China Dragon

China Dragon isn’t a very inviting place per the looks of it. Very cheap, hole-​in-​the-​wallish, dirty kind of Chinese joint. But I was hoping that meant this place would have some banging food! Ya know, the kind of place that looks so crappy but steadily cranks out the best yummiest food out there! Yea, no… not this place.
I was the only one in there & immediately greeted by the guy at the counter. Told me to check out the lunch menu & realized I wanted something that wasn’t on there… Kung Pao Beef. He said he can easily make that & make it a lunch special for me so I got excited & waited about 5 minutes while they cooked my food.
As I waited, I was able to check out the place in more detail & was pretty turned off by the appearance of the whole restaurant. It was obvious that they did not care how the restaurant looked to their patrons. I was regretting even walking in there…
Food was ready, took it back to work, & opened up the container. The meat looked pale & slimy (ahhh). Immediately grossed out! I cut a piece & it was reddish on the inside. I know one can eat meat without it being fully cooked but when it comes from a Chinese joint in a dish like this, I typically expect it to be cooked through. Luckily, which usually would be a negative, there wasn’t much meat. So I stuck with eating some of the veggies & rice but decided I was too grossed out by the meat & threw it away. Ugh, what a disappointment. I like to give places a second chance but I highly doubt I’ll ever go back to this place. There’s just way too many Chinese joints around… they should realize that fact & stay competitive.
One star for their food
An extra star for the guy at the counter. He was nice & eager to customize my order… even though it turned out to taste like &@$%!