China Delight
CLOSED$$ •
524 Somerville Ave, Somerville
China Delight Reviews
In this day and age, I can't understand why China Delight isn't fully open. Still takeout only! Bet they are losing a lot of dough not having the bar open. Wonder where the townies are going now and if they'll ever come back when the walls of Fort Knox come down!
Got the fried bean curd and broccoli ($12.95) with some steamed rice (&2.75) through delivery.com, and it really hit the spot. The bean curd (fried tofu) had a nice chewiness and meatiness to it, and the rice and broccoli were the perfect texture. It's a lot of food, too; pictured in the 6" diameter bowl is less than half of what I ordered. I selected "medium" spiciness but couldn't really taste any spiciness, so I would probably recommend the "spicy" spiciness level.
I have been a faithful customer of China Delight for over 20 years. The food is always hot, tasty and fresh but I will say lately their chicken products have not tasted the same, especially their chicken wings, they are noticably smaller -like two bites small- and it has a sort of weird taste to it. I don't know if they have changed the vendor they receive their food from if so it is a change for the worse. Also, their chicken fingers were not fully cooked the last TWO times I...read full review