I feel like China Delight, like China Delight
Formerly located at 1635 Oxford St. East, it's a stones throw away from Fanshawe and has been in operation for decades. China Delight is strictly a take-out and delivery place, and is great for knocking off that Saturday night craving for Chinese food.
I've been ordering food from China Delight for years and I've never been disappointed with the quality or quantity of food. No matter what I order there always seems to be plenty of leftovers to take care of that Sunday afternoon lunchtime grrr.
Like most Chinese places their menu is quite extensive, offering up crispy egg rolls and spring rolls, chicken wings and spareribs along with other food items under appetizers. They also offer up four types of soup including egg drop soup and wonton soup with bbq pork.
I won't go over the whole menu, I just don't have that kind of space, but China Delight offers up a wide range of foods under various headings like sweet and sour, chop suey/chow mein, rice, seafoods, beef pork and chicken dishes, vegetables, curry dishes, szechuan hot and spicy, egg foo young and special suggestions. No Chinese menu is ever complete without combos, of which there are four. Scanning the menu there are only a couple of items that range past the $8 mark, with most settling into the $6 range.
I've also ordered the dinner for three regular and deluxe, and both those items are totally different other than the mushroom fried rice and chicken balls. The regular includes three egg rolls, beef with mushroom chow mein, chicken ding with almond and veggies, while the deluxe includes the Bo Bo Tray for three, szechuan shrimp (ummm good), and ku-po chilli chicken ding. The regular prices out to about $22 while the deluxe rings in at $37.
China Delight, 519-659-8031, is open Monday-Thursday 4 p.m. -midnight, and Friday and Saturday 4 p.m. -1 a.m., Sunday's their open 3 p.m. -11 p.m. When that craving hits for Chinese I suggest you give this place a try, you won't be disappointed.
Bonus: if you live in rez or close by you can save yourself 10 per cent off your order of $10 or more by walking over and paying cash. If you're lazy and want them to deliver, delivery will be free for orders $10 and over, as long as you live in the area.
My rating 3.5 spoons.
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