Hunan Garden

Got there about 740 pm, they were very animate about their 8pm closing time, which forced us to get it to go.  Got the Mongolian beef.  I like onions, but it was a little but rediculous.  It was more like Mongolian onion.  The noodles and rice that came with the come was good.  First time and last time going there that's for sure.

I grew up in Southern California and there are some great Chinese restaurants there.  I now live in Utah and good Chinese food is hard to find.  So we went to Hunan Gargen for dinner after the Evanston Beerfest this last weekend.  To be honest, I really wasn't expecting much...as far as I know, Evanston isn't known for it's Chinese cuisine.  I was very happily surprised when the food arrived at our table.

The hot and sour soup was delicious as were the rest of the dishes we tried. This was some of the best Chinese food we've had since leaving SoCal.  And it wasn't just the beer from Beerfest talking (I took some leftovers home and ate them for lunch the next day and it was awesome).  The service was also good and I give them extra credit for putting up with our large group after beerfest.  I'd definitely recommend Hunan Garden if you're in Evanston.

The food here was decent, but not great. The waitress did an adequate job but wasn't overly friendly or helpful.

I started with their pork wonton soup with "extra goodies." (When I asked her what it meant by "extra goodies" she told me that if I paid a dollar more I got the extra goodies. I had to ask her a second time to get her to tell me that the extra goodies were chunks of beef, pork, chicken and shrimp in the soup.) It was delicious and came out fairly quickly. I recommend the "Extra goodies."

For my entree I ordered the sweet and sour chicken. It was good, but not great. I didn't hate it, but I have definitely had better.

Overall I was satisfied with my meal here, but not overly excited about it.

7-20-12: I have ordered their pork wonton soup with extra goodies a few extra times as takeout to eat as lunch at work. I really do like their soup.