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The Great Fortune Chinese Restaurant typifies the “hole in the wall” restaurant concept that serves very good food.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to the Chinese Restaurant News,<\/em> a respected trade publication, there are now approximately 36,000 Chinese restaurants in America.\u00a0 That’s nearly three times as many Chinese restaurants as there are McDonald’s franchises.\u00a0 That’s more than the number of McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King franchises combined.<\/span><\/p>\n

No longer considered exotic, Chinese restaurants are part of the fabric of American culture. There is virtually no American city in which Chinese restaurants aren’t plentiful. <\/span><\/p>\n

A survey by a food product development company revealed that 39 percent of children between the ages of 10 and 13 prefer Chinese food over any other ethnic cuisine (interestingly only nine percent chose American).<\/span><\/p>\n

The online Yellow Pages indicate there are more than 50 different Chinese restaurants in Albuquerque, some of which have several stores throughout the city.\u00a0 By sheer volume alone, you might think there would be more than the scant Chinese restaurants reviewed on Gil’s Thrilling Web site.\u00a0 You might also wonder why Scott Sharot only listed two Chinese restaurants (Ming Dynasty and ABC Chinese) in his outstanding book New Mexico Chow.<\/span><\/p>\n

I can’t speak for Scott, but there’s a reason I haven’t published reviews of more Chinese restaurants.\u00a0 At the risk of not being politically correct and to paraphrase a stereotype, most of them look and feel exactly alike.\u00a0 For the most part that means mediocre to horrible buffets specializing in such American inventions as po po platters, sweet-and-sour pork, chop suey and Crab Rangoon.\u00a0 Meals at such paragons of mediocrity are generally finished off by yet another American creation–the fortune cookie (amusingly, a few decades ago, a Hong Kong entrepreneur imported “genuine American fortune cookies” into China).<\/span><\/p>\n

I genuinely love Chinese food, the more authentic the better.\u00a0 To that end, I’ve dined at many of Albuquerque’s Chinese restaurants, hoping to find another rare, but precious gem.\u00a0 Invariably, most visits end up being disappointments thanks to the prevalent copycat template to which most Chinese restaurants seem to subscribe.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I received an e-mail from Jared Hobbs raving about the Great Fortune Chinese Restaurant, I was naturally skeptical, suspecting yet another middling quality restaurant serving an abysmal buffet of syrupy, candied and heavily breaded dark meats.\u00a0 Research on the Internet revealed little about this restaurant other than its address and a review Jared himself wrote for a Web site no longer in existence. <\/span><\/p>\n

A lack of information on the Internet isn’t necessarily a bad thing when it comes to Chinese restaurants; some of the best ones turn out to be relatively unknown–hidden gems, little holes-in-the-wall.\u00a0 They’re not as heavily patronized as the cheap “all you can choke down” buffets I disdain, but their patrons are unfailingly loyal.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was indeed my great fortune to take up Jared’s invitation to try this small restaurant ensconced in a nondescript shopping plaza and sharing a roof with Sushi Hama, a popular Northeast Heights sushi restaurant.\u00a0 The Great Fortune is relatively devoid of the stereotypical gaudy trappings of the big buffet restaurants.\u00a0 A few colorful but tasteful accoutrements decorate the otherwise sparse walls. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Could
Could Great Fortune’s orange beef really be better than Ming Dynasty’s?<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The menu features all the American (and Americanized) Chinese favorites you’ll find at almost every other Chinese restaurant, but thankfully no buffet troth.\u00a0 Luncheon specials which include soup, an egg roll and fried rice are available daily until 3PM.<\/span><\/p>\n

For certain menu items, you can request mild, spicy or extra spicy.\u00a0 Most self-respecting New Mexicans should be able to handle at least the spicy level.<\/span><\/p>\n

My inaugural visit was scant days after Albuquerque’s first significant snowfall of 2006 so soup was definitely in order.\u00a0 In the winter, perhaps no Chinese soup warms you up quite as well as hot and sour soup<\/em>.\u00a0 A small cup did indeed offer respite from the cold.\u00a0 The operative adjective would have to be hot, as in piquant and spicy.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his review, Jared made the assertion that Great Fortune “has better orange beef than Ming Dynasty”–an audacious claim I had to either refute or validate. <\/span><\/p>\n

The orange beef<\/em> is very good, maybe the best I’ve had in Albuquerque outside of Ming Dynasty.\u00a0 The beef is sliced into thin, small bite-sized pieces and is slightly crunchy just like at Ming Dynasty.\u00a0 At extra spicy the orange sauce has a tangy piquant bite and unmistakable flavor of good orange zest, not at all like the lacquered sweet sauce you find at inferior restaurants.\u00a0 Surprisingly the spiciness didn’t come from a preponderance of those dynamite hot Thai peppers often found in spicy Chinese cuisine. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Great Fortune brought to six the number of Chinese restaurants on Gil’s Thrilling Web site.\u00a0 I hope to have the great fortune to uncover other gems in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Great Fortune<\/strong>
\n2918 Eubank, N.E.
\nAlbuquerque, New Mexico<\/strong>
\nLATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 22 December 2006
\n# OF VISITS<\/strong>: 1
\nRATING<\/strong>: *
\nCOST<\/strong>: $$
\nBEST BET<\/strong>: Orange Beef, Hot & Sour Soup<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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