Comments on: A Response to The Food Guy on Chinese Restaurants

by: Anonymous

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 06:51:00 +0000

main kwong is ok. main tin is your normal buffet. wok n roll is ghetto good. taste of asia is the best. they have incredible sushi and i love the dinner boxes for the sushi. plus they deliver sushi and their delivery guy is hot!

by: Anonymous

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:47:00 +0000

I llived in charleston for years and loved both Main Kwong and Main Tin. When I am still in the area (about monthly) I still try to eat at MAin Tin. However I will say this. I think since they expanded the quality has gone down. It doesn’t seem the same to me. I haven’t found a Chinese restaurant that I love here in Akron area though.

by: Anonymous

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:18:00 +0000

I’m still hurt I’m not the Main Kwon lady’s only cake guy. Sniff, sniff. Tito, get me some tissue.

by: Jennifer

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:49:00 +0000

It’s like comparing apples and oranges. It’s simply not done.

Oranges are better than apples.

by: bubbasattva

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:44:00 +0000

Seriously, Wok & Roll, the best in Charleston??????? Mwaaaahhhhaaaa. Come on now. I’ve never had anything from there that was half as good as anything from Main Kwong. Compare shrimp toast. No comparison. Compare, well, anything. Apparently the food snob got weaned on some bad soy sauce or something. I’ve had Chinese food from New York to San Fran and MK holds up against the best of them. W&R simply does not. I have to agree that Taste of Asia is good, but I prefer the dialect of MK to theirs. I used to love to eat at New China when Bill Chin was still alive. It was different from most. Where else could you get Moo Goo Gai KEW instead of that oniony concoction most asian places sell as Moo Goo Gai PAN. Their egg rolls were the best ever. Chinese places come and go. I just wish MK was a little bigger, but perhaps its minisculeness is part of its charm. Seriously, you’re kidding about W&R being better, right?

by: Anonymous

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:06:00 +0000

“I had sesame chicken, my usual order, but it was a whole different animal from any other I’ve tried.”

Was it dog?

The thing is, you can’t compare Main Kwong and Taste of Asia. Main Kwong is one of those wonderful hole in the wall greasy take out places while Taste of Asia is an actual sit down to eat restaurants. It’s like comparing apples and oranges. It’s simply not done.

by: Becca

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:30:00 +0000

LOL You people are cracking me up! Thanks for this review. We moved here in December and have been wondering where I can get good chinese food in this area.

by: Jackie Treehorn

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 07:59:00 +0000

It’s hard to judge a Chinese place by just one meal. The quality of the food changes from day to day, and even from hour to hour. It really depends on who is cooking when you order your food. Since most of these places are not chains, they don’t have any real control over the consistancy(sp?)with the preparation of their menu. Overall the only Chinese food I have had that I thought was better than Main Kwong was some unidentified fried rice type thing I got from a cart in Chinatown, NYC. 7 outta 10 times Main Kwong rocks tha house, and I have sampled a hella lot of Chinese dishes in several major cities in the U.S. I would bet my left foot that their Singapore Rice Noodles are probably among the best in the world

by: Jennifer

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 04:14:00 +0000

Sheesh, what is it about food blogging that brings out the vitriol more than a discussion of Bush’s Iraq war strategy? I just offer my opinions, I don’t claim to be “right.” Other people have the ability to voice disagreement without being @$$holes about it, and I’d say some of our anonymous commenters could take a lesson from them.

To the 2:20 PM anonymous - you’re lying through your yellow teeth. The best Chinese food I have ever eaten in my life was in San Francisco. I can’t remember the name of the place, but it was right down the street from the City Lights bookstore - that beatnik place that Ferlinghetti owns. I had sesame chicken, my usual order, but it was a whole different animal from any other I’ve tried. It had sweet potatoes in it. Mmmmm. Anyway, there’s no way in hell that someone from San Francisco would claim that Main Kwong is the best Chinese food anywhere, unless all of her taste buds were seared off in an unfortunate waffle iron accident.

For me, Taste of Asia easily beats Main Kwong, though the comments here have convinced me not to give up on the place entirely. I haven’t had any of their noodle dishes, which is strange, because when I eat Thai, I always go for the noodle dishes.

Oh, and I always buy Kikkoman soy sauce, if anyone else thinks that’s relevant.

Just remember folks, we’re talking about food, not abortions. Relax a little.

by: lechatnoir

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 21:41:00 +0000

She’s a “redhead,” not a “redneck,” silly! I think she has her reasons- perhaps different “what constitutes good Chinese food” criteria?

For the most part, I trust our new critic–but I have eaten Chinese food ALL over this country and Canada. I lived in NYC, and the “nourriture chinoise” in Paris is actually quite tasty. There is something about Main Kwong’s food that makes it better though. Kwong and Sitar of India were the 2 things I missed most about Charleston!