Golden Dragon — Restaurant in California

I've eaten here four times now since the new owners have taken over. I do find the restaurant itself clean and organized and a very pleasant place to spend an hour, or so, having a meal.  The people there are friendly, polite and professional. The Golden Dragon couldn't be more convenient and located within a nice, comprehensive small-town shopping center.

I was careful not to say "enjoying a meal." The food is fresh, likely wholesome, and always hot when it arrives at my table, directly from their woks.  But most of the food itself is not really enjoyable...

The problem is that the food is not comprised of the rainbow of flavors that define Chinese cooking. I'm speaking of their main courses; the soups are great, as are their egg rolls and various side dishes that I've tried were all great.  But their main courses all taste alike -- as if they have spent all day in a crock pot -- or only one flavor comes through. For example, my last meal there was their hot garlic chicken. I tasted NO garlic, only the lovely bite of ginger -- just ginger; no other flavor came through.

Typically when dining in Chinese restaurants I have always enjoyed an explosion of flavor from a variety of sources with each forkful. (Yeah, still struggling with chopsticks after so many years.)  I realize that I sound as if I'm a professional food reviewer -- I'm not. I really had not appreciated the way that you do get a blast of flavor from all the various ingredients.  It was only the absence of individual and distinct flavors that made me aware of that particular quality.  I returned a second and third time to Golden Dragon still trying to decipher my reaction. The fourth and most recent visit confirmed.



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