Oriental Express — Restaurant in Franklin Park

It was a brisk, blustery day, and my friend and I were looking to get warmed up via some good eats while headed out on our lunch break.

I searched, and searched, while having a hankering for some lightly salted broth to soothe my slightly irritated throat, and happened to stumble upon Lin's Oriental Express in Wexford.

30 minutes later, we are both, so very glad we did!

Having had lunch earlier, we wanted something hot yet light, and decided on one Vegetarian Egg Roll and one pint of Won Ton Soup a piece.

Service was quick, friendly, and the food was reasonably priced!

The bag was nicely warm, and heavy!

We headed back in, and sampled the Won Ton Soup first.   Three tightly wrapped Won Tons floated amidst a nicely dark broth.  The soup was hot, our appetites were ignited, and the lightly salted, savory broth hit the spot oh so perfectly!  Genuinely a richly flavored, perfect blend of combined flavors sunk into my mouth as I drank down the end of the broth.

Now onto the very weighty, oh so hefty egg roll!

One bite in, and even twenty five minutes later after having picked it up, the egg roll reached a level of pleasure spots that were absolutely a pitch perfect combination of fried dough, minced veggies, and warm grease that soothed my stomach's empty woes in such a way I honestly was taken aback by!

I don't often write reviews, and I'm not a person that says that, but still often writes reviews.  I...don't...often...write...reviews!

Having finished the delightful nosh, I knew I had to write one, as clearly this was the finest Egg Roll and Won Ton Soup combo I've had in years, and frankly maybe well beyond that!

Lin, you are a gem of a throwback restaurant, and your delicious efforts need to be known of, and regaled about in ways that taunt reader's stomach's of said review, to head out and see for.... themselves...if such praise is truly warranted.

Don't be sorry, at least to your stomach, and not take upon this tasty challenge.  You'll undoubtedly be glad...

Food delivery: the worst Chinese food we've ever had. The General Tso's was burned, literally charred on the outside, the chicken egg rolls were soggy, undercooked and contexts not chopped up very well, the spring rolls were quite wet and falling apart, (they were so wet they stuck to the wrapper) didn't seem cooked AT ALL (they were actually inedible, absolutely disgusting) and the shrimp lo mein just didn't taste good per my husband. Are they always this bad or was it a really bad night? I really should have called immediately and returned the food and asked for a refund. My husband did the lo mein, I ended up eating cereal. The rest was tossed in the trash the...

We ordered from there tonight. That was in the top three worst Chinese I’ve ever had. Spare ribs were old and greasy (I’d guess they were cooked yesterday). Egg rolls were dripping grease. Spring rolls were under cooked. Chicken in moo goo gai pan was dry and crumbly. Mu shu was greasy, vegegables were thick not shredded, and it tasted terrible.

I think the funniest part was that the chow mein didn’t have any noodles so I thought it was chop suey. I called them to tell them they sent me the wrong thing. They told me that their chow mein doesn’t have noodles. Mein literally means noodle in Chinese. And it was lousy.

The entire order was...