China Garden

We tried China Garden to compare it to the Chinese place right by our house where we regularly go. We got the same thing we regularly do. China Garden was pretty good, but not as good as China Moon (on MLK). I always get the General Tso's Chicken. China Garden's General Tso's Chicken was good. Solid 4 out of 5. The sauce was a little browner and richer than the General Tso's Chicken we usually get, which usually has a slightly redder sauce. The difference in flavor was rather subtle, but I prefer China Moon's. Even so, it was good. My wife got the homestyle tofu. It was also very similar to China Moon's. The difference there was even smaller, though my wife said she was give the edge to China Moon. My son got the fried dumplings and shrimp lo mein. The dumplings were good, with a fair amount of flavor without the sauce. The sauce was more of a seasons soy sauce with a fair bit of kick (not really spicy, but there was some spice). China Moon wins on the dipping sauce, but it was probably sixes on the dumplings themselves. The shrimp lo mein was the big disappointment. It was the most bland lo mein I have had in a long time. There wasn't any real flavor to it. Lo mein can be done a number of ways, but it should have some flavor. China Garden's shrimp lo mein was very underwhelming. The price was similar to China Moon - perhaps slightly more. Service was fast (we ordered online). The store itself is definitely a hole in the wall, but seemed fine for that. It looks to have a reinforced counter area, suggesting they are trying to avoid robberies. I'd go back for the General Tso's chicken, homestyle tofu, and dumplings, but definitely not for the lo mein.