If there is a Chinese restaurant in West Virginia, there's a good chance that I will travel to find it eventually. I love all the Asian food, but I have a soft spot for a Chinese comfort food. And I will often travel great lengths to find it, and I justify it because it's a new restaurant that I can feature on my blog.



When I found myself in Ripley recently, around lunchtime, I put in an order at the China Buffet to go. It doesn't appear as though they are doing the buffet or dine in anymore since Covid, but you can still get takeout.



I went with my usual order of crab rangoons. I also went for the General Tso's chicken, but I asked if it could be made with white meat chicken as opposed to the dark meat that's often found in this dish. They could not do the all-white breaded chicken, but they could do the grilled chicken that is often seen in dishes like chicken and broccoli. So it was not as chewy and definitely a more tender cut of chicken. I always enjoy the sauce that comes with this dish because it is sweet and a little sour and just thick and delicious. It would have been even better with a higher quality protein. The crab rangoons were decent. They were a little over-fried, but with enough cheese filling, anything can be good.



The eggroll was very average, as tends to be the case with many of these local restaurants. I had a good eggroll not too long ago and I have been chasing the high ever since. But most of the ones in our area tend to just have a ton of cabbage and not a whole lot of flavor. Aside from the oil. That tracks here. Not bad.



Grade: B