Located about 15 minutes away from the Chamblee train station, this has a nice selection of…read moreChinese/Asian food in the different food stalls. I highly recommend the wonton soup ($10.59 w/o tax) from Hong Kong BBQ and the fried crueller ($2.20 w/o tax) from Lanzhou noodles. Service is prompt and you know the food is cooked fresh as it takes about 10-15 minutes for your order to be called. Depending on the food stall, there is tea/water available for customers. Bathrooms are reasonably clean and there is a dining room attendant to clear off tables if needed.

There's a great selection of places, but they also serve pretty much the same thing. The little…read morepark with bridge and fish outside is impeccable and so nice to have. That's why it gets a full rating. The food there is very average not gourmet. It's still for the price is fair. If you want a fair Chinese meal for a fair price this would be the place to go if you want a gourmet Chinese meal do you not come here?

These ladies have an amazing ethos and are putting their money where their idealistic, hopeful…read moremouths are. They donate twenty percent of proceeds from sales to fund a nonprofit program established to help refugees and their children [http://www.fugeesfamily.org/index.htm] and their staff is comprised of program graduates and their parents. Completely amazing and inspiring, like I can't stop saying. These are tamales wrapped in warm fuzzies. That said - and the purpose of a food review - is to comment on what's past the warm fuzzies and inside the corn husks. And on that front, I thought they missed the mark. The shredded chicken tamal I experienced was dry, incredibly bland, and doused in overreaching spicy sauce, which did nothing to redeem its mediocrity. My parents, both of whom raised me on a a hard line There Are Children Starving in Africa- Finish Your Peas approach, and believe it immoral to throw out food, could barely finish theirs. Our group had 4 chicken tamales and 1 vegetarian and no one walked away satisfied. We are of adventurous palates and spiciness isn't really an issue for us. It was a matter of not having much flavor to begin with and then masking it with heat. I found the spice to be a heavy handed afterthought , instead of intrinsic to a robust flavor profile. It was like sprinkling cayenne on sliced white bread. Yeah, it's hot, but it's not really yummy. It seems lots of other folks like their offerings, though, and that does some to alleviate the guilt I feel over not being able to finish the tamal and delivering a less than stellar review. The remaining guilt will likely lead me to try out the tacos.

I was on my way to check out what was going on over at Pop Up Chef when I got sidetracked by…read moreConsuela. She's a tank of a woman and lawd she cooks well. PS: That's the name of their food truck. I'm not actually talking about someone who works there. :) $2.50 tamales?! Yes, please! Today I had the chicken and spicy pork. Apparently that was the most popular combination because that's all I heard other people order. They also have tacos. I need to do a little more research to see if they're corn or flour tortillas (I prefer corn).

This is for that Spanish speaking lady who hangs out in front of Taco Market. Taco Market is…read moreanother Korean-owned Mexican grocery store in Buford Hwy. Who knew that Koreans owned Mexican groceries? Anyway, this lady is out in the front of Taco Market with a bunch of coolers. I have no clue if she's associated with Taco Market. She does look Asian; maybe she's the owner! She sells corn and tamales straight from the cooler. This is straight up Mexican street food here. The corn is grilled and topped with mayo, cheese, and ancho chili powder. I didn't have it, but it looked awesome. Sure, the corn looked good. But when I found out she sold tamales as well, I immediately jumped on the chance to get one. Thanks to Pheeby B.'s Spanish speaking skills, she was able to snag us some tamales. She had pork and chicken tamales. And they were cheap. They only cost $1.25 each. I felt like I was in Mexico again with prices that cheap. I tried the chicken tamale, and they tasted good. I was disappointed that they weren't as moist and succulent as the ones I had in the streets of Mexico. But they tasted better than the crap they serve at Tex-Mex restaurants here in Atlanta. I think for $1.25, you can't go wrong with these homemade tamales. So if you see this woman hanging out in front of some coolers, try some corn and tamales. I have no clue if she speaks English though. So you might have to get a Spanish speaker or bust out the Spanish yourself.

Unhygienic and unhealthy practices. He uses day's old chopped onions in the chat. They smell bad. I…read moredon't know how people are eating that filth. Also the man is mathematically challenged. He offers 7 pani puries for the price but only gives 5. Poor lad does not know how to count numbers from 1 to 10. Most of the other items, he literally takes a frozen item, microwaves it and give it you. Can taste all the preservatives. Sometimes he runs out pani puri filling but he refuses to say no to a sale and uses just one spoon of filling to all 5 pani puris. Greedy af. It will have lots of pani and little to no filling and day's old onions. They may have a couple of freshly made items that I didn't try or dared to try after a few bad experiences and a disgusting after taste with day's old onions in the chat. I wouldnt recommend or even bother to try this place out. It would be greatly appreciated if someone from food administration make a visit here. You ll see plenty of violations. In the back of the store they run this small place. Do they even have a permit for a kitchen? Just microwave things and sell it as real food? How is this allowed?

A tiny bit of India in the back of a small grocery store. The cultural encounter, people standing…read moreat the cart, chatting, taking little treats from the vendor, was as much a delight as the food itself.

It was a beautiful, perfectly sunny warm October day for the festival, so that scores high just…read morefrom an experience standpoint, but there are a few positives and negatives to this festival worth noting for future attendees. Parking in the daily area at the Brookhaven Marta Station is permissible and free and easy, but expect a 15 min walk to the festival entrance. Seriously, it is a HIKE up Apple Valley just to get there. Tickets are reasonably priced: $5 if you paid in advance, $10 at the door and this entitles you to a wristband to prove that you are a paying attendee and you get a spoon for all of the little sample cups of chili you would like to try. You can enter the festival without paying and if you are not really a chili person, but are attending with others who will be more likely to get their money's worth, I say, don't pay and just walk in and explore. The festival has very LONG hours - from 11 am to 7 pm, so one would expect that you could go most anytime in the afternoon and be able to try a variety of the chili cookoff entries, but nope, almost everything was completely gone by 1:30 or 2 pm, so go early! Beer lines were very long early in the day, perhaps as many as 40 people in line, so that was a slow process. These did clear up later and the price for a 16 oz beer was fair at $5. There were 3 live bands who performed and the caliber of music was good, so an enjoyable backdrop to the festival. Overall, a fun fall event for a short while if you are in the area, or really like chili!

This is a new endeavor in the budding Brookhaven community and while it needs some work, there was…read moreplenty of chili, lots of great music, fun activities for kids, and a really awesome lemonade stand making fresh lemonade on the spot. For just $5 you got unlimited tastings of restaurant and home-prepared chilis, and after three trips through the various lines I definitely feel I got my money's worth. They plan on having more eating areas set up in the shade for next year and trying to expand to offer more things to do before and after the chili tasting hours, but there was a good turnout for a first time event, especially considering it was competing against Music Midtown. I do plan on coming back next year!