also one of my «test» dishes. If that’s any better, I’ll let you know!

The almond chicken was hot fresh and delicious! not oily! Problem was the sauce it wash and cornstarch flavored ’ the lady is courteous unless you look her in the eye and you will see she is just trying to be courteous ! Two gentleman was ahead of me and picked up to go order she was pleasant until they asked for more soy sauce packets ! She said how many mor r you need there are 6 in the bag (not happy tone) but when the men ask for four more she still gave it to them but with not so happy face !

Old school sorta-​Cantonese American style takeout. This place makes me nostalgic. My dad used to work around the corner and introduced me to this recently.
They have terrific almond chicken. This is like I recall from my youth. Light gravy, perfect boneless chicken slabs, not overbreaded. Delicate. 5.85 for a luncheon combo that you will likely have some left of. My only niggle is I am picky about fried rice. I am unimpressed by theirs and they will not substitute white. Wha? Luckily they sold me a side of white for a buck and my dad just had more fried for himself.
My mom likes the chop suey here a lot with the noodles. Yes, I am saying we eat inauthentic to the max. Do not come here expecting anything that would be strange to a 1970s American palette to be awesome. My mom grew up thinking this was Chinese food and there is a certain charm in that to me. Yes my parents eat much more real versions now but there is a certain MeTV type familiarity that makes them enjoy the old school flavors still.
Side notes: I actually think the egg rolls are decent. Thin plum sauce and real hot mustard (ask) makes everything magic in my book though. They pack up plenty of both for me so I am happy. I have never eaten in so I cannot comment on service other than they have orders ready quickly and accurately when you get take out.
Do not deviate from the hits of yore here. I only come here for almond chicken for a reason. Thats what works here. Think about what dishes your parents/​grandparents would have ordered back in the day and go with it. Let go of your hipster cool a bit and eat fake for a change. It’s not the worst thing you can do and hey it’s not the ultimate sin, it’s not a chain LOL.
Sorry but food snobbery cracks me up a bit. I like to poke fun at the too cool for schoolers because of it.

Awful service for sit down — this place really isn’t set up for sit-​down service. It took 10 minutes for them to turn on the lights in the dining room, and the «waiter» only came by our table every 10 minutes or so. Tea took 20 minutes, and the 3 entrees we ordered were staggered by 5 minutes each once the first entrée came out — yet it sounded like there were a dozen people in the kitchen!
We requested hot sauce — after 10 minutes, we were told that it was «coming». After another 10 minutes or so, the waiter brought us something that looked like hot oil — unfortunately, it wasn’t actually hot and tasted like greasy awfulness. We only asked for 1 egg roll (they had chicken & we had 2 vegetarians) but got 3 anyway — these were the most disgusting egg rolls I’ve ever eaten. The inside was dark grey and had an almost rancid flavor. Egg drop soup was strangely thick, like they had added corn starch or something after making the soup.
As for the entrees, the szechwan chicken was good (with fresh vegetables, surprisingly), but not enough to bump to 2 stars — the entire dining experience was awful.

Great, cheap, dependable Chinese takeout
We had Mu Shu Chicken tonight. We split a dinner portion and still have some left to snack later on.