East Delight Chinese Restaurant

I am disappointed in this restaurant. They must have a different cook because prior to COVID I never had such poor food quality. The Pepper Chicken was unimpressive and the sauce was basically gel. The chicken was, also, chewy like the Lo Mien I paid extra for. That was drowned in sauce to try to mask the chewiness. I am guessing I didn’t get a fresh noodle dish. It’s sad really because they were pretty good in 2018 and 2019. I’d go elsewhere.

I craved fried rice. Chicken fried rice is a default comparison sample. Their chicken fried rice tastes excellent. I am from the south, so I am used to getting a bigger portion for the money. This is MD. I haven't seen such a thing here yet where the rice actually tastes good. For that reason, four stars.

I don’t know if they got a new cook or new people after covid but the shrimp fried rice is very bland. It’s almost as if they just steam yellow rice and just call it shrimp fried rice. This used to be my favorite Chinese restaurant in the area and this is the second time the fried rice has been trash. And the boy working the counter had poor customer service skills as well. He played his game on his phone as I tried to tell him my order, very rude.

The food just didn't have any favor like an seasoning. The PuPu platter was just sad everything tasted the same and that was just grease. The wanton was like warm water with large thick tasteless noodles floating in it. Lo mein is just greasy too and sesame chicken is just tough with no taste. Frist and last time I order from here.

I’ve had hit or miss experiences with East Delight, today was a huge miss. My food came late and the general tso’s shrimp I got was blah; they used pancake batter on the shrimp, PANCAKE BATTER. I cook all the time - been doing it since I was 5 - I know what pancake batter taste like. The coating on the shrimp fell off every time I picked a piece up with my fork. The onions in the fried rice are cut way to big. It’s not just the fried rice, I’ve ordered sandwiches with onions from them and those were too big and I love onions but not like that. Overall, I was not pleased.