Golden Bowl - Barrington

That was our favorite Chinese take place we tried. for years. definitiw no great sit down restaurant, but great for takeout!

Eat quite marginally. the garnels, castors and vultures of fish. the decor is pretty rough, but I was hoping that it would be better to eat.

Big. only coarse. extremely high-quality eating. old tasting rice. Crab-Rangoon filled with straight cream cheese. hard-broken general Tso chicken.

Now let me start with I should have known better. It's pretty obvious from the onset you are not in for a culinary treat. Yet I still went ahead and placed an order as I was in a bit of a jam. Sketchy Chinese places don't scare me off as the food can actually be alright. Pretty easy equation frozen food from Cisco, fry it up in msg in a high powered wok put some sauce on it and ten minutes later after some self reflection on life decisions that got you to this point you are on your way. But general Tao must be rolling over in his grave. The secret sauce to the bowl is they microwave the food. Not sure if the trafficking business slowed due to covid but a microwave?? You need to trust your gut with this place if not it will make you pay. I have no idea how this place is still in business

I echo the sentiments of others who have written about the fact that what the restaurant lacks in ambience, it makes up for by delivering straight up, American style, Chinese takeout. The food looks delicious and tastes exactly as you want it to when you order your usual go-to lunch special. The broccoli is cooked but crisp, and the bits of pork in the pork fried rice are above average in flavor and size. Yes, going back.