Ban Ban Asian Bistro — Restaurant in Abington Township

Walking in the place, it looks nice. Only a couple at one table and a guy at another. We ordered for pick up. Our order was supposed to be completed at 11:58am, food wasn’t ready until 11:15.

The Taro Bubble Tea is powder and tastes like water basically. The bubbles where not good. I expected this, but gave it a chance anyways. I really shouldn’t have. I will wait patiently for Kung Fu Tea to open up a few blocks away before I get bubble tea from around here.

For appetizers my friend and I ordered a Pork Bao Bun, Karaage Chicken, and Pork Dumpings in Hot Chili Oil. Honestly, opening the bun box I should have known that would be indicative of what the rest of the food would be like. The slice of pork belly wasn’t thick and did not take up even half of the bun space. There was a drop of sauce and a very dry looking slice of cucumber in each bun. In taking a bit the buns and pork were cold and the bun tag wasn’t full cooked. The flavor was under whelming. Karaage chicken was more reminencent of Taiwanese Popcorn chicken without the traditional Taiwanese popcorn chicken flavor. The sauce that can with it tasted more like a cheap end off-brand Sirracha imitation. The Pork Dumplings are full of meat, but the sauce was definitely the typical hot chili oil sauce that usually comes with such a dish. No spice at all, usually there is a little kick to these sauces, and complete too sweet.

For main courses we ordered the Tonkotsu Ramen and Szechuan Popcorn Chicken. The broth in the ramen has some flavor at least. The pork was mostly fat and the actual pieces of meat that you could get off of the fat tasted oddly sweet. The seasoned egg was straight up super salty. I need to dig of water after every bit of it. The Szechuan Popcorn Chicken was also oddly sweet. It wasn’t at all spicy. Not to mention it was saturated in oil. I could have take this thrown it in a pan and oiled the pan with it to cook something else.

I should have saw the warning signs since this place does Chinese, Japanese, and Thai food. Places like these are usually a no go. Anyone who says this food is amazing clearly hasn’t had much authentic Asian cuisine or only ever tried Chinese-American takeout. Or maybe I’m just spoiled by Asian food from Chinatown, Philadelphia, Chinatown New York, and Flushing, New York and expect food from the suburbs to taste the same as restaurants in those locations.

My only regret about this meal was not taking pictures to show why I was so...

Found this place because they were open late and I was already in the area, so me & my boyfriend ordered 2 different platters and soups to go, when ordering made person aware of food allergies, made sure they never repeated that they understood, when finally home , about an hour later, we go to eat the food ; so the soup is super spicy which it’s not supposed to be spicy at all , then when eating the the main dish, I find ingredient that isn’t usually present that I happen to be allergic to . Luckily I have allergy pills but thanks to the food I spent over 3h in bathroom being sick . Next day I got partial refund , but still rather have spent the money and been able to happily enjoy my meal . This has been my experience, I’m a disappointed but yours could differ . So if you have food allergies maybe...

Never in my life have I eaten chinese food as bland as this. It seemed like this place would be so good because of the reviews but maybe people are just okay with mediocre food. The shrimp fried rice has no taste, which I dont understand. What are you frying the rice with if it tastes like nothing? The sauces were the only thing that could save it. Their shrimp lo mein is like nothing ive ever tasted before in the worst way possible, i didnt even know shrimp lo mein could be made to taste so mundane. The only actual good thing i had was an egg roll, glad to see that they know how to make that correctly. If you have little to no regard about taste this is the place for you!! :) If you like food thats actually tasty, please let this be the one review that...