China Lite & Gas Lite Lounge

I had lunch here the other day.

For around 6 bucks I enjoyed an egg roll, choice of soup and my choice of entree (I had the Steak Kow).  I also ordered an additional soup (the Hot & Sour) because I always like to try that kind of soup whenever I can (because EVERYONE seems to make it a bit different).

Well... the soup was excellent (both the Hot/Sour and the Won Ton).  The egg roll was great, and my Steak Kow dish was just fine as well.  

I guess I don't quite understand why so many people in Marysville tend to prefer the "Egg Roll Inn" over this place.  The food here is good (certain items even excellent), the price seems VERY reasonable (I mean, can you beat 6 bucks for entree, soup and egg roll)??  And, the decor of the place is 100 TIMES better than over at the Egg Roll Inn (which is just a hole-in-the-wall kind of place).  

I've also eaten at the Egg Roll Inn (quite a few times, in fact)... and the food there is just fine, but given that the food at China Lite is quite good as well (and, all for a good price), I know that "I" will be going back again soon...

So, I say this...  "PEOPLE OF MARYSVILLE... TRY GIVING THIS PLACE ANOTHER CHANCE"... and see what you think.  I think they do a good job, maybe you will too...

We ordered three things for take out. All of them were terrible.

1) Hunan Shrimp. This was the best of the three dishes. BARELY spicy. A disgrace to Hunan.
2) General Tso's chicken. The only good thing was the generous amount of chicken given.
3) Buddha's Delight. Not only did this not have any mandarin or szechuan sauce as the menu said (we ordered extra spicy szechaun), it also had NO flavor. None. As in, they managed to actually REMOVE flavor from the vegetables. We wound up throwing it away.

Also, we got no fortune cookies or almond cookies. And no chopsticks. WTF kind of chinese place doesn't give you chopsticks?

Do yourself a favor and go to Egg Roll Inn. Our family has been eating there for years and very rarely get a bad dish.