The Yummy House

I know that some of you readers probably don't live in Gainesville, FL, but this is my time to get on my soap box about Chinese restaurants. We all have our Chinese restaurants and Chinese takeout restaurants. What's funny is that no matter how bad they are, we keep ordering from there... don't we? Why? We all want to experience that delicious far east taste but for some of us, that means ordering spaghetti lomein and questionable fried chicken balls. And yet, we stick them like we are married to them because we love it. For those living in the Gainesville area, I suggest taking a trip to a real Chinese restaurant...sit down style...with a menu that reflects authenticity mixed with "new york style" Chinese. This is Yummy House. It is so simple and yet everything works so well. The sauces are scrumptious. Laced with crack? Could be. But I think it's just amazing recipes passed down through the restaurant's family for generations. I have gone there a few times since they opened, and every single time is like eating cake for the first time and I act like I am an overly excited 6 year old. I have had a few of their dishes which are as follows:

•  Mongolian Beef - so tender and in a sweet, sticky and slightly spicy brown sauce tossed with golden onions, chili peppers for look and crunchy scallions
•  Black Bean Chicken- NOT SPANISH TASTING by any means, but a shiny brown sauce sprinkled with black beans and a tinge of far east curry flavor mixed with red peppers, onions, and celery slices.
• Egg Rolls- more like spring rolls with savory egg roll filling, crispy and hot with sweet chili dipping sauce
•  Spicy Yummy Chicken- fried, spicy, yummy, what more can I say?
•  Sesame Chicken- fried white meat chicken in a honey sesame brown sauce
• Honey Walnut shrimp- an absolute MOUTHGASM that will stop you in mid-chew. Jumbo shrimp, lightly fried and covered in creamy sauce, tossed with candied walnuts coated in honey and sesame seeds. To die for. 
•  Hot and Sour Soup- if you order the soup for one here, you get soup for six. Delicious. 
•  Schezuan Chicken- a work of art with a spicy kick, but again, has that sweet spicy brown sauce mixed with vegetables. 
• Lomein- not in anyway spaghetti noodles. Delicious and lightly flavored so you can mix the noodles in with those tempting sauces from other meat dishes. 
• Hot oolong tea- they bring you a whole pot so you can keep drinking all night. 

 AND...its BYOB.  Can more restaurants adopt this trend please? 

Granted the parking is very limited and there may be a wait because..well...people call it the Yummy House for a reason. But you won't wait long and you will be treated with the utmost kindness and respect as one of their guests. 

In your town, find your own Yummy House, whether it is a new place you were scared to try, or something else on the menu at your good ol' takeout place around the corner. Expand expand expand....and long live Yummy House!