Ching's Chinese Restaurant

This past Thursday (4/28), I decided to stop by Ching's and try their food. I had received a flyer in the mail earlier in the week stating there was a grand opening with coupons included. My favorite Chinese place for carry-out is Great Wall and Imperial Buffet is my favorite for buffet. Ching's is located in Normal in the strip mall area behind KFC on Main St.

I got there around 6:15pm and as soon as I opened the door there was this massive rush of fried food smell that hit me in the face. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, it's just been a long time since I've experienced that. I was pretty sure I would be smelling like Ching's hours after I left.

I ordered a small Chicken Fried Rice and the Sesame Chicken Combo. The combo came with pork fried rice, an eggroll, and one crab rangoon. I waited for about 10 minutes since there were 3 groups of people in front of me.By the time I got home with the food (15 minute drive), it was still hot which was great.

I thought the food tasted pretty good. The Sesame Chicken has a good flavor to it. The rice tasted good, but I like Great Wall's better. The eggroll was good. The crab rangoon wasn't bad, but it's nothing like the Thai House's crab rangoon.

The total was $10.30 which is about the same as Great Wall and some of the other Chinese places for the same order.

I would go back again if I was on that side of town.  One of the interesting menu items I saw while waiting was Chicken Wings with Butter Fries. Never heard of "butter fries." May have to try that sometime. I would also like to try their Lo Mein.

CopperTop

Today we went to the CopperTop to try their cheeseburgers. I guess you can say the Greedy Eaters are on a mission to find the best (non-chain) cheeseburger in Central, IL. So far we've been to Cheeks and Rosie's. We arrived around 4:15 and found the place with few patrons there. The atmosphere was the usual bar feel. Greedy Eater 2 and I both ordered cheeseburgers and split an order of fries. We both thought the cheeseburgers were okay. It was basically a bun, patty, slice of cheese, pickles, a whole bunch of lettuce, and a whole bunch of slices of onions. The ketchup and mustard was by the buffet area. The patty wasn't anything to write home about. The fries were mediocre.

The total bill came to just under $5.00. We would say the CopperTop cheeseburgers rank last behind Cheeks and Rosie's.