Take-Out Lunch: Fortune Cookie

My parents ordered lunch at a Chinese restaurant in Orange called Fortune Cookie. I think we’ve eaten there several times before the pandemic and the food was okay. The decor was definitely nicer that your typical Chinese restaurant will nice upholstered booths. They ordered three dishes: spicy/cashew chicken, braised string beans, and chicken lettuce wrap. It was probably the worst tasting restaurant Chinese I’ve had in a long time. The string beans were not seasoned and the stir-fried chicken dish had stinky bamboo shoots. Afterwards, my dad called to ask them what’s up and they said their main chef skipped work due to the coronavirus. I guess they had their line cooks make the food and it shows. The restaurant said they will cook another dish for us for free. Not sure if my dad took them up on it since it will probably taste just as bad.