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Shanghai Inn

Shanghai Inn

4723 N Damen Ave, 60625, Chicago, US, United States

Soup • Meat • Casual • Chinese


"I tried to call the restaurant directly and give this feedback privately, but unfortunately the voicemail box was full, and no information exists only for sharing private feedback. So, unfortunately, my review and its 3 stars will have to be public until this issue is addressed.I say unfortunately, because my star value has nothing to do with the quality of the food. It's quite good. I think it's some of my favorite Chinese food on the north side, comforting, well-executed, with familiar favorites that manage to still be different from the norm in ways that are tasty and appreciated. I've never ordered something from this restaurant that isn't excellent and I'd recommend it to anyone.However, when I opened up my fortune cookie, it said There's more to life than just money, there's Bitcoin The logo on the back, when I looked it up, was to a crytpocurrency-hawking grift website in the Bahamas. Other cookies had similar messages from the same company.If I wanted an advertisement, I'd watch television. If I wanted an advertisement for a climate-destroying Ponzi scheme run by a parade of two-bit grifters and felonious charlatans trying to swindle as many easy marks as they can find, I'd watch the Republican National Convention. Since all I'd wanted was Chinese food, I had a reasonable expectation that my fortune cookie would tell me something innocuous about how I needed to beware of friends with false faces, a few lucky numbers, and a phrase to learn in Chinese. Instead I received something that made me feel so much disgust I questioned whether I needed to call a priest to renew the blessing on my house.This issue needs to be addressed with the supplier. I do not want to encounter advertising at the conclusion to my meal, and I certainly don't want advertisements for a speculative financial scheme designed to enrich a handful of cartoon villains at the expense of millions of suckers. I'll update this review accordingly the next time my fortune cookie is a fortune cookie and not a Trojan horse for glibertarian techno-liars."

China Station

China Station

80 Senter Rd. San Jose, CA 95111, San Andreas, United States

Soup • Asian • Lunch • Chinese


"I've been ordering delivery from China Station since moving to the area. Every now and then, you just get in the mood for some good Chinese food, and China Station's food satisfies the craving. One of the first times I ordered, it was before COVID, and I was surprised (pleasantly when the gentleman delivering walked into my kitchen and unpacked the food for me, setting it all up on the counter while engaging me in friendly banter. It was so sweet and such a nice service! And the man was SO delightful. Since COVID, the food is delivered to your door and handed to you. But everyone I've met through delivery is kind and very friendly. As are the people who answer the phone at the restaurant. And the food is good. We usually get the Cantonese dinner, but I can never forego getting honey-walnut shrimp and tomato-beef chow mein (which isn't technically on the menu, but they've never denied my order, which I appreciate--and, boy, is it fabulous! . Since we always get too much food, the leftovers last us for several days, which is excellent because then I don't have to think about cooking for X number of days! Anyhow, the picture I took shows a small sampling of the Cantonese meal, plus the tomato-beef chow mein and honey-walnut prawns. (The Cantonese dinner includes soup, chow mein, fried rice, sweet-and-sour pork, and two eggrolls. Oh, and, of course, fortune cookies! So, on the plate, starting at 12, are the prawns (no walnuts made it onto the plate, but I promise they did come with them . At 3 would be the chow mein. At 6, tomato-beef chow mein. At 9, sweet-and-sour pork. At 11, fried rice. In the center, the eggrolls. Above the plate, the soup with a fortune cookie on top. (I didn't want the soup, so it'll make an excellent light dinner tomorrow. To the right of the plate, the sauce for the sweet-and-sour for the eggrolls. Bottom line: I HIGHLY recommend the food at China Station."