Yeah, some of those hole in the wall joints have the best food ever!
I had to get this motel on skid row a long time ago in Denver. My roommate picked it. Had some crazy name like...The Dew Drop Inn. And, they really did rent rooms by the day and/or hour! Place was a real dump.
Anyway, across Colfax (which if you've been to Denver, people will tell you to stay away from this street if you value your life) was this little hole in the wall Chinese joint. Everything they served was just off the rails good! It was all takeout. Barely two people could stand inside at the same time. This little Chinese gal worked in this place, barely spoke any English at all. While all their food was just awesome, they had one dish which would just blow your doors off! Fried Rice. They didn't call it any certain kind of fried rice, just "Fried Rice". I must have asked this old woman a hundred times (if I asked her once) what was in it. I'd get "Chicken" as part of her 40 second long answer of about (93) Cantonese words. The rest of it was unintelligible. I know it had curry in it, and also probably sesame oil (and probably about 9 Tsp of MSG too), but man, was that stuff good!! I'd stumble over there after leaving the bar in the parking lot of this seedy motel and order this, and that was it. That shit was the BOMB!! Loved that stuff.
I went back there like 10 years later to get that Fried Rice again, but they were long gone. Replaced by a greasy Mexican joint.
I had to get this motel on skid row a long time ago in Denver. My roommate picked it. Had some crazy name like...The Dew Drop Inn. And, they really did rent rooms by the day and/or hour! Place was a real dump.
Anyway, across Colfax (which if you've been to Denver, people will tell you to stay away from this street if you value your life) was this little hole in the wall Chinese joint. Everything they served was just off the rails good! It was all takeout. Barely two people could stand inside at the same time. This little Chinese gal worked in this place, barely spoke any English at all. While all their food was just awesome, they had one dish which would just blow your doors off! Fried Rice. They didn't call it any certain kind of fried rice, just "Fried Rice". I must have asked this old woman a hundred times (if I asked her once) what was in it. I'd get "Chicken" as part of her 40 second long answer of about (93) Cantonese words. The rest of it was unintelligible. I know it had curry in it, and also probably sesame oil (and probably about 9 Tsp of MSG too), but man, was that stuff good!! I'd stumble over there after leaving the bar in the parking lot of this seedy motel and order this, and that was it. That shit was the BOMB!! Loved that stuff.
I went back there like 10 years later to get that Fried Rice again, but they were long gone. Replaced by a greasy Mexican joint.