China Tango is currently the southernmost Chinese Restaurant in the Las Vegas Valley. It is located in the southernmost shopping center of the Las Vegas Valley in the beautiful Anthem Master Planned Community at the Albertson's-anchored shopping center at Sun City Anthem Drive at Bicentennial Parkway. If Las Vegans in the northwest Valley in jest refer to the M as California, they would in jest refer to China Tango as being in Oregon. With this in mind, it was not surprising that I was in this area hiking on the Nevada Power Trail where the Las Vegas Valley recedes into the open spaces of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area. After hiking, it was time for a post-game delight. Inside the nearby Starbuck's, I turned to Yelp and it instigated my decision to try China Tango instead of my comfort Chinese food: New York Chinese Restaurant
When I walked in, I walked into a room that was as much a takeout as a Chinese Restaurant. The young man who would become my waiter was behind the cash register. This allowed me to take a perfunctory glance at the menu before taking a seat in this relatively empty restaurant.
Right off the bat, I was decided on the personal dinner. This is worth a drive to Oregon or Anthem. As a Yelper who strives to share things, the family dinner is a good value. For a $11.95 non-seafood entree or $12.95 seafood entree, China Tango gives you a lot of tastational food. This is what it includes: A soup of the day that is a choice between egg drop soup and hit and soup. An egg roll with duck sauce and crab rangoon. A fountain beverage. A choice of rice or chow mein. And any half entree from the menu. If that is a half entree, I would probably have a meal for the next few days eating off their full entree.
I ordered the personal dinner with hot and sour soup, fried rice, and New York style shrimp chow mein minus celery. The hot and sour soup was just spicy enough in a good way to have my eyes tearing. This might take the prize for the best hot and sour soup that I ever tasted. I appreciate tasting New York style chow mein in Las Vegas. This is one of the reasons that I am a regular at New York Chinese Restaurant Getting to the point it is one of my favorite foods since taking my first steps as a toddler. China Tango did a commendable job interspersing the mouth watering shrimp with cabbage and Brussel sprouts. This was some after hike delight.
I was satisfied with the service. The waiter did not hurry me. Then again, I was the sole Diner in China Tango.
If this wasn't in California, or the extreme South of the Las Vegas Valley in the Anthem Master Planned Community, I would most likely be a regular here. I was optimistic that this China Tango was affiliated with the Green Valley Parkway China Tango. It turns out they are different owners. It also turns out that I am a fan of China Tango. If I happen to be in the southernmost point of the Las Vegas Valley, possibly for a Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area hike, I just might return to China Tango for another post hike delight. read more