The Liberty Leader Newspaper

 Special Story

China House—Fresh & Healthy

You know I have noticed this phrase “We use the finest ingredients—Fresh & Healthy” on all of China House menus but did not really think much more about it until a few days ago. You see when I was paying for my meal, my eye caught this huge bowl of white items in the back of the kitchen area and was intrigued. So being curious I asked the lovely lady at the counter what it was. She went to inform me that it was chicken they had cut up and cooked. She went on to tell me that it would be used for numerous of the chicken dishes. With the fast paced society we are in I had made a wrong assumption that everything came in ready to heat and eat. I came back later and had a great conversation with owner , Harry, about what does this phrase actually mean. Well Harry enlighten me to what it truly meant and I was amazed. You see everything is brought in fresh. The egg for instant is not a pre-processed food item. They actually hand prepare and cook all the filling for the egg rolls from fresh meat and vegetable. They then hand roll each egg roll from scratch. They do about 300 to 400 in a weeks time. Amazing, for at Christmas I love sausage balls but hate making them and by the time I made about a dozen my back is killing me and here they do 300 or more egg rolls, I stand amazed.  The chicken pieces I saw I asked Harry more about. You see they bring in fresh chicken, hand cut each piece and hand cook each piece. These pieces will be used for items from Sweet And Sour Chicken to General Tso’s chicken and more. Even the sauces that you think may be premade are not. China House prepares there sauces from scratch.  Everything that can be bought locally and fresh is as the ad says “Fresh and Healthy”. So next time you want a great meal that is good for you… do not forget the folks at China House that can give you a great meal prepared by hand and with the best ingredients. Remember with the upcoming holiday and call ahead and they can provide you with appetizers. Also I do not know if you are like me, I love my Christmas Turkey and Ham but you can only eat so much of that, get your fresh China meal during the holidays. See you there soon.