Comfort Food!

For some, it means chicken and dumplings or fried chicken, or gumbo. For me, it means a nice, hot bowl of noodles. I went to Oriental House for dinner tonight, and I was in heaven! I've driven past it before, and it looked like your average take-out Chinese place, albeit a little more "authentically" (if we lived in the 1800s) decorated. However, I noticed a review on LouisvilleHotBytes indicating they had an authentic Chinese menu, so I went over there for dinner tonight. The authentic menu is great -- mostly HK style dishes, including braised beef noodle soup, which was what I had. I wanted to try so many things, but I was by myself, and I've stopped trying to embarrass myself in public by eating a lot. The table next to me got a roast duck and plate of gai lan, and it looked soooo good. The people who run the place are very nice as well, and trying to really build up a following for their authentic menu. The soup was as good as Sang Kee's in Philly, and we all know how much I like Sang Kee. My only complaint is that they didn't have wonton noodle soup -- only beef, roast pork, and duck -- the meatier broths, rather than the lighter ones. Oh well. It's still really good and I can't wait to go back -- with people! I had to really exercise self-control to not order three more dishes to go :)