Taste Cafe

Was so happy to see Taste Café open in my neighborhood. We’ve had other Chinese places come and go in the vicinity, but, I think this one will stick around. The food quality is really quite good, haven’t ordered anything I didn’t like. The only thing we got that was a little «weird» was the Dragon and Phoenix, which is supposed to be a combination of General’s Chicken and Shrimp. Expected all in General Tso’s sauce, but, only the chicken was, the shrimp and vegetables were kind of separate. Things we’ve gotten that were quite good were soups (won ton very good, hot and sour just average), appetizers (steamed vegetable dumplings, shrimp rolls, crab rangoon), fried rice, egg foo yung, kung pao, general’s tofu amongst others. Food always ready when promised, orders are always complete. The lady behind the counter who takes the phone orders is really quite friendly and accommodating.
I’ve only ever ordered takeout, but, they do have tables if you want to dine in; don’t really have waitress service. The restaurant is very clean. Only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars was because it’s not quite in the class of, say, a Hong Kong Pearl, which is the best Chinese food in Lower Bucks (IMHO). They are really good though, so, don’t hesitate to try them out.

I went to taste café last night very clean inside and staff was very friendly. I ordered the general tsos combination platter with pizza roll instead of egg roll and asked for the chicken to be not spicy. I got my food home went to eat pizza roll and hit into egg roll def. Not what I was expecting. Went back woman was very apologetic. Went home to eat my food and the general tsos was very spicy food tasted good chicken did need more sauce it was a little dry definately will try again but need to make sure they understand my order. Glad there is finally a Chinese restaurant that has decent food in bensalem.

So I was going to leave this three stars for three bland dishes until I realized they overcooked my food. I ordered sesame chicken which was all dark meat (no complaints about that because I actually love dark meat) that they overcooked. It was tough, crispy and hard to chew and top of all of that it didn’t taste like what I’m used to with sesame chicken. The different taste would be fine if it was a good taste but it wasn’t. It came off like hints of ketchup, there wasn’t any red in the dish so I have no idea what I was tasting.
About the other two bland dishes (ordered on previous trip, not ordered with the sesame chicken):
— Shrimp Chow Mein. This isn’t the Shrimp Chow Mein with noodles, this is the Cabbage Chow mein with Shrimp. This is a dish you would want when you are sick, it’s easy to chew and no harsh flavors to mess your tummy up. Well I wasn’t sick so this wasn’t a pleasure to eat for me. Tastes like watered down chicken broth. I saved this for later and ending up giving it life with some Greek Seasoning. The Greek Seasoning made it way better (but I still wouldn’t order it again.)
–Pepper Steak with Onion. Usually when I have had Pepper Steak with onion it was a tad spicy and I could scarf it down in two seconds, this was not. They got the beef base sauce down but no extra oomph to be found so it was pretty boring. Disappointing. They did cook the veggies well. They didn’t overcook the veggies, they were still appealing to the eye, with the right about stiffness in them. Not really pressed to order this again either though.

I have been waiting for some competition for my regular Chinese restaurant and it has arrived. I had the General Tso’s Combination Platter and it was delicious. The chicken could have used just a touch more sauce but otherwise it was nice and tender. The pork fried rice wasn’t greasy and vegetables actually had flavor. The egg roll was crisp and flavorful as well. I took my order home, but the establishment looks and feels clean. There is a lot of unused space though which I think could be used for more seating. Lastly their pricing is much better than my go-​to Chinese place so I think it’s safe to say I’ll be switching.