Sorry to say that this location closed yesterday (11/05/2013). Not sure of the reason, it seemed busy when ever I went, which was not often. It had a good $5.00 lunch.
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Make no mistake, this isn't fine dining, nor is it authentic Chinese food. Beijing Express excels in your typical Americanized Chinese fast food, with old stand bys such as General Tso's chicken and chop suey. We stopped by for an eat-in experience, and browsed through the menu before deciding on kung pao chicken, eggplant in garlic sauce, and tofu with broccoli. Service was friendly, fast, and efficient as our order was prepared and served in near record time. I appreciated that we were served a little bag of crispy wonton strips with sweet and sour sauce, with some egg drop soup. The soup was piping hot and a generous portion. When our meals came out, they were a heaping portion on the styrofoam plate, with plenty of rice to go with it. The kung pao chicken had a nice heat to it, from the added mixture of whole dried red chilis, while the eggplant and tofu had more of a sweet brown sauce. While our food tasted fresh and flavorful, make no mistake this isn't in any way healthy, as the sauces were an unctuous mixture, glistening with oil. There were plenty of leftovers to take back from ordering 3 dishes for just the two of us. Each dish was under $10, most of them hovering around the $7 range. They do not have a soda fountain, and all drinks are by the bottle. Generally, if you are craving some fast food Chinese, this is definitely a good option for price, freshness, and quantity.
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This is about the floral department. I used AJ's floral department for my wedding. I have always been impressed with their beautiful flowers. Another plus was that the location was very close to my wedding venue. The entire process before the wedding: Planning out what the Bouquets would look like and picking out flowers was almost perfect. I planned months in advance due to living out of state. I had picked a particular flower that Joanie had suggested for the bouquets. About a month before the wedding Joanie calls me and tells me that one of the particular flowers would not be in season for my wedding. This was a flower she suggested. She knew the date the entire time. You would think that before suggesting something or confirming it with me she would have double checked the season of the flower. Then she proceeded to tell me that we wouldn't know for sure if she could have them until 10 days before the wedding. Well we could not get them and the flowers she suggested to take their place were not very stellar. I ended up settling with a replacement. The day of the wedding the flowers arrived. My bouquet was beautiful. The corsages I had ordered for my mother and mother in law were supposed to be Crem de la Crem roses. They were HIDEOUS and not roses at all, my step moms corsage was also hideous and not what it was supposed to be and it wasn't even a corsage it had a pin so she had to poke holes in her dress. I also did not receive and toss bouquet which I paid for. I was so upset. You pay hundred and hundreds and even thousands of dollars for wedding flowers and when its not what you paid for or you didn't get everything you paid for, well you feel cheated and ripped off. I do not recommend using AJ's or Joanie for your wedding flowers or flowers for any event.
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There are many valuable tips from the reviews on this festival, I will try to hit some bases left untouched. At one point I was hungry and just wanted to buy food from the truck we liked the best. When we passed through the 15 minute line I asked if we could put in a order and pay for it. I was told samples only.... totally lame that I would have to wait and wait and wait just to feel full. I found a little pink BBQ truck with cinnamon infused sauce on their meat and a very small line and hit them up a good 5 times over the night to try and get my food value out of the night. The two hotdog trucks both did a very good job on both keeping food coming out to the people, and customizing to keep everyone happy. The dirt atmosphere was harsh at times for this reason... you would be in line eating some tots and then be hit with a breeze of dirt. No Tots and dirt please Many trucks ran out of food early which seems to be unfair to both paying customers and other trucks in the area still cranking If this becomes the norm, the good trucks will bring less food so everyone can relax after a certain hour, and the customers will miss out. The live music was fresh, but sometimes they were playing over other music on speaker, weaksauce. they need to have a bigger location because the lines were out of control and half the battle would be finding the right line for truck. I almost gave it 3 stars because I did have some good food and at 10 when we left we defiantly had our money worth. Twas a decent date night because were more on the relaxed side, but I could defiantly see many frustrated people just give up after complaining the whole time. Lets hope they make some key changes for the next one...
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