Imperial Palace

Hello Beautiful People, I had a taste for Chinese. So of course I snooped around on Google to see what Freeport has for Chinese cuisine 😁 Not many choices...so I took a chance on Imperial Palace. My choice was take out; but they are open for Dinning in. I ordered for 2 and got the Combination Fried Rice, Combination Low Mein, and the Kung Poa Chicken to go. The wait was only 10 minutes ( not bad ), $37 and some change. While waiting peaked at the dinning area and they offer dim lighting with a quiet atmosphere, so it made me think of date night , maybe? But it wasn't busy at all, seems like they do better in take out. When I got home I was hoping for good? What I will say is I'm spoiled by China Town in Chi Town...😉 The food seemed under flavored the rice in my opinion was sticky and over cooked so it was all balled up and didn't want to break up.🤔 I would say for what I got it's overpriced and didn't leave me with wanting to go back...hmm So I'm going to try another city and hopefully I can cure my Chinese food craving...😁. I noticed they didn't have their menu posted so I got a few photos before I left.

I don't usually post food reviews, and never posted a negative one before. Over the years I've probably eaten at Imperial Palace 100's of times, both lunch and dinner. Typically the food has been excellent. Up until Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, when I picked up an order. Nothing unusual about it; it was something I'd ordered dozens of times previously. One item was hot and sour soup. I don't know what happened, but it was a disaster. Instead of a light, tangy soup the container held brown mush. As if the corn starch container had spilled into the soup. The flavor was nothing like I'd had before. In truth, whatever it was should never have left the kitchen. Sadly, the disaster didn't end there. The entree was chicken and vegetables in a sauce. The sauce was a sticky brown glue that was like nothing previously served and the veggie were mush. I hesitate to say it tasted bad because it was edible. Barely. But it was of such poor quality that, again, it never should have left the kitchen. Normally after a meal there's some soup and entree left over that gets reheated on a later day. In this case, it probably will be thrown out. Yeah, it's that bad. I might eat it...........if I was starving. I get that covid has hit restaurants hard and that finding and keeping employees has been a challenge. So these comments are offered as constructively as possible. Something is wrong and needs to be fixed quickly. If not, my fear is Freeport will lose what formerly had been an excellent Chinese restaurant.