I am a creature of habit and set in my ways, so I was really upset to discover that my typical go to Chinese take out is now closed on Mondays. So Nick talked me into coming to China Palace. This is actually super close to us, and it had come recommended by an acquaintance, who was from China, about 3 years ago. I never got around to coming bc I love the place we usually go to, and to be honest these Yelp reviews kind of scared me off. If you go to Google reviews they're much better. So anyway, Nick and I decided to give it a shot.
I'll start out by saying that this place takes COVID seriously, and currently you walk up to the door to order, with a table blocking you from entering, as theyre only doing take out. I peeked inside and it looks like your typical old school mom and pop Chinese restaurant that gave me a nostalgic feeling. I could see that they probably used to have some sort of small lunch buffet option pre covid, but they are not doing that right now. The place appeared to be pretty clean on the inside. The lady at the table was very friendly, and took our order quickly. She told us it would be 15 minutes for the food to be ready, and they had a steady flow of customers.
We decided to wait in the car, and I set a timer so I wouldn't lose track of time. At the 15 minute mark we got out to get the food and it was ready right at 15 minutes. I was shocked at the amount of food we had ordered. We ordered basically the same thing we do at the other place we go to and got double the food. We had enough for 4 people for sure. Our fridge is currently packed with leftovers! The food itself was good. I think very stuck on the place we normally go to and the flavors were a little different from what I'm used to, but it did taste good. Nick loved his food. We got the general tsos, (I'm pretty sure) the Mongolian beef, and lo mein. All of them came with a ton of fried rice. I also got the cheese crab wonton. Not bad. I think they also gave us an extra fried rice unless somehow we ordered it, but we ended up with so much food. Moral of the story, you can definitely share a meal here. This will definitely be our plan B/Monday night take out from now on! read more