Taste of China — Restaurant in Tampa

Food was complete garbage! The only items that were edible after throwing $30 out the window was the white rice that came with the egg foo yong and the few chicken wings in the pupu platter were ok/edible. The gravy for the egg foo yong tasted like nothing but flour (gross). No shrimp detected in the (from frozen) cardboard-like fried shrimp (no shrimp, it was so dried up you couldn't even see it - only hard crusty planks of batter, no meat on the so-called spareribs, not sure what the "chicken teriyaki" was, I didn't dare eat it all, like chewing on rubber (unidentifiable). I have yet to find a decent or even average Chinese take-out restaurant in Florida. You'd be better off w/ PF Chang's (chain) restaurant or for Korean food (eat in or takeout), "Sarione Korean" on Cypress St. has excellent authentic Korean food w/ generous portions...

Me and my family love CHINA TASTE on Gandy. I recently saw Taste of China is close to me and every menu item is about $1 cheaper so I figured I would try it. You get what you pay for. On the phone I told the man who picked up " a pint of steamed broccoli with brown sauce on the side" please. His response " no sauce". ME : "no, I want brown sauce on the side" , him " ok" . Guess what was not in my bag????? We also ordered General Tso chicken which was very bland. Unusual because if anything that dish is usually bursting with flavor and heat. There was zero heat and no flavor. also, it looks like a Chinese COVID camp in there. The counter is covered in glass and tape and plastic. IT looks like a liquor store in a ghetto with bulletproof glass . Someone tell them Covid is pretty much over. Back to China...

Food quality is not so good anymore. They mixed my orange chicken with my husbands general tsos they realized they messed up so they added orange peel sauce on top of it but it was so spicy and gross I could not eat it && my poor kids mouths were on fire. We ordered again because they deliver for cheap and their shrimp lo mein is really good but my husband ordered the kung po chicken and the "chicken" literally looked like rat carcasses THERE WERE LEGS he was soooo sick all night def. Will not be buying from them EVER AGAIN! If I could give half of a...