New Dragon — Restaurant in Valparaiso

Giving this place 1 star is charitable. This is far and away the worst Chinese slop I have ever had. I rarely feel the need to go out of my way to excoriate any business, but these people need to have the health department inspect them a bit more. I ordered Mongolian beef, spicy with white rice. The rice was grey for starters. The sauce was not good but it could have been livable although lacking in spiciness. The really big problem is the beef, it was rubbery and it had a putrefied spoiled smell. I ate about 4 chunks of the beef hoping it was just the first peace that was bad. It never got better. Into the trash it will go. For now, I am just waiting to see if I get sick, which is the only reason I am refrigerating it... Normally I would give three strikes before I rule out a restaurant but this,...

Overall, I would have to give this 3.5 stars, but read on.

Owners and staff are very friendly and polite. 5 stars

We enjoyed the eggrolls, fried rice, sugared donuts, crab Rangoon (not sweet kind, it's salty) 5 stars

Beef lo mein was good. 4 stars.

The reason for the lower rating was the sesame chicken. 1 star. The sesame seeds tasted and smelled musty/stale and ruined the dish. The general Tso's was ok.

Sweet and sour chicken did not have pineapple or carrots in the sweet and sour sauce, so that was disappointing. 3 stars.

We may try again, but this would not be our first choice for consistently good Chinese food...

If you enjoy roof shingles then you should order the boneless spare ribs as an appetizer because you will get exactly that .. tiny red roof shingles. And if you have ever wondered what nothing tastes like then might I suggest the mongolian beef for the main course. It doesn't taste bad it just literally tastes like nothing, their "meat" is tasteless which is baffling because 75% of the mongolian beef entre is onions, a tasteless red sauce and some other unidentifiable vegetables. All in all - for $16 there are muuuuuuch better options out there .. do not say you...