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Cloud_Disconnected t1_izeknk1 wrote

Hong Kong Inn is the most representative of Springfield cashew chicken. It's the quintessential version.

Chinese Chef is my favorite, though.

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lukeman3000 t1_izh5mnj wrote

Dude, have you had Cashew Station on Battlefield? Shit is legit. Love their sweet and sour

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BannedOnClubPenguin t1_izf6eji wrote

Man honestly fuck chinese chef. I grew up on it, loved it so much but something changed. Now my chicken always has bones in it and INSANE shit like just being mushy meat or just tasting like a different recipe completely. I swear its like one day all the tastes and quality changed, I swear i was addicted to it from age like 7-23 and now its literally impossible to get it how i remember it being. But I did try the OTHER chinese chef across town, and it was honestly like the old times! Maybe the one near me changed owners or something because JESUS the change was overnight.

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catosickarious t1_izf852s wrote

I had an ex-friend whose family owns Chinese Chef and there was always sketchy stuff going on with their business. I'm 99% sure they burned down their Campbell location as insurance fraud back in 2018

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Cloud_Disconnected t1_izfgk33 wrote

Weird, I've been going there about twice a month for years and I've never had any of those issues. I certainly never got chicken with bones there!

Are you talking about Chinese Chef on Campbell next to Burger King? As far as I know they only have one location.

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robzilla71173 t1_izfrmzf wrote

There's one on Enterprise north of Sunshine.

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[deleted] t1_izfsj92 wrote

I feel like I should keep it a secret but Yeah the one on east sunshine is killer. It’s not like the Cambell location. I still feel like yen Ching in Ozark is still the best by far in the area.

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Mechanicallvlan t1_izgwra6 wrote

I have no idea who owns these places, but the location on Enterprise changed their name to Cashew Chef quite awhile ago. I assumed the food was the same, but I haven't actually visited the Chinese Chef on Campbell in many years. I grew up off south Campbell, but now I always go to Cashew Chef.

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eva-cybele t1_izg2nma wrote

The one on Sunshine is amazing, the one on Campbell... Extremely hit or miss. I used to live on East Sunshine and I miss it, now that I'm all the way over on the west side

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akarrsgf t1_izgwyh2 wrote

Historically this is untrue. Aurora Sun's fast-food reworking of Leong's original recipe is the one that proliferated throughout the city in the late-70s and early 80s. The only place left serving that recipe is Shanghai Inn. Hong Kong Inn is much gummier and the sauce is not nearly as viscous.

But also, Springfield-style is kind of whatever whoever wants it to be at this point.

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Cloud_Disconnected t1_izgzzgh wrote

Interesting. I haven't had Shanghai Inn since the Kimbrough and Battlefield location closed, they used to be my favorite. I'll have to try it again soon.

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frak808 t1_izh7nxk wrote

Shanghai Inn on N Glenstone? Love their Cashew..

Love lots of others too.. I think a lot of places seem to fluctuate in quality..

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