Bamboo Express — Restaurant in Mississippi

We were really shocked people wrote such glowing reviews after our experiences at this location. Its obvious folks in area have never had "decent" or even "good" Chinese food. I beg to differ with so many that think deep fried meat nuggets, no vegetables, and bright red sauces or brown gravy is Chinese food! We ordered dinner over the weekend and for the second time it was the worse thing we ever had from a take out. The chicken in our dishes was spongy and felt like it had been soaking in water. The sauces in two very different menu items had zero flavor, zero. The egg rolls were mushy and tasteless. The price was good for the quantity but all we did was wash it down the garbage disposal after two bits. It was not worth driving back and returning it....

I knew it was a probably a dumb decision to risk going to this restaurant a third time, but nonetheless, I did it because we do not have many options in this area. I’ve had the sesame chicken, a noodle dish and on this occasion I tried the coconut shrimp. I have not had a good meal from them yet. Most of the pieces of shrimp I received are so hard and stale from being cooked some time ago that I cannot pierce them with a metal fork. The “plain” rice is not sticky rice like one would expect, but plain, hard white rice. My first experience here was about a year ago and I got the sesame chicken - when I called the restaurant to inform them that my chicken was still pink in the middle, the lady argued with me that it could not be true....

Ordered black pepper chicken. Tasted like General chicken that had been blackened to burnt, rather than chicken seasoned with black pepper. The burnt taste from the chicken permeated the fried rice, as well. I couldn’t eat it. I ordered my son plain lo mein. They really mean plain- no onion, celery or other complimentary veggies typically found in “plain” lo mein. Just noodles and soy sauce. But honestly, that’s the only reason I’m giving 2 stars- my son liked...