Eat First

I'm not crazy about Chinese and Chinese-American food, but this place has terrific ma po tofu and Singapore noodles.  Service is good.  I always ask for "no utensils, no cookie, no soy sauce" and they're cool with that.  The food usually takes about 10 minues to cook.  It's incredibly affordable.  $8.75 for both the above dishes, including tax.  I had Singapore noodles from a place (not to be named) further west on Belmont and they were 1) more expensive and 2) not as tasty.  I've had ma po tofu from a couple other places and this place is the best of the bunch.  It's a dive with no atmosphere but right off the Blue Line (convenient) and next door to my bank (bonus).

Definitely inferior quality & flavors here. The General Tso chicken was fried to the point of being too crispy to easily chew, not to mention one of the pieces had an actual bone in it. I've never encountered that problem at any other Chinese restaurant when it came to their General Tso/Tao's chicken. The fresh fruit smoothies aren't even half as good as every other place I've had them at. The Crab Rangoons are downright nasty. Doughy, with a musty taste. They would be one star, except the egg rolls are pretty good in a pinch.

Junk. Worst than panda express.

Broccoli is extra long; it's mostly stem, and it was yellowing. Their soda was 1.40 each a can (they may have just decided to rip me off as I had $3 after my order).

They use dark meat in their chicken fried rice (yuck). It is preboiled so they can use it to make broth and then reuse it. It is dry and nasty tasting.

Ok service and decent portions. I say ok because they made the food fast but I was waiting, the only person waiting and the girl working was too busy socializing to come serve me until I called her several times and then decides to rip me off by selling me 1.40 sodas.

On top of that, they are so cheap they have a little container that requests that you return any unused sauce packets. How much cheaper can they be? If only I could choose "crappy" for ambience, the place just screams cheap and crappy.

Don't go here. There are plenty of awesome Mexican restaurants that give a better value and much better service around the area.