Meemah

First time here and it was actually recommended by a sweet old lady I was speaking to on a train ride back from NYC. I bookmarked it and made sure that I would visit since it’s not far from where I live and where I usually hang out. Walked in on a Thursday night and while the dining room wasn’t busy, there were quite a few people waiting for their takeout orders. Dining room was clean and and well-kept and since it only had a couple of occupied tables, it was quiet. I’d imagine this place gets packed with patrons during lunch considering Metropark is within a half mile and is probably busy Friday nights too. I grabbed a takeout menu and briefly looked it over. I noticed there were no dinner combo specials and decided to double-check with the host and see if there was an incremental charge to make the lunch combo a dinner combo. Host said they do not offer dinner combos and I would have to order a quart of what I wanted. No biggie. Since I haven’t had Chinese food in a while, I was craving some chicken and broccoli with white rice (I usually go with the brown but wanted some Jasmine rice), and fried/steamed chicken dumplings, which they had. Man what a great dinner! The chicken and broccoli was cooked perfectly and was still hot by the time I got home. I laid it on top of the steamed rice and enjoyed every bite. I finished the entire quart in one sitting including the steamed chicken dumplings. The chicken and broccoli was TOTALLY worth it but to be honest, I was hoping the dumplings were going to be the bigger versions stuffed with chicken. The cost of those dumplings didn’t really add up and I felt like they were the wholesale club version. All-in-all I will definitely return for takeout!

I was soooooo excited to eat some delicious dumplings - pork dumplings were great and absolutely loved the sesame wontons!! Beef chow fun was excellent, really enjoyed the thick noodles. The chicken and garlic came with tons of veggies, and can't go wrong with sautéed green beans. The chicken Pad Thai was delicious, a sizable portion that will last us two meals. Everything was great! Seasoned perfectly, flavorful and not overly salty, very delicious!

The venue looks nice and clean. I don't like that the complimentary crunchy, oily appetizer with duck sauce dips are already laid out on every table ahead of time but they likely do it to be efficient. Hot tea was served quickly and complimentary. Beef satay was tender with 5 small skewers with a peanut based sauce. It was good. The peanut saice was not as peanutty however, not good nor bad, but just different. Salmon w/ scallions was breaded. I wasn't expecting the breading, but it was good. Underneath the breading was real salmon that was cooked to the correct temp. Portion was adequate to good. Service was quick but felt a bit militaristic. Overall value (especially if you come and order through their lunch specials 12-3 Monday-Saturday) and experience was good and would come again to try their other dishes.

The food was horrible. I got the ginger tofu and it was super sweet. My mother got the seasoned shrimp and it was mixed with old as well as fresh chicken. Some of it was super dry. The rice was gummy which means it wasn't done. My first time here, definitely won't be back.

This chicken is still pink. I ordered the white meat sesame chicken. First bite was fine. Next two pieces were raw. Had to throw out. Totally unacceptable and I live too far away for return it.