Green Tea — Restaurant in Florida

Honestly, if you lived in New York or Los Angeles this place would be your average corner Chinese take-out, but with less vegetable choices (garlic spinach is missing, for instance). Having sampled several other St. Augustine Chinese restaurants, though, I can see why it gets such good reviews. On our most recent to-go order, we bought bone-in spareribs, moo shu pork, roast pork lo mein, and hot and sour soup. We also asked for extra hot mustard, chili oil, and soy sauce, not once but several times (including while I was in the restaurant waiting for the package to be sealed, and after I received the package.)

I will say that Green Tea provides more meat in its dishes than most. The moo shu, for instance, had an incredible amount of pork. The spareribs aren't the cheap cuts you normally get; they're very thick, meaty, and delicious; the sauce that comes on them is a pretty nice, not-too-sweet glaze.

The moo shu was drowning in brown sauce, but once I drained it, was pretty good - however, the pancakes are so thin that they fall apart immediately once they're even lightly filled. And for the first time in my life, this dish was actually better cold, the next day, than it was fresh-cooked.

The hot and sour soup is a huge disappointment. Unfathomably, it's filled with carrots and celery. And there aren't any Chinese mushrooms in it, though there were 8-10 medium-sized whole crimini-style mushrooms in it. The lack of authentic ingredients has been annoying, and there's more corn starch every time. I don't recommend it, though the flavor was decent.

The pork lo mein was spicy, as we'd asked, and about average, though the noodles were pretty pasty and over-cooked. Still, decent enough.

The biggest irritant was about the condiments. As noted, we'd asked several times for extra hot mustard and chili oil and soy sauce. Even standing there holding the package, looking at the person who'd packed it, I was told "Yes, a lot of hot mustard - you want home made, right?" I nodded vociferously and was told there was plenty. When we got home, we had one tiny plastic container of hot mustard (the "homemade" mixture of Colman's English with water), one tiny container of chili oil, one tiny container of hoisin for the moo shu, and zero soy sauce, Fortunately, while I was waiting I'd grabbed some packets of mustard from the counter, along with a few soy sauce. The mustard packages , by W. Y. Industries, are really awful; I can't begin to tell you how bad they were.

So, after many attempts, next time we'll buy a can of Colman's and make our own mustard. We'll stay away from the soup unless we want hot soup with corn starch that bears no resemblance to Chinese hot & sour. And we'll enjoy the meal for what it is - your average corner Chinese restaurant, but without the...

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