Adventure 55: Asian Kitchen

Asian Kitchen (no website)
449 State St.
3 Adjectives: Cheap, large, greasy.
Price: appetizer (2-5) entree (5-20)
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Asian Kitchen represents the usual Chinese delivery food available on campus; it's cheap but not anything special. Located in the mall that contains Wasabi, Asian Kitchen does not have much dining room space - but interesting bright yellow walls - and thus, I suggest getting the food delivered to you.

On our most recent Asian Kitchen delivery, I got to try the General Tso's Tofu (right) and Kung Pao Beef (above). The Kung Pao Beef tasted good, but I had to wonder how it differed in flavor from the ten or so other beef dishes that are served at Asian Kitchen. The General Tso's Tofu was a major disappointment considering it was just some fried tofu you can buy from the store coated in General Tso's sauce. However, I can see why it may be more appealing than other vegetarian dishes on the menu since it did taste nice. Additionally, the rest of the food - greasy fried rice, crab ragoon, wonton soup - tasted like pretty standard Americanized Chinese fare. Asian Kitchen is also one of the few places on campus that serves bubble tea, a milky drink with tapioca spheres and a fun extra large straw. The bubble tea is pretty good, albiet a bit oversweetened.

If you do order Asian Kitchen, I highly recommend ordering the lunch combo because it comes with enough food for two meals and is a good deal for $6. You can even order it at 3:59pm and eat it as an early dinner at 5pm. Else, because the prices at the restaurant are higher than its competitor, A8 China, and it only has marginally better food, I would actually recommend ordering at A8 China instead.


Tossy likes some things about Asian Kitchen. AK has some simple vegan dishes, like vegetable lo mein. AK will give you a lot of food for not a lot of money (one pint of lo mein runs about four dollars, one quart is about seven), and very quickly. But like many places that give you a lot of food for not a lot of money, AK has not very tasty tofu. And Tossy has a taste for good tofu. She recommends A8 instead for mass quantities of quickly produced, decently-tasting tofu.