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    China One

    3.9 (19 reviews)
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    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Ice Tea with no Ice
    Bill W.

    Nondescript little restaurant packed with Great Flavor Very easy to miss. It's a small Family Owned Chinese Restaurant buried in a strip mall anchored by a Food Lion on Old Mountain Road just North of I-40. Very easy to overlook and I had until today. Had intended on trying another pizza place in the neighborhood till I found out they were take out only. Best thing that could have happened because then I found this place. Actually I should not say I found it since I have known it was here for a long time. It just never occurred to me to give it a try. Walked in and the place was almost deserted with only a young man behind the counter. At first was not impressed because one of the tables had only been partially bused but that was corrected while I was there. Looked at the menu on the Board above although the do have a printed version as well. Saw one of my favorites with is Mongolian Beef so I ordered that. It only comes with white rice as a side. Also ordered Sweet Tea to go with it and was curious about the sign behind the counter that they were no longer going to serve ice. It a plain and simple restaurant. Only one person at the counter, everyone else is back in the kitchen. They do have a 95% rating on their last inspection and while I was waiting from my order, the young man did complete the busing of the one table plus he sprayed down every other table in the room with a sanitizer. I love Mongolian Beef but in this area, you rarely get it with any of the heat or spiciness that is characteristic of the dish.. In other words, I was taking a chance on the dish. My tea came out first. A 32 fl oz container with lid and a straw on the side. No ice but cold so much have been pre made and put into a refrigerator. Probably had problems with an ice maker in the past and decided this was the best way to go. While I waiting, a couple of people show up to pick up their take out so I'm going to guess that at least at lunch time, the bulk of their business is take out. Lunch arrives and it's served in a Styrofoam take out Clamshell. The White Rice is on a plate on the side. No where near what I would call elegant dining. That said, why did I give it a 4 star rating. When I took the first bite of the Mongolian Beef, I was not impressed but then the taste, flavor, spiciness and heat began to develop in my mouth and very quickly I was enjoying some of the best Mongolian Beef I have had in years. This place gets 4 stars just on the quality and quantity of the food along If you're willing to endue minimalist atmosphere but with food with a punch, this may be your place.

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    3 years ago

    They are timely, prices are ok, and they are pleasant. The draw backs, no dining in, and English is poor

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    9 years ago

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    3 years ago

    I love this place! Pictures do no justice. The general tso, chicken lo mein, and crab Rangoon are the only thing my 2 year old will eat.

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    8 years ago

    It's a hit or miss with the food here. Most of the time it is great but every once in awhile its pretty awful.

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    8 years ago

    Great authentic Chinese food at very reasonable prices. Not elegant dining but good food served promptly. I enjoy it every time.

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    11 years ago

    Best Chinese food in Statesville! My only complaint is the crab rangoon. The egg rolls are phenomenal!!

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    Huang's Chef

    Huang's Chef

    4.2
    (237 reviews)
    16.9 mi
    $

    It all started with missing white rice…read more I had been working all day and hadn't consumed Chinese food in about a year. I love Chinese food but I have been paying off debt like Al Capone wanted his loan-shark money back, which led to me going from 27.3k to currently 1.8k on my Discover within a year. This background is to let you know why I haven't been eating a lot of Chinese food. It has nothing to do with sodium. But this is about wonton soup, sesame chicken, lo mein, white rice, and a drunk guy (not me). All of the food items listed above were solid. And they are always solid across the board. I wouldn't put this restaurant as #1 for any of those individual items in Lake Norman but I do put them #1 for all food as a whole. In other words, Jin Jin has the best wonton soup but you only get four wontons and they aren't as good at other stuff, and it just doesn't seem as clean--Huang's Chef is impeccably clean. Huang's China Bistro in Cornelius has the best sesame chicken but their lo mein and wonton soup aren't quite as good (still very good though). Lotus on River Hwy (Rt 150) has the best lo mein but not quite as good on the other stuff (but still very good). Huang's Chef (Mooresville) is a solid 9.0 across the board so it's where I order most. But the time prior to this one, I drove all the way to Huntersville and they forgot my white rice. This isn't a major issue but it kind of does ruin the experience after spending $30 for one person on dinner. Fortunately, they gave me a free pint of wonton soup the next time I went in. I was so excited to eat their food again that I ordered when driving by and had to wait. While outside and thinking I was alone on the strip-mall sidewalk, I practiced pronouncing "Huang's Chef." In order to do it, you need to inhale 5% on the "Huah" sound and exhale 95% on the "Wang" sound. I was getting good at it and repeating, "Huah-Wang's Chef ... Huah-Wang's Chef" while pacing, but a dude from from Marty's Bar popped out to smoke a cigarette and looked at me funny. "Just practicing," I said while nodding to indicate all was normal. "For what?" he laughed. I could tell he was one of those friendly drunk guys. "Huah-Wang's Chef." He walked over to cut the distance between us in half and laughed while taking a drag of his cigarette. Tall and skinny guy mid-60s with scruff and loose clothes that fit his personality. "Huah-Wong's Chef," he said. "No," I corrected. "It's Wang." "No it ain't," he cackled. "It's Wong." "That would be the Cantonese version. That's not correct." "I don't eat cantaloupes." He just started cracked up at his own joke, which wasn't funny, but then funny because of how much he enjoyed it. Then he continued, "What if we just put it together and start our own Chinese restaurant called Wang-Wong!" Bar guys always talk about things like this but know they will never follow through, and I didn't want to start a Wang-Wong Chinese restaurant with a scruffy-looking drunk guy. I had the perfect out anyway because Huang's Chef told me 15 minutes and it was about that time. "Good to meet you, but I have to go get my food now at Huah-WANG'S Chef." "Wong!" he cackled again as I walked away. Anyway, I definitely recommend Huang's Chef. It's a good price with solid portions and quality taste across the board. The restaurant itself is one of the cleanest Chinese restaurants I have ever seen, which is always a good sign. Definitely recommended.

    Our favorite place in town for take out Chinese food!…read moreEverything is so tasty, the portion sizes are great, and the family that owns and operates this restaurant are so kind.

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    Lotus

    Lotus

    3.9
    (106 reviews)
    16.6 mi
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    Me and my fiance came here 5 minutes before they closed and they were fantastic so very nice and…read moregreat food

    You know, I'm sitting here at midnight after watching The Crooked Man from the SyFy network…read more(enjoying these low-budget movies because actors put heart and soul into it whether good movie or not and because concepts are sometimes cool) and was thinking about Lotus. To Clarify, Lotus wasn't a character in the movie and was actually the name of the Chinese restaurant. And if there was a Lotus in the movie, I wouldn't be thinking about Lotus--unless he/she was unique and had an interesting viewpoint on life with good intentions but also loved to be bad and was sometimes misunderstood. For The Crooked Man, I gave it a 7.2 but that's on a scale for the SyFy channel--and I gave Lotus a 4.0--which would make it an eight on a 10-point scale. Therefore, the Chinese food was slightly better than the movie. 8.0 is greater than 7.2. For the Chinese food, I liked my son's meal better than my own, but both were good. I got the Scallion Chicken, which I have never had anywhere. The waiter was kind and attentive but he really wanted me to have the Scallion Chicken. I tried to move to General Tso's and explained it was my first time there and should probably go with something I know. He said, "Yes! Most people order Scallion Chicken." Alrighty then. Scallion Chicken it is! What I should have ordered was the Roast Pork Lo Mein, which was very good. But if I did that and we both had Roast Pork Lo Mein, we would only know about the Roast Pork Lo Mein and not about the Scallion Chicken, which could have been General Tso's. We both asked for no vegetables in the Fried Rice but he said it would cost extra because it was already made. So, we just stuck with whatever was in there--eggs and ... scallions. I also ordered Wonton Soup but I just realized that it never arrived, which is the biggest negative because I love Wonton Soup. If someone called me tomorrow and offered me a job to travel across the country rating Wonton Soup, I would take it. It would be a Vlog titled: Man With Spoon. Another odd thing was when they refill your water, they take your glass and come back with it. Scallion Chicken isn't too spicy but it's nice to have water. It's weird when they take it away. You're probably wondering how this was a 4. Good question. But the food was good, the service was friendly (counts the most for me), and the prices were fair. And it was a comfortable dining area. But most importantly, it was fun to have lunch with my son, and the miscommunications and interesting approaches to service felt adventurous to me. If someone were rude, that's a whole different thing, but everyone was friendly, so I'm good with it. I will also stop in one day for a Wonton Soup.

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