Within a five-mile radius, there are dozens of Chinese restaurants at the community’s disposal. And a few days ago, a couple of friends and I ordered Chinese food while binge-watching TV.

Wonderful Chinese is owned by Tina and Henry Li, the parents of senior Ivy Li, someone who has worked in the restaurant since she can remember.

“Working there since elementary school has had a big impact on me,” Li said. “I’ve been exposed to more people, both the rude and nice ones.”

As for the food, we wanted a place that was affordable, close, quick, delicious, and served egg-foo-young. Wonderful checks all those boxes and then some.

Seniors Sydney Williams, Molly Conallen, Emily Reilly, Lucy Hewitt, Marilyn Ashley, Julia Martin, and I ordered shrimp egg foo young, two sweet and sour chickens, two vegetable lo meins, crab rangoons, chicken rice noodles, beef fried rice, and one pork eggroll.

All items totaled $76.59 including tip– in my opinion, a fair price. The shrimp egg foo young and the sweet and sour chicken both came with healthy servings of white rice and sauces.

Other than Ashley and myself, the taste testers had never been to Wonderful before this meal. However, we plan to order again.

“I got the sweet and sour chicken and it did not disappoint,” Conallen said. “I think I will head back, keep up the good work!”

Of all the dishes we tried, the crispy crab rangoons and veggie lo mein were the favorites, but every dish received above a nine for the rating.

Because of that, based on affordability, proximity, speed, taste, and egg foo young, Wonderful Chinese got a rating of 4.75/5 from us, definitely worth trying for your next movie night.

“That was my first time eating there and I really liked it,” Reilly said. “Even though it is a little far from my house, it would definitely be worth the trip.”