Comments on: Where is the Best Chinese Food In America? http://jacobsantos.com/2009/cooking/where-is-the-best-chinese-food-in-america/ Rumblings, rants, essays, stories by Jacob Santos about Web Site Development, Persistent Browser-Based Games, personal journal, and Programming. Mon, 21 May 2012 13:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-aortic-dissection By: JC http://jacobsantos.com/2009/cooking/where-is-the-best-chinese-food-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-34403 JC Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:37:22 +0000 http://www.santosj.name/?p=897#comment-34403 I can't tell you how lucky you are to be in Springfield. I grew up there and I thought good American Chinese food was everywhere but it isn't. Here in Kansas City, most "Chinese" restaurants are run by Hispanics who all buy the same pre-packaged sauces and meals from Sisco and follow the exact recipe. It would be okay if it weren't so unpalatable and gross. I'm talking general chicken from The Riksha down on Olive and Boonville near the square, Hans chicken from Korea House 2 on St. Louis, the most awesome buffet at Hong Kong Garden at Glenstone and Chestnut, everything at Bamboo Inn on Glenstone, Chinese Chef on Campbell. Nevermind that you also have the best Thai food in the world at Thai House on Campbell. I have eaten Thai food in Berlin, St. Louis, Chicago, Oklahoma City, and Kansas City and no one can touch Patrick and Anna. And Korean food! Soo's on Campbell has the most mind-blowing food you could taste. Order chicken bulgogi with gun mandu and thank me later. I have to drive 40 miles west to get to a Korean restaurant and the food there is trash anyway so I never do it. My God, even the teppanyaki showtime grills like Nakato are superior down there. We have loads of them here but no one has the glazes and sauces right. No one has heard of that decadent "seafood sauce" or "yum yum sauce" as Johnny at Hinode called it. They serve some crappy yellow jelly that everyone just seems to love up here. Anyway, moral of the story is--Springfield's fun to hate on but you must count your blessings when it comes to Asian food because that little city packs a huge culinary punch. I can’t tell you how lucky you are to be in Springfield. I grew up there and I thought good American Chinese food was everywhere but it isn’t. Here in Kansas City, most "Chinese" restaurants are run by Hispanics who all buy the same pre-packaged sauces and meals from Sisco and follow the exact recipe. It would be okay if it weren’t so unpalatable and gross.

I’m talking general chicken from The Riksha down on Olive and Boonville near the square, Hans chicken from Korea House 2 on St. Louis, the most awesome buffet at Hong Kong Garden at Glenstone and Chestnut, everything at Bamboo Inn on Glenstone, Chinese Chef on Campbell.

Nevermind that you also have the best Thai food in the world at Thai House on Campbell. I have eaten Thai food in Berlin, St. Louis, Chicago, Oklahoma City, and Kansas City and no one can touch Patrick and Anna. And Korean food! Soo’s on Campbell has the most mind-blowing food you could taste. Order chicken bulgogi with gun mandu and thank me later. I have to drive 40 miles west to get to a Korean restaurant and the food there is trash anyway so I never do it.

My God, even the teppanyaki showtime grills like Nakato are superior down there. We have loads of them here but no one has the glazes and sauces right. No one has heard of that decadent "seafood sauce" or "yum yum sauce" as Johnny at Hinode called it. They serve some crappy yellow jelly that everyone just seems to love up here.

Anyway, moral of the story is–Springfield’s fun to hate on but you must count your blessings when it comes to Asian food because that little city packs a huge culinary punch.

]]> By: AJ http://jacobsantos.com/2009/cooking/where-is-the-best-chinese-food-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-33927 AJ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:19:29 +0000 http://www.santosj.name/?p=897#comment-33927 Some of the few ive been to. Gladstone Oregon, happy kitchen. Redmond oregon, cindys. LaPine Oregon, hunan. now stuck in sidney montana... middle of nowhere, and theres no good chinese food places... Some of the few ive been to. Gladstone Oregon, happy kitchen. Redmond oregon, cindys. LaPine Oregon, hunan.

now stuck in sidney montana… middle of nowhere, and theres no good chinese food places…

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