Well... finally...

... a restaurant in town that's worth the drive into town.  About a year ago, a new Chinese restaurant opened up near the main highway going through our town.  There already was a restaurant in town that served Chinese food, but people who knew that my husband and I were from New York told us not to bother going there. "You've had Chinese food up north... so the Chinese food in that place is not going to please you."  After hearing that review, we never went to that restaurant.

When we wanted Chinese food, we would drive into College Station to a small restaurant there near the Medical Center Complex... excellent service and delicious Chinese food. We would order something to eat there and something to bring home.

A couple of weeks ago, we decided to try the Chinese place here in town... we went for lunch, thinking "It's only one meal... what have we got to lose?"  They have an on-going buffet as well as a menu for specific ordering. Well... pardon our hesitation and doubtfulness.

Delicious to the max... especially the pork fried rice, which is my husband's all-time favorite item on a Chinese menu. As soon as that plate was put down on our table, my first thought was that it looked just like the pork fried rice from the NY Chinese restaurants. My husband took one bite of that pork fried rice and called the waitress over to tell her that it was the best he'd tasted since leaving NY. "Better than the place in College Station?" I asked.... "Much better, it's just like NY." said my husband.

I was thrilled to hear that, because I liked the selections on the buffet... I like to get a little of this and a little of that, rather than ordering a plate of just one thing from the menu.  The restaurant itself is new and clean, spotless floors, absolutely sparkling buffet tables, and they don't pile up the hot-trays on the buffet... they make small amounts of each item and replenish the trays as needed.

Wonder of wonders... we have a really good restaurant in this town that doesn't have BBQ-d meat and frozen fish on their menu. Will country-wonders never cease?