Ming Garden — Restaurant in Champaign

We were just passing through on a road trip and were really craving decent Chinese food. Where we were visiting we ordered from a Chinese food place and it was so terrible we took one bite each and threw it away. On the other hand this little hole in the wall held up to the good reviews. My husband got general tsos and I got sesame chicken. My husband got pork fried rice with his combo and (through some miscommunication) I got plain fried rice. Both of our meals were excellent though I do wish I had gotten the pork fried rice. Our chicken was flavorful and crisp (not soggy which we hate) and I had even forgotten to say EXTRA spicy when ordering but it was still really good and packed with flavor. We also got crab rangoons which were the best I’ve had in years, they were actually so full with crab, I was going to take a picture to show it off but I didn’t have my phone handy. And lastly the egg rolls that came with our meals were delicious. We got way more than we bargained for at a crazy low price. I could only eat half a portion of my meal with the edition of the crab Rangoon I had and the egg roll I had, but we still have two egg rolls left. Half an order of rangoons and each of us half a meal left. We were shocked at the portions for the price. Where we’re from we typically spend $50 or more for our usual Chinese order and they don’t come with egg rolls. This place I think we spent about $35. All around a solid place we will return to when passing...

I went in there and ordered some beef fried rice and told them that I didn't want any vegetables in it. The lady had an attitude for no reason. So, I get home and see that they put 2 different types of onions in my rice. I called up there to tell them that my order was messed up and the lady started yelling in the phone stating that I didn't tell her that I didn't want vegetables in the rice then was yelling stuff that I don't think was English then hung up on me. So I drove back up there for a refund. I asked a man that walked from the kitchen area who the owner was and he said that the owner wasn't there. So I asked him what the owners name was and he claimed that he didn't know who the owner was. Then the women that took my order came rushing to the front and said " the owner isn't here and not coming in for you!" so I asked her what the owner's name was and she too said that she didn't know the owner. 3 grown people and a little boy in there and nobody knows anything?? Really??...

I ordered delivery from GrubHub last night after hearing rave reviews about their General Tso chicken. The delivery was fast and the guy was pleasant enough. I got the General Tso chicken, crab ragoons, and a quart of hot and sour soup. The soup is delicious! Some of the best I have ever had. The ragoons were good, but not great. Mostly thick wanton, like egg roll wrapper, and the filling was good but not wonderful. I guess I prefer the thinner, crispier style wanton skin ragoons that I get from Thai places. I was really disappointed with chicken. The sauce was good but the pieces of chicken were dry, chewy, overcooked, and tasted old. The meat color was off, too. I wonder if these were left over chunks that were reheated in the fryer because that is exactly what they tasted like. I am not sure if I would order from here again. Maybe I will try a...