Taste of China

Great spot for lunch. Can’t beat the lunch special– full meal for less than $ 6. The food is definitely good, too— it doesn’t have a chemically taste that I have found in some other Chinese joints. The service is also very quick and the place is nice and clean. I recommend for any Chinese food urges you may have!

TOO MUCH SOY-​SAUCE. I came here for lunch a few days ago and was genuinely excited to eat Chinese food. A lot of my Chinese coworkers come here for lunch, so I thought it would be pretty authentic. I had the basil chicken with rice. The taste was alright and the dish had lots of vegetables, but I was disgusted by the amount of soy sauce they put in the dish… will most likely never come back again!

I came to this place for the first time about five years ago. I had smoothie/​milkshake here with banana, strawberry and mango flavors. Not sure if they still carry them. Over the years, I have tried their food options. This is a nice quiet place for lunch/​dinner. The food is reasonable in price and quality. Service was professional and food was ready quickly. Recently I had tofu and vegetables with friend rice. I would definitely return to satisfy my Chinese food cravings.

Good ginger fish

Given that there aren’t many food options around the hospital, sometimes I come here to satisfy my craving for Chinese food. However, the food on average is just BAD. I don’t know how they can continue to survive serving food like this — I guess there is no other competition around. The only averagely decent dishes I’ve tried were the yang chow fried rice and the ginger fish. I ordered the sweet and sour chicken to go once, and it was the worst dinner I ever had — 10 sad looking pieces of batter-​coated fried chicken on a bed of rice with a red synthetic looking sauce which really tasted bad.
Go to this place only if you really need a Chinese craving fix … if not, run away! It’s not worth your calories!

As one of the few places to eat around the Hospital, this was one of the only things open after 5pm.
The first thing I noticed was the small portions. It’s not an expensive meal, but they skimp on servings all around and meat on my boyfriend’s dish (I’m vegetarian). I’d rate this as a very tiny half step above Panda Express, but more hole-​in-​the-​wall. It has the same MSG/​greasy but not in a good way/​bland lazy «Chinese» food.
I wouldn’t go again unless I was really desperate.
One plus: proximity to the medical campus and it’s open later than most other things in that area.

WORST CHINESE FOOD EVER. I usually don’t even get Chinese food when I come here… I get the fried chicken.
Don’t bother with the fries, they are like the crappy frozen fries you buy from the store.
Chow fun sucks. Don’t get the «fried rice” — you’re better off making it at home.
OK: ginger fish.

just a quick update… if you are thinking «noodles» and want to order «chow mein» off their menu, you are sadly deluding yourself. for some strange reason, chow mein is served on rice, not noodles. if you want noodles, stick with the lo mein (tasty but a bit salty) or the singapore noodles (quite good)!

When I used to work at JHSPH, I’d occasionally come by to get lunch here. Definitely not the best food by any standards… but for some reason I kept going back. And even though I no longer work there, sometimes I’ll still go back to grab lunch with friends.
For lunch, the price is very cheap… roughly 5 dollars. I think the lunch prices are til 4PM or something in that general timeframe. Plus, the portions are very generous. I typically split one order with a friend or save half for dinner.
That being said, the food is mediocre. For instance, if you ever ordered the General Tso Chicken and Sesame Chicken at the same time, you might have noticed that its the exact same thing… except the sesame chicken has some sesame seeds sprinkled on it. haha. That being said, I still like to order the General Tso Chicken… it’s perhaps a bit on the sweet side but it’s usually nicely crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. I’d suggest opting for the white rice over the fried as the fried is a little too greasy and salty.
Yeah, its not great but for the price, you can’t really argue much. Plus they’re pretty fast when it comes to preparing your food (or you can call in ahead for pickup). It’s decent and, if you are working at the hospital or public health school, it gives a good excuse to go outside and enjoy the sunshine.

I agree with Nancy H. Slim pickings around the Hopkins hospital area. This place does offer some reasonable asian food — a bit better than the Chinese food you get in the Eastern Market.

Yeesh. I must say that it is SLIM PICKINS’ eating around Johns Hopkins Hospital. No wonder I usually bring my own lunch.
We had sesame chicken and the shrimp chow mein. Sesame chicken was basically very sweet chicken smothered in sauce with rice and a single piece of broccoli. The shrimp chow mein was oily with no veggies and basically noodles and a few pieces of shrimp (and all that oil). For 5 bucks each maybe the hospital cafeteria Subway might’ve been a better choice. Top it off with 1.50 for a biggg can of green tea because this stuff will leave you thirsty.
The one benefit is that it was FAST and it does get you out of the air of the hospital for a nice walk in the sun outside. Buttttttttt I would keep on walking towards the Market a block down for something else to eat.