JJ CHINESE EXPRESS — Restaurant in Long Beach

Decent reviews and bao on the menu, which I love and isn't very common, led me to try JJ. The bao was excellent, which is fortunate because almost everything else was seriously disappointing. The first clue that the food would not be as expected was the large (8-10 oz) container of sweet and sour sauce on the side instead of on the sweet and sour shrimp I'd ordered. Then I opened the container I'd expected to find full of sauceless sweet and sour shrimp and found that all that it contained was 10 over battered and under fried shrimp (it's not just the egg rolls they undercook). No pineapple, onion, bell pepper, maybe some carrots combo, just fried shrimp. The lack of vegetables turned out to be a theme. The only veggies in the bag at all turned out to be the bed of shredded cabbage under the pot stickers, which the worst I've ever had. They were unseasoned lumps of mashed meat wrapped in unseasoned dough apparently meant to take all of their flavor from the overly sweet dipping sauce. The egg drop soup was broth, egg and salt lack the depth of flavor that having vegetables in the mix gives it. The only thing besides the bao that didn't disappoint was the cheese wantons, which were fine but not...

This is fast Chinese cheap food. The person taking orders over the phone speaks a English well and is efficient. Delivery was fast. The elderly driver was nice. The portions are BIG. I ordered tofu items such as mapo tofu and crispy tofu (which is different from what i thought but still alright) and appetizers ..All pretty decent. I would order again. And free delivery within 3 miles. And Please give nice tip to the elderly driver. Ok...ordered once more . That's makes it twice in a month . Again ..portions are generous ...and fast. Everything comes nicely packed in containers wrapped with plastic wrap. This time the containers are labeled so it was ez to figure out what's what. The Sweet and pungent shrimp ..yes ..need to reorder that. They forgot utensils last time ..but this time all was included. So yeah ..i m...

When I went into JJ I was expecting this to be alike a average Chinese food location however I was completely wrong and im not disappointed but definitely surprised. So when I went in I had ordered a chicken chow mein lunch special which gives you the main entree, fried rice, a mini veggie roll, as well as a can of pop. I was actually happy with the taste of the chicken chow mein and the noodles were extremely fresh however the rice had almost no flavor but was cooked to perfection it just lacked seasoning. As for the veggie roll they added seasoning in it and it was cooked perfectly but when I say the give you a mini roll it's quite small. Overall this place is quite tasty and the options are not limited however I would recommend you get only the entree and not the lunch special so you can get a...