Hunan Garden

Some Chinese people* eat snakes, silkworm moth larvae, fried scorpion, dogs, and some even eat cats. When you pull into the parking lot you are faced with a big bland plain building and on the left is Hunan Garden ( http://www.hunangardenmn.com/ ) in bright red letters. As we walked in there were a few people picking up take out. You are greeted and are taken to your seat and are asked what drinks you want. As you order there is a waiter supporting all of the tables in addition to the waiter who is already serving you. After you eat you are handed fortune cookies; overall I give their service 4 stars. For the atmosphere you get a very lively Chinese vibe, with Chinese paintings lining the walls, with a wall splitting the dining room into two which gives you the feeling of privacy with the hubbub of conversation which livens the place up. Their menu had all of their 138 options labeled with some of the sections being chef specialties, chef suggestions and all of the meats being given there own section where they name everything that you can get with that meat. I give the atmosphere 4 stars. For the food we ordered chicken Teriyaki skewers (appetizer), General Tso’s, chicken with broccoli, pork majestic, beef and Lo Mein noodles, mandarin pork, and white rice. The chicken Teriyaki skewers were fried and the outsides were crisp while the meat on the inside was juicy and tender. The General Tso’s chicken was good and the sauce went perfectly with the meat, making it so that the tender meat you could taste but that it was not bland. Their pork majestic was… well.. majestic, with the sauce complimenting the pork and its breading perfectly making everything stand out. First you get the breading, like on a corn dog, next you get the meat tender and delicious, next the sauce which finishes off the balance with a nice pang of sweet. The beef and noodles were good but nothing special, with the beef being slightly under sauced and the noodles being noodles. The rice was good with the majestic pork sauce poured onto it, it had a nice flavor and texture with it being almost creamy but still had that classic rice texture. The chicken and broccoli was good (it is always one of my favorites at Chinese restaurants) the broccoli was a bit hard but good flavored and the chicken had no sauce on it but it was very soft and well flavored. I give the food 4.5 stars. For the price our meal cost $60.15 and at a local competitor, to get roughly the same food we ordered, was similarly priced at $54.35. I think the food was amazing, so I give the price 4 stars which gives Hunan Garden an overall rating of 16.5 stars.

* Some Chinese people does mean some, do not think that every Chinese person eats these foods. https://www.quora.com/search?q=do+chinese+people+eat+dogs . I was looking for unique, lesser known facts that sort of tie in to the food I’m eating.