Yan Flower — Restaurant in Santa Cruz

5 Stars – Christmas Chaos? Handled Like a Holiday Pro 🎄🥡✨

Had Christmas dinner here and the place was packed, I got the last table available.

They handled it like holiday veterans, no panic, no delay. I got my food faster than I could say hot tea please.

I ordered the orange chicken plate, a cup of hot tea, and—cream cheese wontons that were so crunchy and delicious.

The orange chicken was fresh and crispy, sweet, and hot. The tea warmed my soul like a hug in a cup. And those wontons melted like a Christmas miracle in my mouth.

The prices? More generous than your grandma on scratcher winnings. And the freshness? Like it was cooked by elves using locally sourced joy.

I just ate here a second time orange chicken again my favorite and I was feeling really particular that day. I just didn’t really have much of an appetite for anything and I was really picky so I said please give me a freshest chicken and it was so fresh and it was so good so thank you so much yan flower .

Moral of the story: If you’re wondering where to eat on a busy day. This place isn’t just “good for a holiday.” It’s “I’d come here on any day ending in Y” kind of good.

#WontonWonderland #ChristmasCrunch...

I came in as a hungry tourist from Chicago. The cashier who seemed to be the owner was friendly, and welcoming to everyone except me. She didnt even say hi to me... she just right away asked me if i was using cash or card. I saw her have more of a pleasant attitude with everyone except me. I was also the only black person there! She was very abrupt with me... almost stern. I watched her be more welcoming to the others. Very stupid way to be. I gave her no reason to act like that. Then, at the end i asked for sweet and sour packets. She made an odd statement, "You didnt ask me." Lol... im nicely asking you now. I just watched her offer packets to the woman before me! But, she was weird with me and there was an odd energy. Really sad to be that way. Get over yourself. Plus, the food was LESS than average. I ordered beef fried rice. The meat was low quality. I ended getting a cup of noodles from 7-11 which was more satisfying.. odd ccustome service...and food that wasnt all that special. In my experience...chinese ppl have an issue serving blk ppl. If they dont want to happily serve us... we should stop going to...

Chow mein is acceptable, the pork tasted actually OK. The salt and pepper shrimp was good, though not as spicy as I expected it. The real problem dish was the half roast duck. Half of it was barely decent, clearly frozen, gummy skin very hard to chew through.

I endured less than half of it until I bit into the quarter of the duck that was extremely overcooked and bitter as heck.

Anybody who knows anything about poultry will instantly realize what this poor excuse for a chef is doing. The duck was not only frozen, it has been clearly left in contact with the Fridge's walls long enough to be burned.

Then instead of throwing the ugly thing away, the chef decided to try his luck and overcook that abomination so that the unburnt side would be edible. That is called cheating and its just a disgusting way to turn good customers away.

I wouldn't be as bitter if the waitress didn't start arguing about taking that thing off the tab, so we ended up paying half price for awful food that I wouldn't get paid to eat.

Well, there...