| On a lazy Sunday afternoon with a craving for | | | | beautiful and look exactly like the picture in the |
| Chinese food gnawing at our insides, my girlfriend and I | | | | overhead wall menu. You won't find these at P.F. |
| decided to make a jump over to Buford Highway and | | | | Chang's. |
| try out yet another new spot for lunch (new to us). | | | | You can't compare Chef Liu's to a regular restaurant |
| So I took her to Chef Liu's. It's on Buford Highway, | | | | or most other places. It's simply different and unique. |
| about a mile ITP. | | | | Of course they don't use the highest quality ingredients, |
| As we got closer and I pointed out where we were | | | | of course it's not food you would find at a 'finer' |
| going to be eating, my girlfriend made it clear to me | | | | establishment - this is food for the masses, cheap |
| that she did not want to eat at this shack in the middle | | | | food done well. Your food comes out fast and hot and |
| of a parking lot! After some heated convincing, we | | | | you feel like you're eating at some secret spot that |
| opened the sliding glass door (sliding as in, like the one | | | | only the best know about - no matter how many |
| you have going your backyard) and sat at a table | | | | people eat here on a regular basis. About as quick as |
| closest to the kitchen. Not that we could see through | | | | ordering food at Burger King or Wendy's, but not as |
| the bamboo shade hanging down and dividing the | | | | bland and generic as Panda Express - this is good, |
| trailer. | | | | different fast food. |
| Ambiance? It's so awesome here. With six or seven | | | | Sitting there with your limited basic mandarin you |
| plain tables set inside a trailer and little decoration other | | | | picked up from pimsleur during your morning commute, |
| than the strip mall you see on the other side of the | | | | you over hear the waitresses talking to each other |
| parking lot through the glass walls, Chef Liu's is closer | | | | and with the customers - people who aren't foodies |
| to what you might find in other countries that allow | | | | obsessed with finding the most authentic any thing. |
| food to be sold from run down shacks on the side of | | | | Just a spot to get good food reminiscent of their |
| the street - at least closer than most places you'll find | | | | homeland while living in the deep south. This place is |
| here in Atlanta. | | | | great and will always be near the top on the list of |
| Cold Noodle dishes, dumplings and soups are the main | | | | choices when I get that gnawing feeling for some |
| offerings here, although we also ordered a leek pie - | | | | dumplings and a slightly different menu offering. |
| absolutely delicious and we ate it long before our | | | | Review Summary: 4. |
| actual meals arrived. The pan fried pork dumplings are | | | | |