Happy Asian Cuisine — Restaurant in Four Corners States

Kind of a long review because I really want this place to do better as it's amazing food that no one seems to know about. If you want the TL:DR, scroll to the end.

This used to be a Japanese sushi restaurant, but is now only serves Chinese. I'm Asian, so I'm usually very hesitant when I see mixed Asian decor as it usually means it's a white dude selling "fusion," so I avoided this place every time I drove past it in the South Valley. However, my wife said since it's one of the few Asian restaurants here, we should at least try it and was happily surprised.

There is one man, the owner, who works here. He pleasantly takes orders, cooks the food, serves you, and is the cashier. So, when you go, please be patient as the food is absolutely worth the wait. If you'd rather get your food and go, you can place an online order.

My wife and I got the egg drop soup, egg rolls, vegetable lo mein, chicken broccoli, and Mongolian beef. The egg drop soup was honestly mid. It was sweet and had corn, which I personally don't love. The egg rolls were also just okay, but what blew me away was how good the main dishes were.

The chicken and broccoli was incredible. The chicken was perfectly juicy and tender. After being full, my wife couldn't stop opening the container and grabbing one more piece of chicken.

The Mongolian beef was also cooked to perfection. It blew me away. I didn't know how he got beef to be so crispy but succulent in the middle. The vegetables were perfectly charred in the wok while maintaining that savory crunch.

The lo mein did not disappoint either, and the noodles were nice and soft while still being chewy. This might sound weird, but the rice was cooked really well. One of the ways I judge Asian restaurants that serve rice is by the quality in which they cook it because it means they care about the food from the bottom up. It's a really easy thing to make, but also easy to screw up and serve mushy, especially in large quantities.

TL:DR - My rec: Order online for pick up, skip the appetizers, and go straight for the main dishes. Get any of the entrees with white rice and pair it with an order of lo mein. You now have food for 2 people or for yourself with leftovers all for under $30.

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My son and I were happy that this place opened so close to our location. You can dine in. But it turned out to be a very unhappy situation. They gave us a menu and never came to our table to take our order. one person passed us, they looked our way and kept going. Then 3 different employees looked at us but never stopped to take our order. We waited and waited and there was no one that came to our table. They acted busy but they were not. I was so dissatisfied the place was empty as you will see in the pictures. There was no reason for them not to take our order! I couldn't believe how these people treat their customers it's awful I will never go there again. I would rather go 10 miles down the road than to stop in this place again, not friendly at all. I give it no stars.

My granddaughter still wanted to try this place, so we went and ate there today. It was a lot more pleasant, and the service was well improved. She had the Super California Roll. I had the Scorpion Roll. The food was delicious, glad to finally taste it. They have a sauce called eel sauce. It has the consistency of gravy, meaning thick like gravy; it tastes like teriyaki but sweeter and not salty; it was absolutely delicious. I will give from 0 stars to 3. What I really liked was my Scorpion Roll was shaped like a...

Initially, we were sketched out by this place at its usually empty, and we were the only ones there. However, the food was pretty good. Szechuan chicken and fried rice were good, the orange chicken and the lo mein were delicious and so were the steamed dumplings. Most definitely coming back to try their other dishes as they’re on of the only few Asian cuisine restaurants in the South Valley. Its an underrated place and I wish them more business. Our server was really friendly and nice. The only reason why I’m not giving a full 5 stars is it’s definitely not a high end restaurant but definitely a better choice than Panda. They also no longer serve sushi.

Also, I’d like to mention afterwards we didn’t feel too groggy or bloated, usually sauces and oils make us feel like that afterwards.

For a steamed dumpling appetizer (6 pieces), orange chicken + lo mein, Szechuan chicken + fried rice, and jasmine tea, came out to $40, so about $20 per person. Not too bad....