Chang Jiang, Madison, Wisconsin Restaurant Details

Food:

Really good chinese food at a good price.

Be careful you call the correct one, I accidentally called the wrong one once and had to drive half way across town to get my food. Totally not their fault though.

Food:

Typical chinese food that is very willing to work with you on your order.

Food:

It's cheap for a reason.

If cheap biomass is what you're looking for, then Chang Jiang is the place for you. However, if food quality matters at all, it's best to give this restaurant a wide berth.

I had a short window for lunch and perusing the "it's cheap and it didn't kill me" reviews on Yelp, I figured I'd roll the dice and order the Mongolian Beef ($5.75) to go. The ordering process went smoothly and my food was neatly packaged and ready to go when I arrived ten minutes later - sweet.

Once I returned to my office and popped the top off my carryout container, things took a turn for the ugly. A slight grayish hue to the beef was a telltale sign that a bout with gastric distress may be in my future. Amplifying the grossness factor was the pool of grease and gloppy brown sauce at the bottom of the container. Even the accents (flaccid snow peas and limp canned mushrooms) couldn't rescue this Hindenburg-esque disaster of a dish. Exercising no self respect and overwhelmed by a morbid sense of curiosity, I tried a couple pieces of the beef. Narsty, narsty stuff - gristly, chewy and largely flavorless. Lunch, meet garbage can.

There are several stellar Chinese restaurants on the south side of Madison (Orient House and Ichiban to name a few) where I can enjoy a well-prepared meal with quality ingredients. With that said, a return visit to Chang Jiang is not in the cards for me.

Food:

Tried the neighborhood Chinese carryout tonight:
1. they got the order wrong
2. no sweet/sour or mustard with egg rolls
3. hunan beef was inedible - the beef was all fat and gristle
4. only one fortune cookie on order that included two dinners
I DO NOT recommend this restaurant.

Food:

Average americanized Chinese food. My girlfriend and I have grabbed take out many times without any issue. The last time we both ordered the sesame chicken dinner special with egg rolls. About 8 hrs later we both became violently ill. I have had diagnosed food poisoning before and this was it. Again, this was an isolated event, but we will not be eating here again.