For years now, people have been telling me that I need to try Mr. Chen's Organic chinese delivery and for some reason I ignored them...until Thursday night. Oh my effen God! Best Chinese Amy and I have ever had!! Everything was fresh. Not to sound like a commercial, but you never would've guessed it was delivery. Quoted from the top of the menu, "At Mr. Chens Restaurant, we use organic fresh vegetables along with a health-conscious cooking style to prepare delicious Chinese cuisine."
I ordered the Chicken in Black Bean Sauce. It was just slightly spicy and the chicken wasn't overcooked --TONS of flavor (not MSG flavor). My only complaint was that there were not many black beans in the sauce, but it is only a tiny one. Amy got Kung Pao Chicken and loved it as well. Like mine, it was slightly spicy which just kicked the flavor up a bit. I always like that. We also ordered some spicy wontons which weren't all that spicy, but tasted a lot better than they looked. Definitely try the Curry Fried Rice. It was very different from any other fried rice than we had ever had. It is basically your typical fried rice with chicken, pork, shrimp (or vegetarian) and some curry and tumeric spices.
The menu gives you the option of small or large portions. If you want a ton of leftovers, order the large. We did and ate them the next day for lunch.
Mr. Chen's Organic Chinese Cuisine
2604 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 797-9668
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Jason, this sounds like a "must hit" restaurant. I love good chinese restaurant. Another place which I recommend is "Peking Gourmet Inn" in Falls Church on Leesburg Pike. It's a bit out of the way from DC (not too bad) but worth the trip. It's also Bush 41 & 43's favorite restaurant. There's lots of pictures of the Bushies, congressmen, senators and other Washington celebrities all over the place. Go with an extra couple or two and order the Peking Duck. They carve it tableside. Schezuan Beef Proper (like Crispy sesame beef) and Kung Pao chicken are also musts...Order a couple of suffering bastard cocktails or fog cutters (really any of their exotic drinks) and it'll set you up with a nice buzz for dinner. They're only $5 or so a pop. Trust me on this place. My wife threw my surprise b-day party there this year. Peace out, Dominic
Posted by: Dominic | Oct 27, 2004 at 04:28 PM