International Dining Society

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

YEN CHING

5555 E. State St.

397-5555

Cuisine: Chinese

Attendees: Carol, Jackie, Nate, Ryan and Shawn

Choice: Jackie

Affordability: 3.8

Service: 3.2

Atmosphere: 2.8

Food: 3.2

Overall Grade: B

Standard Chinese restaurant with a lunch buffet. Solid food, nothing much stands out, although I did give 'em an extra credit for having Shrimp Toast. There are "buy one get one free" coupons in the paper all over the place, so it's a cheap lunch date.

ADDED BONUS: If you're feeling extra frugal after your free lunch, there's a "Nothing over $1" store located across the parking lot!

By rjdesq, at 2:43 PM
And the cat lo mein is exquisite!

By E, at 10:16 PM
Asian buffets are a dime a dozen and Yen Ching is not any different than the rest.

I used to be a HUGE fan of Yen Ching up until about six years ago. My wife's grandmother had died and we ordered Chinese takeout. Now, if you think that this is a story about (a) her ending up in the takeout or (b) said takeout killing her...stop reading. You'll be sadly disappointed.

Long story short, you've heard the "waiter, there's a fly in my soup" anecdote...well, there was a fly in my chop suey. That little bugger grossed me out something fierce (and I'm known to not let bugs in my food bother me, right, Taco John)...and I vowed to never, EVER go back.

But, I did...at half price.

SOME ADVICE: As Ryan pointed out, there are coupons out there to be had. We had two so that meant a better deal for the IDS (but still, $6.50 apiece).

By Jesus Melendez, at 12:30 AM