Peking Gourmet

Michael Z. wrote:
>
> In response to a messsage from Celeste Howard, many wrote about the
> excellence of the Peking Gourmet.
>
> A dissenting view: Although the Peking Gourmet does serve generally
> excellent food, I feel that it isn't worth the high prices and
> indifferent service. I would rather go more often to "lesser" Chinese
> restaurants with nearly as good food, more reasonable prices, and
> friendly staffs.
>
> Mike

I did go to dinner Tuesday night at the Peking Gourmet, and found it to be good but a little over-rated.  The hot and sour soup was only lukewarm, and the Peking duck was good, but I liked the sauce (hoison?) that you put on it better!  I was with 8 people, so we ordered several dishes to share, but since the people I went with were Chinese (and ordered in Chinese), I didn't get the names of the dishes :( Sorry!  We had the beef with sesame seeds that had a sugary coating on it, that was mediocre, the pork and vegetables were good, and a shrimp dish was excellent.  I think I've had better Chinese food at the Great Wall in Waldorf, just a local Chinese restaurant.  Peking Gourmet is in a shopping plaza, and the decor is nothing special.  The best part of it was looking at all the pictures of the celebrities who had eaten there.

Celeste