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Corning Chinese Restaurant
(1 ratings)
(530) 824-3482
965 State Highway 99w, Corning, CA 96021
January 8, 2008 @ 7:25 PM
a diner from Corning, CA
Worst chinese food EVER!!!! Rated 1.0 out of 5.0 - - 2007-12-19
Hands down, this was the worst Chinese food I've ever (worse than Montana, people) had in my life! From it's inception, it was a failed mission to find decent food in the boonies.
The entire store front (windows and door alike) were curtained off so that you couldn't see anything from the outside and upon entry, I surmised that it was from the cheap, cafeteria-like atmosphere they boasted inside. The tables were plastic, probably left over from some bygone restaurant in the 40's, the lamps were glaring because they were missing the glass bulb covers and the place didn't smell appetizing in the way a Chinese restaurant should.
Nonetheless, my mother said the Kung Pao Chicken was decent the one time she ate there, so we ventured inside. As neither of us eat pork or beef, we agreed upon hot and sour soup and some dish with snap peas, water chestnuts, carrots, chicken and mushrooms. When the soup came out, it wasn't the dark color with the thin sliced dark mushrooms and the mouthwatering tangy odor it normally has. No, this garbage had CELERY, frozen peas and carrots, CANNED mushrooms and some meat substance in it. NEVER, never in our lives have we seen anyone put meat in a hot and sour soup (much less peas, carrots and celery) and we feared that it was pork. The waitress came over, asked what was wrong because neither of us would touch it, and once we clarified that it was chicken, we decided to brave it.
It tasted like excrement. It was bland, the canned mushrooms tasted like gutter sludge, and the combination of chicken and celery, neither of which should have been in it, made it taste like one of the Clampetts was in the kitchen giving orders. WTF??!!! Ok, so I decided that maybe some soy sauce and hot chili oil would help. I put about a teaspoon of the crushed chilis into the soup and you won't believe this but even the CHILIS had ZERO flavor. None! I even ate a fair amount by ITSELF and tasted nothing. No burn, just a mild oily flavor when I should have been sweating and regretting the crap I was gonna have to take later.
We thought, ok, maybe it's a fluke thing and it's one bad menu item. The entree comes out and I see more canned mushrooms. Are these people serious? They charge full price for this shit, you'd think they could afford to buy fresh mushrooms since I don't think there's one person on the planet who actually LIKES canned mushrooms. Also, the carrots were cut into big, awkward chunks rather than thin sliced as they should have been. This dish was also bland, even when mixed with white rice (which was WAY too dry and obviously not steamed properly) and a ton of soy sauce. We ate enough to kill our hunger pangs, paid the bill and left about 3/4 of both dishes on the table.
I've never been so dissatisfied with a restaurant that I left THAT much food behind.
We chocked it up to a lesson learned and laughed about how their ancestors must either be turning over in their graves at what's become of their cuisines or laughing their asses off at what they're getting ignorant white people to happily pay full price for. Next time, we're going for Mexican food.
Hands down, this was the worst Chinese food I've ever (worse than Montana, people) had in my life! From it's inception, it was a failed mission to find decent food in the boonies.
The entire store front (windows and door alike) were curtained off so that you couldn't see anything from the outside and upon entry, I surmised that it was from the cheap, cafeteria-like atmosphere they boasted inside. The tables were plastic, probably left over from some bygone restaurant in the 40's, the lamps were glaring because they were missing the glass bulb covers and the place didn't smell appetizing in the way a Chinese restaurant should.
Nonetheless, my mother said the Kung Pao Chicken was decent the one time she ate there, so we ventured inside. As neither of us eat pork or beef, we agreed upon hot and sour soup and some dish with snap peas, water chestnuts, carrots, chicken and mushrooms. When the soup came out, it wasn't the dark color with the thin sliced dark mushrooms and the mouthwatering tangy odor it normally has. No, this garbage had CELERY, frozen peas and carrots, CANNED mushrooms and some meat substance in it. NEVER, never in our lives have we seen anyone put meat in a hot and sour soup (much less peas, carrots and celery) and we feared that it was pork. The waitress came over, asked what was wrong because neither of us would touch it, and once we clarified that it was chicken, we decided to brave it.
It tasted like excrement. It was bland, the canned mushrooms tasted like gutter sludge, and the combination of chicken and celery, neither of which should have been in it, made it taste like one of the Clampetts was in the kitchen giving orders. WTF??!!! Ok, so I decided that maybe some soy sauce and hot chili oil would help. I put about a teaspoon of the crushed chilis into the soup and you won't believe this but even the CHILIS had ZERO flavor. None! I even ate a fair amount by ITSELF and tasted nothing. No burn, just a mild oily flavor when I should have been sweating and regretting the crap I was gonna have to take later.
We thought, ok, maybe it's a fluke thing and it's one bad menu item. The entree comes out and I see more canned mushrooms. Are these people serious? They charge full price for this shit, you'd think they could afford to buy fresh mushrooms since I don't think there's one person on the planet who actually LIKES canned mushrooms. Also, the carrots were cut into big, awkward chunks rather than thin sliced as they should have been. This dish was also bland, even when mixed with white rice (which was WAY too dry and obviously not steamed properly) and a ton of soy sauce. We ate enough to kill our hunger pangs, paid the bill and left about 3/4 of both dishes on the table.
I've never been so dissatisfied with a restaurant that I left THAT much food behind.
We chocked it up to a lesson learned and laughed about how their ancestors must either be turning over in their graves at what's become of their cuisines or laughing their asses off at what they're getting ignorant white people to happily pay full price for. Next time, we're going for Mexican food.
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January 8, 2008 @ 7:25 PM
a diner from Corning, CA
Worst chinese food EVER!!!! Rated 1.0 out of 5.0 - - 2007-12-19
Hands down, this was the worst Chinese food I've ever (worse than Montana, people) had in my life! From it's inception, it was a failed mission to find decent food in the boonies.
The entire store front (windows and door alike) were curtained off so that you couldn't see anything from the outside and upon entry, I surmised that it was from the cheap, cafeteria-like atmosphere they boasted inside. The tables were plastic, probably left over from some bygone restaurant in the 40's, the lamps were glaring because they were missing the glass bulb covers and the place didn't smell appetizing in the way a Chinese restaurant should.
Nonetheless, my mother said the Kung Pao Chicken was decent the one time she ate there, so we ventured inside. As neither of us eat pork or beef, we agreed upon hot and sour soup and some dish with snap peas, water chestnuts, carrots, chicken and mushrooms. When the soup came out, it wasn't the dark color with the thin sliced dark mushrooms and the mouthwatering tangy odor it normally has. No, this garbage had CELERY, frozen peas and carrots, CANNED mushrooms and some meat substance in it. NEVER, never in our lives have we seen anyone put meat in a hot and sour soup (much less peas, carrots and celery) and we feared that it was pork. The waitress came over, asked what was wrong because neither of us would touch it, and once we clarified that it was chicken, we decided to brave it.
It tasted like excrement. It was bland, the canned mushrooms tasted like gutter sludge, and the combination of chicken and celery, neither of which should have been in it, made it taste like one of the Clampetts was in the kitchen giving orders. WTF??!!! Ok, so I decided that maybe some soy sauce and hot chili oil would help. I put about a teaspoon of the crushed chilis into the soup and you won't believe this but even the CHILIS had ZERO flavor. None! I even ate a fair amount by ITSELF and tasted nothing. No burn, just a mild oily flavor when I should have been sweating and regretting the crap I was gonna have to take later.
We thought, ok, maybe it's a fluke thing and it's one bad menu item. The entree comes out and I see more canned mushrooms. Are these people serious? They charge full price for this shit, you'd think they could afford to buy fresh mushrooms since I don't think there's one person on the planet who actually LIKES canned mushrooms. Also, the carrots were cut into big, awkward chunks rather than thin sliced as they should have been. This dish was also bland, even when mixed with white rice (which was WAY too dry and obviously not steamed properly) and a ton of soy sauce. We ate enough to kill our hunger pangs, paid the bill and left about 3/4 of both dishes on the table.
I've never been so dissatisfied with a restaurant that I left THAT much food behind.
We chocked it up to a lesson learned and laughed about how their ancestors must either be turning over in their graves at what's become of their cuisines or laughing their asses off at what they're getting ignorant white people to happily pay full price for. Next time, we're going for Mexican food.
Hands down, this was the worst Chinese food I've ever (worse than Montana, people) had in my life! From it's inception, it was a failed mission to find decent food in the boonies.
The entire store front (windows and door alike) were curtained off so that you couldn't see anything from the outside and upon entry, I surmised that it was from the cheap, cafeteria-like atmosphere they boasted inside. The tables were plastic, probably left over from some bygone restaurant in the 40's, the lamps were glaring because they were missing the glass bulb covers and the place didn't smell appetizing in the way a Chinese restaurant should.
Nonetheless, my mother said the Kung Pao Chicken was decent the one time she ate there, so we ventured inside. As neither of us eat pork or beef, we agreed upon hot and sour soup and some dish with snap peas, water chestnuts, carrots, chicken and mushrooms. When the soup came out, it wasn't the dark color with the thin sliced dark mushrooms and the mouthwatering tangy odor it normally has. No, this garbage had CELERY, frozen peas and carrots, CANNED mushrooms and some meat substance in it. NEVER, never in our lives have we seen anyone put meat in a hot and sour soup (much less peas, carrots and celery) and we feared that it was pork. The waitress came over, asked what was wrong because neither of us would touch it, and once we clarified that it was chicken, we decided to brave it.
It tasted like excrement. It was bland, the canned mushrooms tasted like gutter sludge, and the combination of chicken and celery, neither of which should have been in it, made it taste like one of the Clampetts was in the kitchen giving orders. WTF??!!! Ok, so I decided that maybe some soy sauce and hot chili oil would help. I put about a teaspoon of the crushed chilis into the soup and you won't believe this but even the CHILIS had ZERO flavor. None! I even ate a fair amount by ITSELF and tasted nothing. No burn, just a mild oily flavor when I should have been sweating and regretting the crap I was gonna have to take later.
We thought, ok, maybe it's a fluke thing and it's one bad menu item. The entree comes out and I see more canned mushrooms. Are these people serious? They charge full price for this shit, you'd think they could afford to buy fresh mushrooms since I don't think there's one person on the planet who actually LIKES canned mushrooms. Also, the carrots were cut into big, awkward chunks rather than thin sliced as they should have been. This dish was also bland, even when mixed with white rice (which was WAY too dry and obviously not steamed properly) and a ton of soy sauce. We ate enough to kill our hunger pangs, paid the bill and left about 3/4 of both dishes on the table.
I've never been so dissatisfied with a restaurant that I left THAT much food behind.
We chocked it up to a lesson learned and laughed about how their ancestors must either be turning over in their graves at what's become of their cuisines or laughing their asses off at what they're getting ignorant white people to happily pay full price for. Next time, we're going for Mexican food.
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January 8, 2008 @ 7:25 PM
a diner from Corning, CA
Worst chinese food EVER!!!! Rated 1.0 out of 5.0 - - 2007-12-19
Hands down, this was the worst Chinese food I've ever (worse than Montana, people) had in my life! From it's inception, it was a failed mission to find decent food in the boonies.
The entire store front (windows and door alike) were curtained off so that you couldn't see anything from the outside and upon entry, I surmised that it was from the cheap, cafeteria-like atmosphere they boasted inside. The tables were plastic, probably left over from some bygone restaurant in the 40's, the lamps were glaring because they were missing the glass bulb covers and the place didn't smell appetizing in the way a Chinese restaurant should.
Nonetheless, my mother said the Kung Pao Chicken was decent the one time she ate there, so we ventured inside. As neither of us eat pork or beef, we agreed upon hot and sour soup and some dish with snap peas, water chestnuts, carrots, chicken and mushrooms. When the soup came out, it wasn't the dark color with the thin sliced dark mushrooms and the mouthwatering tangy odor it normally has. No, this garbage had CELERY, frozen peas and carrots, CANNED mushrooms and some meat substance in it. NEVER, never in our lives have we seen anyone put meat in a hot and sour soup (much less peas, carrots and celery) and we feared that it was pork. The waitress came over, asked what was wrong because neither of us would touch it, and once we clarified that it was chicken, we decided to brave it.
It tasted like excrement. It was bland, the canned mushrooms tasted like gutter sludge, and the combination of chicken and celery, neither of which should have been in it, made it taste like one of the Clampetts was in the kitchen giving orders. WTF??!!! Ok, so I decided that maybe some soy sauce and hot chili oil would help. I put about a teaspoon of the crushed chilis into the soup and you won't believe this but even the CHILIS had ZERO flavor. None! I even ate a fair amount by ITSELF and tasted nothing. No burn, just a mild oily flavor when I should have been sweating and regretting the crap I was gonna have to take later.
We thought, ok, maybe it's a fluke thing and it's one bad menu item. The entree comes out and I see more canned mushrooms. Are these people serious? They charge full price for this shit, you'd think they could afford to buy fresh mushrooms since I don't think there's one person on the planet who actually LIKES canned mushrooms. Also, the carrots were cut into big, awkward chunks rather than thin sliced as they should have been. This dish was also bland, even when mixed with white rice (which was WAY too dry and obviously not steamed properly) and a ton of soy sauce. We ate enough to kill our hunger pangs, paid the bill and left about 3/4 of both dishes on the table.
I've never been so dissatisfied with a restaurant that I left THAT much food behind.
We chocked it up to a lesson learned and laughed about how their ancestors must either be turning over in their graves at what's become of their cuisines or laughing their asses off at what they're getting ignorant white people to happily pay full price for. Next time, we're going for Mexican food.
Hands down, this was the worst Chinese food I've ever (worse than Montana, people) had in my life! From it's inception, it was a failed mission to find decent food in the boonies.
The entire store front (windows and door alike) were curtained off so that you couldn't see anything from the outside and upon entry, I surmised that it was from the cheap, cafeteria-like atmosphere they boasted inside. The tables were plastic, probably left over from some bygone restaurant in the 40's, the lamps were glaring because they were missing the glass bulb covers and the place didn't smell appetizing in the way a Chinese restaurant should.
Nonetheless, my mother said the Kung Pao Chicken was decent the one time she ate there, so we ventured inside. As neither of us eat pork or beef, we agreed upon hot and sour soup and some dish with snap peas, water chestnuts, carrots, chicken and mushrooms. When the soup came out, it wasn't the dark color with the thin sliced dark mushrooms and the mouthwatering tangy odor it normally has. No, this garbage had CELERY, frozen peas and carrots, CANNED mushrooms and some meat substance in it. NEVER, never in our lives have we seen anyone put meat in a hot and sour soup (much less peas, carrots and celery) and we feared that it was pork. The waitress came over, asked what was wrong because neither of us would touch it, and once we clarified that it was chicken, we decided to brave it.
It tasted like excrement. It was bland, the canned mushrooms tasted like gutter sludge, and the combination of chicken and celery, neither of which should have been in it, made it taste like one of the Clampetts was in the kitchen giving orders. WTF??!!! Ok, so I decided that maybe some soy sauce and hot chili oil would help. I put about a teaspoon of the crushed chilis into the soup and you won't believe this but even the CHILIS had ZERO flavor. None! I even ate a fair amount by ITSELF and tasted nothing. No burn, just a mild oily flavor when I should have been sweating and regretting the crap I was gonna have to take later.
We thought, ok, maybe it's a fluke thing and it's one bad menu item. The entree comes out and I see more canned mushrooms. Are these people serious? They charge full price for this shit, you'd think they could afford to buy fresh mushrooms since I don't think there's one person on the planet who actually LIKES canned mushrooms. Also, the carrots were cut into big, awkward chunks rather than thin sliced as they should have been. This dish was also bland, even when mixed with white rice (which was WAY too dry and obviously not steamed properly) and a ton of soy sauce. We ate enough to kill our hunger pangs, paid the bill and left about 3/4 of both dishes on the table.
I've never been so dissatisfied with a restaurant that I left THAT much food behind.
We chocked it up to a lesson learned and laughed about how their ancestors must either be turning over in their graves at what's become of their cuisines or laughing their asses off at what they're getting ignorant white people to happily pay full price for. Next time, we're going for Mexican food.
