Unfortunately, my initial good thoughts about this place lasted less than a year. I had prematurely referenced Sichuan Taste in a positive light, at the end of my review for Szechuan House Restaurant, back in Dec. 2014. Since I had just moved to the area, my experiences then, with local restaurants, was still quite limited. The reasons I waited to write a review are 1) wanted to give Sichuan Taste a chance to redeem themselves, 2) was just so fed up by, yet again, another bad Chinese carry-out, didn't want to bother writing another review. However, after getting sick, as well as, being overcharged on our last order, I felt I had to warn others.
Not necessarily in order, but listed below, are the negative experiences I could recall, from the past 12-15 months. Interestingly, these all occurred after management changed and the front desk was suddenly staffed with an extremely rude, and obnoxious female. She actually forced me to put her in her place! Unbelievable!
1. Noticed after getting home, about 2 miles away, that one of the items in our order was wrong. When I called to have them Deliver to us the correct item we actually ordered, since they screwed up, the obnoxious female tried to blame me for not knowing what I ordered! Are you kidding me?!
2. Went to pick up food and was about to drive away, when I noticed that they gave us the small (pint) instead of the large (quart) that we ordered and paid for. When my fiance went back to get it corrected, the rude female told him that was the large portion. I would have gone in myself, but we were already in a rush to get somewhere. Once I got a hold of a pint glass, I poured the contents of the "large" container into it, and to no surprise, the pint glass was barely three quarters full! Wasn't even enough to fill THEIR small container!
3. When we ordered Shrimp with Cashew, we knew they would likely add vegetables. I asked the rude female what vegetables it came with, and she stated water crest, along with a couple other vegetables. Since my fiance and I didn't like the other vegetables, we asked if they could be substituted with water crest. She obliged......or at least we thought she did. Although the dish is called "Shrimp with Cashew", what we got instead was a container filled with water crest, maybe 10 shrimp and even fewer cashews!!
4. After only one bite of weird tasting, sesame chicken, my fiance was thoroughly ill the rest of the day.
5. Ordered a large Beef with Broccoli. It smelled fine and looked as it should. But, Oh...My...Lord...the beef tasted like it had expired! Needless to say, I spent the rest of my evening hugging the porcelain throne.
It's unfortunate, because our initial experiences, prior to the management change, were fine.
Since then, we thought we had finally found a great place, China Moon, on Ridgely Rd, Lutherville. Once again, we were proven wrong. If you want the following, then this place is for you!
1. High blood pressure or 100lb water weight gain. Unless you specifically request "light on the sauce", your food will taste like it was cooked with an entire 26oz container of salt.
2. 90% broccoli when you order Beef with Broccoli or Chicken with Broccoli.
3. Over-cooked meat
I'll elaborate further in my China Moon review.....whenever I get to it.
I honestly would luv to be able to write a raving review about an awesome Chinese carry-out establishment. If only we could find one!! read more