Week 37 .... A Pleasant Surprise

We have been off for a few weeks and were no rush to head to our next stop on our Woodruff Rd Quest. The next place up was Oriental House which was going under major exterior renovations. Maybe that is was gave us pause.

We arrived around 5:45pm and much to our surprise there was a line for tables. However we showed up with the perfect number of 4 and waited for less then 5 minutes. We had Grace, Maeve, Becky and myself for this junket.

I don't want to broad brush all Chinese restaurants but sometimes their health standards are a little lackadaisical, IMO. The Oriental House was one of the cleanest restaurants I have been in. The kitchen/grill was visible to all the patrons. With that background we proceeded to order. We all ordered the Combo plates. They include a Entree served with rice or lo mein, appetizer and a drink. We started with the chicken Egg Roll to start.

Grace had the General Tso Chicken with Lo Mein. Maeve had the Beef with Lo Mein. Becky had the Chicken with fried Brown rice. I had the Hunan Beef with Broccoli and fried Brown rice.

Overall we were very satisfied with our meals. The meals came out hot and plentiful. We had leftovers for the next day which is a good sign for Chinese. The service was very good with plenty of staff to assist. As I said from the title we were "Pleasantly surprised". We will be back again. Although it seems you have to go early as there was a much longer line on the way out.

Ratings               ( 0 to 5 stars)

Service              4 stars

Food                  4 stars

Next Up is Tijuana Flats

Week 36 ... Two Steps Back

A few weeks back we pulled into the Hardees parking lot. There was nobody in the lot and the store looked empty. We made the decision to move onto Chilis that evening. It was time to retrace our steps and dine in at Hardees.

There weren't many willing participants for this trip. However I was able to persuade Maeve to join me on this sojourn. As we entered the place was empty except for another group of diners. The lady behind the counter was very friendly. Maeve ordered the Chicken Fingers with Curly Fries. I had the 1/3 pound Charburger with Onion rings.

The trepidation we had on this trip wasn't warranted. The food was good. Maeve really enjoyed the curly fries. I thought my cheeseburger was acceptable. We had thoughts of Jack in the Box in our heads. So compared against that it was good. It just isn't on the same level of a Culvers for example.

Ratings                      ( 0 to 5 stars)

Service       3 stars

Food          2.5 stars

Next Up is Oriental House

Week 35 ... Good Chinese In Greenville

We have been looking forward to going to Lieu's for awhile. We heard a lot of good things about the food there. Becky, Maeve , and myself headed down Woodruff and over 385 behind the Fuddruckers to get there. The place was filling up so we arrived just in time. Anything after 6:30pm on a weekend means you will be waiting.

We were all famished and therefore ordered some appetizers to get it started. We decided on the steamed pork dumplings. They were excellent. They came out piping hot in a closed container served on a bed of lettuce.

For the main courses, Maeve ordered the Lieu's Spicy Chicken which is lightly battered, fried and tossed with a sweet sauce. Becky had the Sichuan Salmon Fillet which salmon pan fried with garlic and shitake mushrooms in a Sichuan chili sauce. I ordered the Mu Shu Pork with vegetables and eggs served with Chinese thin pancakes and hoisin sauce. All these meals were on recommendations from our waiter.

The food was fantastic. We all enjoyed our meals. The nice thing about Chinese is that you always have leftovers. So we enjoyed it for the next few days also. The bar has been set high for Chinese on Woodruff Rd, but we have a few more to go to see if anybody can match Lieu's.

Ratings                 ( 0 to 5 stars)

Service           4 stars

Food               4.5 stars

Next Up is Hardees