88 China is one of the only Chinese restaurants in Wentzville. It has been owned and operated by the same young family (with their parents) for probably over a dozen years. Their son (who is probably 8 or 9 years old) now also works at the restaurant!
The food is not bad, but it is not great. It is standard Chinese take out.
On this night I needed something that would give me leftovers to take to school on Friday. I ordered a combo meal that included Hunan shrimp, rice (I opt for white rice, as I like it better than fried rice) and an egg roll.
First...there is A LOT of rice. It almost filled the entire container. It leaves little room for the actual meal you ordered.
Second...the broccoli is cut differently than I would cut it. They leave A LOT of the stalk on...like an inch or so. Maybe I've been conditioned to not leave that much stalk on broccoli because Mike Frazier doesn't like that part of the broccoli, so we always cut it off, but this was a lot of stalk.
There was a lot of broccoli. I know it is cheaper than shrimp, but the ration was 3/4 to 1/4 with a few carrots thrown in.
The brown sauce with black beans in flavorful, but there isn't near enough of it.
I haven't ordered from 88 China in quite a long time. Next time I will probably get the same thing, but I will definitely ask for "extra" sauce to be added.
It is adequate take out...nothing more.
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