Hunan Cafe

We order lo mein, fried rice, and hunan chicken. I like that the fried rice was not overly salty, it was nice and flavorful and crisp. We got the veggie version and all the veggies were sautéed perfectly along with the rice. The hunan chicken had jalapeño which I though were a nice touch. It was spicy but had depth of flavor as well.

We were pleased to see a new Chinese fast casual restaurant open in Burke. We ordered the General Tso Chicken, Pork Lo Mein, Pork Fried Rice, Crispy Beef, Cashew Chicken and fried dumplings. As no peppers are native to China (all of the varieties you find today were introduced to China 350 years ago from the Americas) I've often found jalepenos present as a mild pepper catering to westerners in Chinese dishes. The Chinese-American dish, General Tso chicken from Hunan Cafe had jalepenos, and it was delicious. The crispy fried chicken and slightly sweet sauce was perfectly complemented by the mild heat of the jalepenos. My children even, who don't prefer their food to be too spicy, liked it. I've seen jalepenos used in the hot pepper chicken dish at Mama Chang as well, which is a Peter Chang restaurant. So the presence of this pepper is more common than one would think, in authentic Chinese cuisine. The dumplings were very good, the lo mein was delicious as was the pork fried rice and cashew chicken. The crispy beef was another highlight, with lightly crisp fried beef strips and sauteed vegetable shreds with a deliciously salty brown sauce. The highlight of all was the General Tso, which Hunan Cafe differentiates with the mellow heat of jalepenos. When I go back, I will be ordering this dish again. Hunan Cafe is a great addition to our options in Burke.

Very clean very tasty what else can you ask for?