We love
good Chinese food so when we heard a few positive comments from our friends about a Chinese
restaurant in nearby Madisonville Tennessee, we decided to give it a try…
This is
La Fortune Cuisine. It’s located in a
strip mall just off the east side of US Hwy. 411. A big Wal-Mart is located just north of this
strip center.
The
interior of La Fortune was a bit more upscale than we expected for a small town
Chinese restaurant. It is spacious and
comfortable, providing a relaxing atmosphere…
We
started out with hot tea, the usual crisps and a bowl of hot and sour
soup. The soup was decent…lots of
mushrooms…but it wasn’t as spicy hot as we prefer and it could have been a bit warmer.
Then we
ordered the Crab Rangoon as our appetizer. ($4.95) One of our friends who was their with a group, had
cautioned us on this offering but we had already placed our order. Our friend was right! This was the strangest Crab Rangoon that we’ve
ever had! The wonton wrappers used to
enclose the crab and cream cheese mixture were super thick and heavy…and they
seemed to have sugar on them.? Worse yet,
if there was any crab in the filling, we must have missed it! Not a winner…
Laurie
chose the spicy Chicken in Szechuan Sauce for her dinner. ($8.95) It looked appetizing... The first
problem was that despite the fact that she told our waitress that she wanted it
extra spicy, there was absolutely no ‘heat’ in this dish. Beyond that, the little bits of chicken seem ‘old’
or odd and didn’t taste right. Needless to say, Laurie didn’t finish her meal…
I went
with one of my standby choices for my entrée.
This was the Royal Chicken…white meat chicken battered and deep fried in
a hot spicy sauce with broccoli. ($9.75) It was OK although it wasn’t spicy at all. Once I procured some Chinese chili sauce, I
was OK with my dinner. It wasn’t my
favorite version of this dish though, that’s for sure.
La
Fortune Chinese Cuisine was a disappointment for us although the locals have
supported it for a number of years. The
most positive comment I can offer is that you get a lot of food at a low
cost.
This restaurant is located near
the Wal-Mart at 111 Kefauver Lane in Madisonville Tennessee. Phone: 423-442-8899. They are open Tuesdays through Sundays for
lunch and dinner. I couldn’t find a
website for La Fortune Chinese Cuisine.
Just
click on any of the photos to enlarge them…
Thanks
for stopping by to see what was for dinner!
Take
Care, Big Daddy Dave
It's a shame, but it's been our experience that if a restaurant is in a strip center with a grocery store or near a Walmart, it's unlikely that the food will be good. Also I find it's very difficult to find good Chinese food out any more, unless you are in a big city, otherwise it's usually a buffet, inexpensive, with large servings of tasteless food.
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I forgot to add that we've pretty much given up on finding good Chinese food out any more. So when we're hungry for Chinese, we get out our wok and make our own at home.
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Sometimes happens and not only with chinese food David, many times I dont eat chinese. I love wonton :)
ReplyDeleteSorry Laurie food wasnt good David :(
Remember - this is Madisonville we're talking about :-)
ReplyDeleteLooks good! We had dinner at a great Chinese Restaurant Saturday night. The food was delicious, but the prices at yours are much better - you know what the Chicago area prices!
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