Cathay Kitchen Chinese Rstrnt

Enough MSG To Kill An Elephant written by Elemani
Last visited this restaurant on August 26, 2006

We are from Lexington & visited Cathay Kitchen Restaurant on August 26, 2006 based upon the former reviews. The following points need to be made:

1. The waiter told us they DO use MSG. We requested it be left out of all foods. We ordered Shrimp Chow Mein & Mongolian Beef with stir fried rice.

2. Upon arrival of the modest portions, the Mongolian Beef was too salty to eat. The rice also had excessive saltiness. Upon getting the attention of the waiter, and reporting the difficulty, he replied, "I guess they added MSG anyway, but I told them not to." We sent back the beef dish. I did not eat the rice. We did eat the average tasting Shrimp Chow Mein.

3. The staff and cook appeared to be inexperienced young persons working for the owner. This was a bad experience. The adage "If you want good food, find a busy restaurant" seems to be true as there was only one other customer in the place.

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