yum yum chinese

last night, after a long day at work, geoffrey and i both decided to be lazy and order out for food. around 8:30, while geoffrey was out working up an appetite, i decided on yum yum house. yum yum is located on valencia (cross st. 17th). i thought ordering three dishes would give us a better idea if yum yum would warrant a third visit (note: the first time was good but not entirely memorable and the ma-po bean cake was not spicy).

with that said, i ordered the garlic eggplant, mandarin meatless chicken, and veggie chow fun. i don't typically go for ordering a while dish that is 100% eggplant; in this case i did because i asked the guy on the phone what the spiciest vegetarian dish was. the eggplant wasn't even close to spicy and now i wonder if he thought i meant which item was the least spicy, but nonetheless the eggplant was flavorful and after having recently trying to cook this dish, i can say that the yum yum house does a good job. the eggplant was soft tender but not mushy. i would get this again if i ate at the restaurant in person (which i never have).

onto the fake meat. i had to try to their mandarin meatless chicken. i am huge fan of chinese fake meat dishes and this is listed in their menu as a Special dish. i have to say i loved it. fyi: it's pretty boring, just straight-up fried balls of fake chicken with a sweet, tangy sauce all over. i know it's a little boring but i get excited when i actually find some fake chicken that i like.

the chow fun was standard. we had gotten it before and there weren't any differences or surprises.

with all of this said, i will say that yum yum is shaping up to be on of my standard chinese take out places. the food gets to you in no more than thirty minutes and the portions are large. an average veggie dish will range between 7 and 8 dollars.

next time i will try the kung pao meatless chicken and if that's good then i will be hooked.