Fried Chicken Dumplings (8)
Rich City Chinese

Rich City Chinese

512 S 5th St, Philadelphia, United States

Sushi • Chinese • Chicken


"The restaurant has changed hands and the food has gotten 1000 times better. Before my last visit 2 weeks ago, I hadn't been there for 2 years. The food had gone down hill but now it seems to have recovered. I ordered the General's Chicken Combo Plate which I know is not the healthiest dish but it is addictive. The platter came with an egg roll and fried rice. Unlike some other places I've patronized recently, the chicken was fresh and crispy and the sauce covered the chicken chunks without being watery like the others I've tried around South Street. The flavors were bright and alive, salty and sweet...just perfect. The fried rice tasted like it used to when I would go to China Town years ago. That special pork fried rice flavor that's hard to describe and hard to find nowadays. The portion was huge! Enough for 2 people but somehow I couldn't stop eating until it was gone. All this amazingness in a combo plate! The ambiance was another story. The place looks like a warehouse. For some reason, they have removed all of the decorations from the previous owners and haven't replaced them. It's just an open, empty space with a few tables, nothing on the walls, boxes everywhere, and food storage right there where you eat. It looks as though they were not expecting customers to ever eat in. Judging by the number of phone calls received while I was there, they seem to do a great take out and delivery business. I was the only eat in customer there for both of my recent visits. The wait person seemed shocked when I sat down and her service was not very professional. It seemed like it was her first time waiting on a customer. If you go, prepare to feel weird if you sit at a table but get ready for a delicious meal."