Spicy Temptation Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Rancho Cordova

This place isnt bad. The decor inside is a little worn out but they have plenty of seats and excellent service. I was out of town for training and wanted Chinese so I hit these guys up.

I normally dont order off of the lunch menu but it was just me and I had nowhere to put leftovers. I got the asparagus beef which comes with soup and an egg roll and your choice of rice (white or fried) or chow mein... i got chow mein. The soup was hot and sour (my favorite) and it came out immediately along with the egg roll. The soup was delicious and I am usually disappointed in it from most places. Perfect balance of hot and sour while not tasting watered down. It had plenty of crunchy vegetables and a good portion of tofu. I wasnt disappointed. The egg roll was nothing fancy. It was crunchy and didnt leave an oily residue on my fingers or palet. I would have liked the cabbage inside to not be so mushy but I'm not complaining.

The main dish came out soon after and it was piping hot. There was nothing special about the chow mein; mostly noodles. The asparagus beef was in a black bean sauce and it was a little salty for my liking, so I mixed it in with the noodles. The beef was flavorful and tender. The asparagus was equally flavorful and crisp, not overcooked and mushy.

Overall, I'd go back. Probably not Romantic date spot but it's...

Food was not bad in my opinion. If I don't want to go far from Rancho Cordova for Chinese food, I would probably come here again.

Peking Pork Chops: kind of sweet and sour flavor, although a bit more savory and not as sour. It was very soft and juicy, a lot of pieces of pork seems to be attached to a piece of bone of the pork chop.

Beef Chow Mein with +$1 for hong kong style pan fried noodle. Not sure what to expect but basically it was a lot like bird's nest noodle if you've ever had that. Hard noodles that soften up when you soak it in the sauce it came with. Mostly classic takeout beef and bok choy pieces with maybe a couple long slices of carrot. My girlfriend thought it was not good I thought it wasn't bad, but probably at this location would prefer normal chow mein

Pork shu-mei: I'm not sure what it's supposed to be like, but I thought it tasted pretty good in general. Had a yellow dough wrapper with a soft sort of spongy meatball type texture, fairly juicy and savory, had a slight black pepper taste. I liked it but not sure I would get it again at the same price. Didn't exactly come with any sauce, not sure if that's normal. Total came out to about...

Edit Update *We use to love this place so much. But since Dec 2024 they've had multiple ongoing health code violations with massive rodent dropping issues, along with other code violations. I can no longer reccomend this place and won't be going back. I sincerely hope they get the issues under control and are able to gain back the trust of their patrons. * Absolutely excellent! We've ordered from here many times and have finally found our favorite items that are all stellar. We ordered the Sesame Chicken, Szchewan Beef , Kung Pao Prawns over steamed rice and all of them are absolutely amazing. You cannot go wrong with ordering them. We also got the Chinese Garlic Broccoli and added Black Mushrooms that was very yummy, and Chicken Chow Mein.. We've done it both Hong Kong Style and regular... Both are very good, pretty standard and we like to add some Lee Kim Kee Chili Garlic Sauce to it to really step it up.

Food was ordered and delivered super fast, everyone is so kind and wonderful....