Silk Road

Imagine a generic, fake Asian fast food place in a food court of an underpopulated suburban shopping mall. This place is three notches worse. Orange chicken was just deep fried diced chicken meat with some generic liquid sauces. Their hot and sour soup was terrible, with chunks of onion and a lot of ground black pepper but few other spices and ingredients that make up the flavor. I'd avoid it. I'd almost rate it 1 star. If you must go there, choose spicy chicken, as the hot sauce adds something to the flavor. They are also called Oriental Express but it's the same place.

Call me crazy for my rating but that's solely off my order. There's no reason for there to be anything other than the spicy chicken and orange chicken on the menu. I couldn't even tell you what else is offered here.  Combo the two with the steamed rice and then smash.

I crave Silk Road pretty regularly and will usually get it once a week or so since I don't work far from the place. In fact at one point I would go so often that people at work just automatically assumed and knew it was what I was coming back with.  They were right. Serving sizes are pretty huge and just when you already think they gave you a lot of chicken they pile on some more. The service is quick if you realize there's a second line and you don't need much more than $7. The water in the cooler is always ice cold too. Nothing special about the joint itself, it just looks like a cafeteria.

Highly recommended and had I known I was gonna review it I would of had a combo with me now. Maybe tomorrow.

The spicy chicken is sooo good.  Large portions for a good price.  Crab rangoon for $0.75 - yes please.  Silk road definitely hits the spot when you're looking for some good probably not so healthy chinese.