The Great Cheesecake Debate…

We’re in the process of writing up our review of Maxie’s Southern Comfort.

Dinner was excellent, although we have quite a rant about our takes on what a good cheesecake consists of…  Stay posted.

While we’re on the topic of cheesecake, what is your preference?  Are you a traditionalist (plain, no toppings please) or a cheesecake non-conformist (pile on the chocolate and change up the crust)?  Pick sides with us – Where do you stand on this key issue?  Post your thoughts here.

Be sure to visit Maxie’s website to check out the latest specials.

Fortune Chinese Restaurant: Fresh and Fast

In honor of Chinese New Year, we are checking out some recommended Chinese spots.   Let us know if you have another recommendation, so we have another excuse to go on a date!

Where:

Fortune Chinese Restaurant
2945 S 108th – West Allis, WI
(414) 328-9890

Quality:

4 of 5 Hearts

Service:

4 of 5 Hearts

Price Range:

$9-13

What We Ordered

House Delight, General Tso’s Chicken, House Fried Rice, Egg Rolls, Egg Fu Young, Egg Drop Soup, Hot Tea
Our meal totaled $37.40 with tax. Add a 20% tip rounded up and it was an additional 7.50. (Yes, we tip better than Rachel Ray!)

Quality

He Said:
Very good, didn’t go for the soy sauce a single time throughout my meal – everything was well seasoned.

She Said:
Incredibly fresh ingredients. The vegetables were always perfectly crisp in every dish.

Service

He Said:
The service was excellent! We never had to ask for a refill of anything.

She Said:
They were quick to bring fresh, hot items to the table. Plus, the waitress kept up with my camel-like water consumption – not once did we have to request refills or to have the table cleared.

Details

He Said:
The egg fu young is the best I’ve ever had. The bean sprouts were still crispy and the gravy wasn’t thick or overpowering. The egg drop soup was a bit on the salty side. I enjoyed the crispy fresh vegetables in the egg roll. I recommend mixing the hot mustard and the sweet & sour sauce – the mustard is very hot and the sweet & sour balances it well. We also ordered what is usually my favorite dish, General Tso’s Chicken (breaded chicken with green peppers, carrots, baby corn). This turned out to be my least favorite, due to an odd, almost citrus aftertaste, and the chicken pieces were on the small side.

She Said:
The House Delight was actually my favorite dish. It is a combination of mixed vegetables (broccoli, baby corn, water chestnuts, snow peas, mushrooms) and an assortment of meat (beef, chicken, shrimp). The flavors were perfectly balanced, vegetables were crispy and the sauce was not overpowering or goopy. I was not as impressed by the house rice, which seemed to be lacking. Perhaps a greater amount of vegetables or meat would have helped. The texture was palatable but lacked the variety I expected.

Final Comments

He Said:
For a date, I’d recommend ordering multiple items and sharing, which allows both of you to try something new. The meal ended with fresh orange slices (a nice touch!) and a fortune cookie containing the following note: “Listen attentively, you will come out ahead in the coming week”, with which I agreed.

She Said:
I loved the option to make any entrée a dinner – this made ordering very easy, and provided a completely filling meal. Although we came for dinner, Fortune also offers a great lunch special, which consists of a main dish with egg roll and fried rice for under $6.

Love, Life… And Lunch?

This collaboration began as an idea to have something that the two of us do together for fun. We do so many things ‘together but separately’ in so many areas, so this is really refreshing for us since it’s quite frankly a little break from reality.

You’ll find our insights about love, and life and the places we dine at in between…

We’ve begun the tradition of going on ‘date night’ to mix things up a little bit. We tend to be homebodies, and if we had no reason to get out, we probably wouldn’t. Sometimes a nice quiet spot at home can be the most relaxing, but we’ve realized the importance of not getting stuck in a rut. Over dinner one night we decided to start writing reviews together, since we always critique and discuss our dining experiences anyway, so it’s obviously something we enjoy. So here goes. Intermingled with that you’ll find random ramblings about other life and love topics.

By the way, thanks for reading this far. We hope you enjoy the rest. If anything, you’ll get some great ideas about where to go for your ‘date night’ and maybe learn a little bit from us or about us along the way.

Peace,

Rob & Jen