text: Rose Garden Chinese is located in sleepy downtown Henderson I was hungry for Chinese food for lunch and having had some bad experiences I am always on the lookout for new places to try nnParking is on the street and without a lot of people around I did not have to park but spaces from the door Stepping inside you will find a clean but yet a little bit dated restaurant that does offer plenty of space nnService was prompt and attentive without being overbearing My menu was on my table in under seconds I had my order taken in under They have lunch specials and I ordered Kung Pao Chicken Egg Flower Soup aka Egg Drop Soup and it came with an egg roll and a wonton nnWhile I waited on my food I looked around The place had several older couples and a noisy group from Chicago in there that were almost finished and were leaving On the table they had Kimlan soy sauce but they did not have any sugar just packets of Sweet N Low I thought that was kind of odd as usually you get a choice They also left the regular menu on the table and I took a look The back cover says they do not use MSG I took a picture of that as well as I hate MSG My Egg Flower soup arrived and while hot it was nothing special either Lots of crunchy noodles were sacrificed in order to make it workable nnThe food arrived fairly quickly and it was hot Not pepper hot I am talking physical temperature wise Kind Of made me suspect microwave usage but I cannot confirm that I snapped a picture of the platefried rice on the side Kung Pao chicken on the other so you can see what I had in front of me One thing I look at with Kung Pao Chicken is the celery filler to meat ratio This plate ended up having a bit more celery than I like to see Also it is not Kung Pao anything without peppers and the plate was a little skimpy on the peppers I counted the equivalent of peppers It should have been at least double that nnThe egg roll was no better than the stuff you will find at Vons in the frozen food section But the deep fried wonton was not good It had very little filling and what was there just did not taste good at all I did not spit it out but the thought crossed my mind nnAs I finished up I put my debit card out on the table and not long afterward a man approached and said their credit card machine was down I ended up paying with cash but in this day and age there is really no reason to not have up to date and working payment systems in place even for a small business nnOverallif I find myself in downtown Henderson and hungry during the week I would consider coming here again stars For a lunch special the price is perfect And they only charged for a soft drink which is almost unheard of in the land of and UP for the same thing elsewhere nnNote They do not take checks checks are evil anyway and they do offer a limited selection of beer wine and sake is mentioned too on the card on the table Also if you want to see if a place is kept clean just look up The air vents in this place were cleanwhich is a sign of attention to detail