China Taste — Restaurant in Perry Hall

Stopped in for dinner this evening with my son. I hadn't been here for decades. I used to stop in almost daily when I worked at the ski shop just a few doors down from them.

Walked in and was greeted by a girl on their takeout side. She seemed nice enough. The hostess.. she's harsh. Kind of scary, but seemed like a decent person. Our actual waitress was a sweet and very good. She filled my water glass often and was prompt with everything. And always with a smile.

As for the food, it's not as good as I remember. Back in the day, my go to was either egg drop or wonton soup and General Tso's. I ordered the Gen Tso's combo with wonton. When the soup came out, I was a bit worried because the broth was dark with soy sauce. That wasn't how I remembered it. Taste was the same, but the wontons have little to no meat. It was basically a wonton wrapper soup.

Gen Tso's wasn't what I remembered. I always order extra spicy. It wasn't spicy at all. Also, the batter was soft and so thin, some pieces were as if they weren't battered at all.

The rest.. chicken fried rice, crab cheese wonton, shrimp toast and spring roll was average for most Chinese take out.

Will I go again? I will, not because the food was great, but because the service was prompt and done with a smile. The food wasn't bad either. It just wasn't the best in the area or as good as it once was.

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First time ordering and, overall, I give it just three stars since there is room for improvement. Order was carry-out and consisted of an order of egg rolls, Pork Egg Foo Young, and Singapore Ho Fun. I live right around the corner (literally 3 minutes) so it's hard to explain why the egg rolls were so soggy. I mean they actual bent under the pressure of a very sharp knife. The Egg Foo Young was the typical three patties. Sadly, and totally my fault for not asking for sauce in a separate container, they were drowned in gravy. A small carton of white rice was included. There was some confusion with the order taker over the Ho Fun. I kept asking for Singapore Ho Fun and he insisted on explaining the difference between Mei Fun and Ho Fun, although I was aware of the difference. (Mei Fun is the skinny rice noodles, Ho Fun is the thicker noodles). Although I kept saying Singapore, he kept saying House Ho Fun. I should have pointed it out on the menu because the difference between the two is regular shrimp in the Singapore, and jumbo shrimp in the House - and a $3 jack-up in price. The Ho Fun was seasoned nicely (could have been spicier) and exactly three large shrimp - not worth the extra $3. The main complaint was the overcooked mushy noodles. I'd stick to Mei Fun in the future. The restaurant is very clean and nicely furnished. I'll give them another try. Hopefully, it...

My husband and I used to visit China Taste quite often about 7 years ago.. but for some reason we stopped. Well, last night we went in for dinner and I think we were reminded of why we stopped. Our waitress was the most NON personable person I think I've ever met. She rushed every word and wasn't at our table for more than 2 minutes the entire time (thats includes taking our order, bringing our drinks/food, bringing our check, etc. I think 2 minutes actually is an overstatement. My husband ordered Szechuan chicken and I'm not even kidding when I tell you, it was a plate FULL of bean sprouts with about 4 or 5 extremely thin, small pieces of beef hiding in there somewhere. It was UNbelievable. The final straw was when everyone else was getting their fortune cookies brought to them in a little tiny bowl of sherbet, but when she brought our check, she dropped our fortune cookies on the table. I was so DONE... she got a $2.00 tip and it took all I had to give her that much. The place looks pretty inside, but if you want to go somewhere for good food, this isn't the place. (And I NEVER complain about restaurants, so you know it had to be bad) I wish I had taken a picture of that mess they served my...