It isn't often that you find a restaurant with a 100% voting record. OK...something here must be good and Miss M and I had to check it out.
Like most Chinese restaurants, the "hole" in the wall places are usually very good and Golden Garden is no exception. Stuck in a strip center, Golden Garden is everything you would expect....narrow restaurant with mediocre decor.
We arrived for lunch at 1PM and the place was busy...but a few tables were open. Our hostess, server and I might even believe she was the chef immediately got our drink order and was off in a flurry. We looked over the the lunch menu and was very shocked at the prices. The Lunch menu runs from 11 to 3PM. The Lunch Special includes soup, egg roll and entree with rice from 4.95 to 5.75...and I believe that was the highest price. The reverse side of the Lunch Special menu contains a dozen or more selections with soups and egg roll at an additional fee.
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| Hot/Sour Soup |
We both wanted the Hot/Sour Soup with the fried won ton strips. The soup was a little "thinner" than I was used to..but remained VERY tasty. The fried won ton strips were a bit stale...not quite the quality I was expecting.
On to the entrees! Miss M chose the Kung Pao Chicken with a 5 star heat! I am a little tamer and chose the Twice Cooked Pork with a 2 star heat. Two star was plenty enough for me...but the Kung Pao included those little Thai chilies. It was HOT but she loved it. My Twice Cooked Pork was wonderful....perfectly cooked, crunchy bok choy, nice carrots and the sauce was outstanding.
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| Kung Pao Chicken |
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| Twice Cooked Pork |
All in all...this had to be tastiest meal and the entire bill was $13.00 for lunch. Very good and a place I will return to again and again.
Golden Garden is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11AM to 9PM. Closed Sunday and Monday. Their Dinner menu includes Orange Peel Beef or Chicken, Singaporean Rice Noodle, and a very large selection including Chicken, Beef, Pork, Shrimp and Vegetable!
