Prepare for a reboot!

I've returned to Tallahassee and am ready to sample the delicious and not so delicious fried rice that this city has to offer. I may only be here temporarily so this will be a world wind experience (I hope). Stay tuned.

Long delay

I apologize for any folks who might be reading this but I've relocated from Tallahassee. What does that mean? Well first, Tallahassee Fried Rice will not be getting any updates from me....at least not likely anytime soon. It also means that I'm looking for someone to take over this blog. If you're in Tallahassee and you're interested in continuing the blog, please contact me and we'll see what we can do to get it switched over to you. EMAIL REDACTED

Happy Wok

Name: Happy Wok
3813 North Monroe Street #17
Tallahassee, FL 32303

Telephone :

Price: ????

Rice: Brown

Style: Chinese/Thai

Description: Happy Wok used to be the Rice Bowl and has always had a good selection of both Chinese and Thai fare. They used to be a much fancier sit-down restaurant but have scaled back in recent years to primarily to cater to the take out crowd north of I-10. They didn't have vegetable fried rice on the menu but after questioning the server, he was able to provide it. The meal came with lots of vegetable, unfortunately, it wasn't very good. It contained zucchini, mushrooms, water chestnuts, snow pea pods, peas, carrots, broccoli, onion, mini-corn and cabbage. I don't want this review to detract people from going to Happy Wok however, because the other food - the dumplings and the Chicken Larb were both really good!


Fortune: They are never alone who are accompanied by noble thought. (This was a Golden Bowl® Fortune Cookie - Wonton Food Inc Brooklyn NY) (My girlfriend's cookie was much better - her's said "Take a vacation, you will have unexpected gains" She didn't have quite the same opinion of her cooking being all that great.)

Overall: 2

New China Restaurant

Name: New China Restaurant
Unit 13 Old Bainbridge Square
1000 West Tharpe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32303

Telephone : (850) 385-5445
http://newchinafl.com/

Price: $3.50

Rice: Yellow

Style: Chinese

Description: The sign on the wall should have been a warning. It said "If you like our food, please tell your friends. If you don't, then remember, silence is golden." Actually I kind anticipated the place would be rather bland and I was right. The rice was nothing special. Had the usual frozen carrots and peas, barely cooked broccoli, mushrooms, onions and what I'm guessing was cabbage. I also got some teriyaki steak and while it was a heaping amount for relatively little money it was quite chewy, about what I'd expect from a fast food chinese place.


Fortune: Golden investment opportunities are arising. (This was a Golden Bowl® Fortune Cookie - Wonton Food Inc Brooklyn NY)

Overall: 2

Name: Emerald Garden
2910 Kerry Forrest Parkway
Suite A-4
Tallahassee, FL 32309

Telephone : (850) 894-3229
http://emeraldgardenonline.com/

Price: $3.95

Rice: Yellow

Style: Chinese

Description: Never go to a chinese place when nobody else is there and the cooks are eating. They had some amazing looking food that wasn't on the menu, of course. Anyway, I went with the girlfriend and had some veggie fried rice and steamed dumplings (because earlier we had watched Anthony Bourdain in China eating some awesome looking dumplings). The rice was nothing special. I think I'm getting more critical as I go along. This could have been a 2 or 3. It had both frozen carrot cubes and sliced carrots, frozen peas, bamboo, water chestnuts, snow peas, broccoli and cabbage.


Fortune: Time is money. (Another Hunsty fortune cookie with no real fortune only a proverb.)

Overall: 2

Name: Golden Dragon
1964 W Tennessee St # 19
Tallahassee, FL 32303

Telephone : (850) 575-8868

Price: $5.75 (hot wings with veggie fried rice)

Rice: Yellow

Style: Chinese

Description: I'm still trying to get veggie fried rice but also order some meat. This time I got the Hot Wings with veggie fried rice. This appears mostly to be a takeout joint though they do have some booths to sit in. My biggest blog fan and I decided to hit this joint together. She had veggie lo mein (I believe). The rice wasn't that good (and neither were the wings for that matter, they were undercooked and greasy). The rice had the typical broccoli, onions, frozen carrots and peas and some mushrooms. It was nothing to write home about and actually not very good.


Fortune:

Overall: 2

Name: Zheng's Chinese
1350 East Tennessee Street Ste. C1b
Tallahassee, FL 32308

Telephone : (850) 942-9990

Price: $3.99 (for the fried rice)

Rice: Yellow

Style: Chinese

Description: This is almost exclusively a takeout joint though they did have a few tables that myself and my friend Lindsay sat at. They had kids playing all around and our server carried a little baby as a backpack. I ordered a pint of veggie fried rice and some fantail shrimp. The rice was alright, nothing special. It came with onions, broccoli, mini-corn, snow peas, carrots, cabbage and sprouts. The carrots were noticeably not the pre-cut frozen kind though overall the vegetables didn't seem especially fresh.


Fortune: Had to ask for it as I was leaving, but haven't opened it yet. EDIT: "You will attend an unusual party and meet someone important"

Overall: 3