3 Chefs Chinese Restaurant in Miami, FL

On a visit to South Florida, I had dinner at 3 Chefs Chinese Restaurant in Miami. It was a nice night, so we decided to dine outside at the tables 3 Chefs had out front.

I ordered the Szechuan Shrimp dinner combination. This meal started with a bowl of wonton soup.

An egg roll was served next:

Which was then followed by the main course. This came with several large shrimp mixed with various vegetables. The sauce used on the Szechuan shrimp had a nice kick, which is a good thing. The little pepper icon on the menu denoting a spicy dish actually meant something here. Fried rice was served on the side.

3 Chefs Chinese Restaurant served pretty standard American style Chinese food. Everything was fairly similar to what countless other Chinese restaurants serve. Regardless, the food was tasty. I enjoyed the sauce on the shrimp and it came with a nice variety of vegetables.

Uncle Lee's Szechuan China Room in Baltimore, MD

I did some visiting in the Baltimore area. While there, I parked in Little Italy and walked towards the Inner Harbor. I didn't want to actually eat in the Inner Harbor, so I headed a few blocks away and came across a Chinese restaurant located inside a large building that was formerly a bank. It seemed like the restaurant had a bit of an identity crisis since there were three different names outside the restaurant. The China Room was located on the side of the building. Uncle Lee's Szechuan Restaurant was on the awning out front. Finally, Uncle Lee's Harbor Restaurant was on the window above the door.

The inside of the restaurant was very impressive. I don't know if this building was something else between a bank and Chinese restaurant, but modern banks definitely aren't built this way. The interior was decorated with all sorts of ornate features. It didn't look very Chinese (except for the lantern globe lights that were added), but it was a very unique building to be eating lunch in.

I started with an appetizer of scallion pancakes. These are hard to find in Florida, so I decided to get these fried pancakes when I saw them on the menu.

A cup of wonton soup was served next. The dumplings were good although the broth could have used improvement. It was completely clear and basically tasted like warm water.

For my meal, I had one of the lunch specials called Baby Shrimp with Szechuan Rice Wine Sauce. A big plate of shrimp was served swimming in sauce. There were hardly any vegetables in here and was a bit boring. Although the menu noted that this was spicy, it hardly had any kick. Rice was served on the side which was very useful in soaking up the pool of sauce.

I found the food here to be a bit mediocre. The prices were also very affordable and the building was way cool. Can't win with everything...

China Lee in Orlando, FL

I ate lunch at China Lee in the MetroWest area of Orlando. This Chinese takeout restaurant is hidden away on the back side of a strip mall located in the parking lot of a Walmart. Typical of most restaurants like this, there were only a few tables for dining in with most of their business being to-go. My meal here consisted of the Szechuan shrimp combination.

While the price was a couple of dollars more than what I've seen at other similar restaurants, the reason was quickly apparent when my food was ready. The portion size was huge, probably double of what many other Chinese restaurants serve in these combinations. The Szechuan shrimp were large, served with lots and lots of vegetables, including peppers, broccoli, squash, onions, carrots, snow peas, corn, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and water chestnuts. This Szechuan shrimp was also much spicier than what I've had elsewhere, which is always a good thing. That little pepper symbol on the menu actually meant something. A large serving of fried rice was also included alongside the shrimp as well as an egg roll. I'd return to China Lee again...

Szechuan Chicken from Imperial Dynasty

I returned to Imperial Dynasty in Longwood, FL and ordered the Szechuan Chicken early bird dinner.

Wonton soup and an egg roll were the included appetizers. Similar to my experience on my last visit, I found the soup to be a bit too salty. Everything else about the soup is good except for the saltiness. I had no complaints about the pork egg roll.

Szechuan Chicken was a good choice. I wanted something spicy, and this dish definitely provided that. The chicken was cooked with carrots, cabbage, scallions, and onions, and was served with brown rice. I'm sometimes disappointed with chicken dishes in Chinese Restaurants, but I had no complaints about this Szechuan Chicken!

Szechuan Shrimp from China Wok III

I ate Szechuan Shrimp from China Wok III in Sanford, Florida today. The Szechuan Shrimp was pretty similar to the Szechuan Chicken that I have eaten from here in the past, only with a different meat. They gave good sized shrimp, mixed with plenty of vegetables. It was served with steamed rice and some wonton soup that needed salt badly...

Wah-Luck Kitchen

I ate Chinese food from Wah-Luck Kitchen in Franklin Square, New York. I picked up the take out, which consisted of scallion pancakes, wonton soup, and Szechuan chicken. The pancakes were a tasty treat since there are no Chinese restaurants in Florida that serve this menu item.

The soup tasted like normal wonton soup...

The chicken was a disappointment. Compared to other Szechuan chicken dishes that I have ordered elsewhere, the sauce was very thick and tomato-paste like. The sticky sauce got stuck on the food and was way too overpowering. I should have gone with lo-mein. You can't go wrong with lo-mein...

China Wok III

Szechuan chicken, fried rice, and wonton soup from China Wok III in Sanford, Florida. It was all very good, but I didn't realize the lunch special that I ordered came with rice. I would have definitely gone with steamed rice rather than the fried rice. Otherwise it was all good. The chicken was nice and spicy with lots of veggies, and it was under $5 too!