My nephew Isaiah (aka Zae) and I

My nephew Isaiah (aka Zae) and I

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Chinese Order: Orange chicken

A few Friday's ago, I came home from a long 40 hours of work week and wanted to do nothing more than sit on the leather chair, I so often fall asleep in, and watch "Say Yes to the Dress." As everyone else was going out for the evening, I called the local Chinese place to find that they had recently changed owners and no longer went by "The Golden Palace" as they had been known for years. Actually they had no name and no menu for me to see. I decided to go for something that every Chinese place has: Orange Chicken. It took nearly 7 minutes just to give the woman my order and address for delivery before she told me my order needed to be 15 dollars for delivery.
"Fine add some crab Rangoon if that will make it 15." It took at least another 7 minutes of repeating my address, order, and giving my debit card number before I finally was able to put the phone down.
"I don't ever expect to see that Chinese order," I told my mom with a preceding roar of laughter from the both of us. I waited about 30 minutes until a man came to deliver my food which was handed to my dad. And we both completely forgot to tip as he signed the receipt.** I opened my bags to find an order a crab Rangoon, 17 packets of sweet and sour sauce, 3 fortune cookies, and an order of cashew chicken. Rather than starting the order process all over again, I settled in on the crab Rangoon and cashew chicken.
20 minutes later...I had already eaten my fill of Chinese food when there was a knock at the door. The Chinese man who had been at my door just earlier was there with another bag in his hand. Before I said a word, he handed me the bag and spoke only one word.
"Sorry" and ran away from the house. I chuckled at the quick yet awkward exchange and looked inside my bag to find a full order of Orange Chicken.
Morale of the story is....Wait to eat your food until the right order comes or order from the established Chinese place and avoid the start ups if you can't be flexible to eat Cashew Chicken when you ordered Orange Chicken.
**I never would promote not tipping - in fact I still feel guilty for forgetting this!

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