Chilli King Chinese Food is located in Glendale Arizona not too far from Old Town Glendale. They offer American Chinese Foods, Hot Pots, some other dishes that you don’t find everywhere like scrambled eggs with tomato and Yangzhou fried rice (shrimp, sausage, pork, eggs, peas, carrots, scallions). The foods we tried so far were all flavorful. They also offer the ultra spicy foods. Portions are large and prices are low………The only downside is that service is usually poor when you do take out. They have their young son run the restaurant. He does a good job at taking orders and payments but there are issues with take out. …..Usually you need to wait about 40 minutes for your order to be done even if you prepay your order. They don’t start making your order until you show up. We waited around 45 minutes every time we did take out. My husband tried to speak to an adult about this but couldn’t because of the language barrier with the chef. On our first visit the boy’s mother helped with service. This restaurant is mainly open for take out. They do have four small tables inside that you can dine at if you wish. Soft beverages are offered here.

They offer the usual appetizers like –

spring rolls

crispy chicken dumplings.

On the menu they offer-

Szechuan beef (tender beef flavorful and spicy)

spicy chicken (tender chicken, very flavorful….this one was REALLY very hot spicy…this was one of the Ultra Spicies)

coconut curry chicken with steamed vegetables (flavorful and tender chicken)

sautéed vegetables with chicken

They offer sides such as chow mien, fried rice, steamed rice, and steamed vegetables

Above are chow mien and fried rice

This dish is very different to us….

shredded potatoes in red spicy oil….

They are kind of funky and spicy…………..texture is weird ……maybe slightly raw………really different…not sure if I like or not?…………too different for me.

Now for more Ultra Spicy!

MY favorite dish here (so far) is next.

Spicy boil chicken with greens and sprouts….The chicken is so tender and moist and this spicy (really good spicy with Szechuan peppercorns is magically delicious)

Here’s the what they call instant boil hot pot (they say it’s an authentic Chinese Soup)

sausage (we think they are hot dogs?), beef, chicken, potato, tofu, cabbage, mushrooms, steamed rice) Spicy and flavorful. Proteins are very moist and tender.

Oh and did I mention that portions run extra large?

The food is very good and a good value…Service….well ….usually isn’t the best.

Still Worth a Fork!

www.ChilliKing.US

4721 W Olive Ave Glendale AZ

623-440-1900

Call for hours as they change often.

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Fly Bye is a casual order at the counter and take out restaurant located in North Phoenix Arizona in Desert Ridge and is soon to be in three locations in Metro Phoenix. This restaurant is one of eleven Fox Restaurant Concept Group restaurants that are in at least fourteen states. On the menu at Fly Bye are snacks like mozzarella sticks and crispy Brussels sprouts. They also offer chicken tenders, chicken wings, salads, a few hoagies, hand stretched pizzas, and Detroit Style pizzas. Bottles and cans of soft beverages, beer, and wine are available.

This is a small place but they do have a some tables inside and a few tables outside.

You order and pay at the counter.

Then you pick up your beverage from the beverage refrigerator and get your napkins, silverware and plates yourself. When your order is ready someone runs your food to you.

We ordered far more food than we could eat in one visit just to try as much as we could.

We started with the roasted buffalo cauliflower bowl.

This is a bowl of fried cauliflower, avocado seasoned with za’atar, tomato, arugula, cucumbers, onions, and creamy feta dressing is in the bottom of the bowl. It’s not bad but neither of taste any buffalo…maybe it was left off? The za’atar is good but it’s only on the avocado….? I wonder why they don’t add harissa here…It could pop with a little harissa.

Next we tried three chicken tenders. They come with a few crinkle fries, ketchup and your choice of sauce. I picked Nashville Hot sauce.

This was my favorite plate here today. The breading has a good texture and seems free of oil. It’s also a lot lighter than they look. Without sauce they do taste under seasoned. But the chicken inside is incredibly moist. I think that the Nashville Hot sauce is very good…..It’s so full of flavors and a little heat. Now I wish I had a pickle…..The crinkle fries are better than I expected them to be and are very fluffy inside and are seasoned nicely.

They offer hand stretched pizza in regular and large sizes and Detroit Style pizzas in regular and large sized. We ordered two pizzas to try and started with the classic cheese regular sized Detroit Style.

The pizza does have nice crispy edges but lacks that cheesy corner. The crust is MUCH lighter and fluffier than any other Detroit style pizza that I have tried. It taste just like Wonder Bread to me……The tomato is a rich tomato taste and the cheese is nicely melted.

We also tried a regular sized hand stretched Lebanese Mom Pizza.

This pizza is made of marinated tomatoes, roasted garlic, spinach, za’atar, and feta yogurt.

The crust also has that Wonder Bread Taste and it is stretched very thin so it’s not too heavy. It’s not a hard crisp bottom and is more like a party pizza bottom. The marinated tomatoes taste about the same as the regular tomato sauce today. You get the feta flavor from the feta yogurt. A little bit of za’atar was used to slightly season it………. It’s up to you to add salt, or a pepper.

That was a little taste of Fly Bye in Phoenix AZ

21001 N Tatum Blvd PHX AZ (next to Albertson’s at Desert Ridge Mall)

www.FlyByeto go.com

602-351-5150

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Chick A Dee is a small Thai Restaurant that serves a limited menu of mostly chicken and rice dishes in Phoenix Arizona. The chicken and rice dish (khaow sun kai) is a traditional comfort food dish that you would find being served on the streets in Thailand. Some of the things that you can get are……..steamed white meat chicken, steamed dark meat chicken, half white – half dark chicken, crispy fried chicken, a combo of fried and white meat, all with mild ginger garlic steamed rice, clear chicken soup, and a sauce. One plate is offered as a salad and they also offer a faux chicken served with purple rice that is vegan. They also offer a few sides. Some of the sides are chicken nuggets called “cluckets,”potstickers, wings, and fried bananas with coconut ice cream. Thai beverages and regular soft beverages are served here.

It’s very casual. You order and pay at the counter. You pick up your tray of food when it’s ready.

While you’re waiting you can read the story about their food.

The food is ready in reasonable time and share a variety of what they offer.

The cluckets (chicken nuggets) are very unique.

They are some sort of formed chicken with a coating that is dusted with a little sugar, flavors and HEAT. They are tasty but are NOT for children….or whimps.

Potstickers are fried and crisp to perfection but are not the main attraction here.

Crispy chicken taste exactly the way it looks. It has a nice crisp coating without any unusual seasonings….We tried the sweet black sauce and it was something very unusual to us and was far too sweet for us. The other sauces they offer are sweet chili, sweet & sour and Thai Traditional (That I liked).

For me the main dig was the dish called half and half (steamed white meat chicken and steamed dark meat chicken with mild ginger garlic rice, cucumbers, Thai traditional sauce and a black sweet Thai style iced tea.

The chicken was steamed but comes out the same as poached. It’s fresh tender and moist. You eat it with the clear soup. I think that the Thai Traditional sauce gives it all the flavors that it needs. My husband isn’t a fan of ginger so the sauce was too gingery for him. But I thought that it was just right.

Traditional Thai Chicken and Rice.

Chick A Dee – Give it a try!

49 West Thomas Rd Phoenix AZ

623-440-4750

www.ChickADeeAZ.com

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China Chili Restaurant is located in Central Phoenix Arizona. They offer a lot of the usual American Chinese and Hong Kong Style Chinese Foods (that means Cantonese inspired). They offer a variety of appetizers like boiled won tons, fried prawns, and crab puffs. They offer several varieties of soups, duck, and the usual chicken, beef, some tofu, and vegetarian dishes. They happen to offer many choices of seafood such as shrimp, calamari, flounder, scallops, mussels, striped bass, live seafood, and a surprise dish that I’ve found on their Grub Hub Menu but I didn’t find on their in-house menu. A dish called French Style Beef with macadamia nuts…..

It looks like a nice Chinese Restaurant when you walk in….. The take out and cashier area is up in front by the door.

Inside is a nice big dining room.

The tables are set with paper linen and lots of paper Chinese placemats. Tables also include condiments.

As soon as we were seated……Even before we ordered….Someone ran out two cups of soup to us.

The soup taste like egg drop soup and has kernels of fresh corn in it.

I looked at the menu and noticed that it differs slightly from on-line menus. I didn’t notice the hot pots or French Style beef on the menu but maybe it was my bad and maybe I just missed them?

I go with the flounder in white sauce with snow peas….accented with some carrots and scallions.

It’s a large portion of fish and vegetables. It’s in a mild chicken based sauce lightly accented with ginger. It’s very easy to eat because it’s so light in the stomach…Nothing heavy here. Steamed rice is on the side.

My husband went with the Szechwan beef.

It’s very good but not what either of us were expecting. The beef is very tender and has this very light fried coating that is UNIQUE and also easy to eat. The sauce is actually spicy hot but not too sweet and is sort of beef gravy flavored Asian sauce. No vegetables here but a few crisp noodles are in there. I would enjoy this more if I could add vegetables to this dish or order it as an appetizer for a larger table. We both think that it is very good but we like some vegetables with our meat dishes.

Not recently but I did previously enjoy take out from China Chili. This restaurant isn’t close to where I live or I would have been here more often.

I did enjoy the flounder in black bean sauce but I do like the flounder in white sauce more with the snow peas.

I do like the chicken tomato dish with egg flowers but it does run slightly sweeter than I like but the tomatoes did have a good tomato flavor and the chicken was tender.

Service was speedy and efficient.

That was a little taste of China Chili.

China Chili Phoenix AZ

302 E Flower St PHX AZ

602-266-4463

www.ChinaChiliRestaurant.com

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