China House - Palmer

Best Chinese food in the area. Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20 Recommended dishes: Pork Fried Rice

About a decade ago, a police officer in Palmer relayed the story of discovering that the owner of China House was preparing food in a house next door to the restaurant. He discovered this because he was called to a domestic dispute, walking into the living room there were room temperature chicken bodies hanging from clotheslines at room temperature. But it gets better. He went to use the bathroom, and while at the toilet, noticed that the bathtub was filled to the brim with pork fried rice. Also at room temperature, uncovered, just sitting there for who knows how long while people in the house do their business. I do not know if the restaurant has the same owners now as it did then. But learning this straight from the witness, I never ate anything from that place again as I doubt the neighboring house where food is being made is going to pass any sort of health inspection. It hasn't been any loss. It was the kind of greasy stuff you would expect from a place like this. The people I see waddling in and out when I drive by most days look like they're getting what they want, so if the idea that your fried rice may have spent untold amounts of time sitting uncovered at room temperature in the bathroom being used by the occupants next door before it got to your plate, go for it! Maybe you can even get the staff to serve you a drink in a little toilet-shaped glass with a mini-plunger stirrer. Star rating is purely based on the fact that I don't remember what the food even tasted like other than being greasy and bland (but not actively putrid), but the real-life story should by far override any of that. Beware of bathtub fried rice and clothesline chicken...I don't dare consider what they use the basement or attic for! Service: Take out Price per person: $20–30

Chicken Lo Mein WAS HORRIBLE!!!! SO BAD AND I SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON MY ORDER... Service: Take out Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $20–30 Food: 1 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 3 Recommended dishes: Sweet Sour Chicken Parking space: Plenty of parking Parking options: Free parking lot

This place never disappoints ! Food is awesome! Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Pu Pu Platter, Crab Rangoon, Chicken Wings and Teriyaki Beef Parking space Plenty of parking Parking options Free parking lot

Food makes up for some of the strange service going on here. Dining in I would imagine it's just like dining in anywhere else that you enjoy eating at. But my experience mainly is coming from doing takeout. My take out experience is not the greatest only due to the fact they will give you a time frame for your food exactly 15 minutes. And they will say that to everybody who does take out. So they give everyone a flat time to show up but you're really waiting an additional 10 to 15 minutes. Even on their busiest days there will be a line of people waiting for their food but they still don't tell people different times when they order and the amount of food that are ordering so they aren't honest about that. Other than this the food is great and it's worth the wait (most of the time) Service: Take out Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 2 Recommended dishes: Sesame Ginger Chicken Parking space Plenty of parking Parking options Free parking lot