On Oct 11, 1:47*pm, A Moose in Love >
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> On Oct 11, 12:07*pm, Brian > wrote:
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> > I don't think a person's favorite restaurant is always aboutthefood.
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> > I suppose my favorite restaurant to eat at is a place near my housecalledTheGolden Dragon.*They have a real neat lunch special thatconsists ofthemain dish, Kung Pao chicken or whatever, a serving of> steamed or fried rice, an egg roll, and a choice between egg drop and hotand sour soup. *That plus an iced tea is less than 8 dollars.*Itbeatsthehell out of Subway's $5 footlong, and actually costs less, oncethesides (chip and drink) are added tothesandwich.
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> > However, I would have to say that right now my favorite restaurant is
> > McDonald's, because:
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> > 1. * **They have free wi-fithere so I can useitto take practice testsfor some computer certifications that I am preparing for. *Other placeshave wi-fi, but I have triedthem andtheconnection at McD's seems to befaster. *I also have an internet connection at my house, butthere are a
> > lot less distractions over at McD's.
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> > 2. * **Their booths are nice and big so I have plenty of room to work.
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> > 3. * **Theill-behaved kids are either off over attheplayland, ortheyjust do not come atthetime I do, usually 10 pm til about midnight.
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> > 4. * **Theradio stationthey play plays music fromthe70's and 80's,which isthemusic Ilike.
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> > 5. * **Their cokes are only $1. *Much ofthetime, I do not finish morethat a few sips, but I do not feel right usingtheir internet connectionor booths without purchasing something fromthem.
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> > 6. * * *Although we have been informedthethey do not maketheir fries"correctly," for some reason I do not understand, I happen tolikethem,and will get an order ofthem every once in a while.
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> >Ithas nothing to do with how good or badtheir hamburgers or Mcnuggets
> > or whatever are.
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> > Brian Christiansen
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> Ilike'TheMandarin.'*Itis a great Chinese Buffet place. *Man,theygot everything. *AND great desserts. *Very polite servers, andthegirls and guys keeping up with fillingthebuffet are great.*They aremostly Chinese people workingthere.*They've also got a nice brookdeal atthefront wherethere are many different kinds of fish
> swimming.I alsolike'TheSwiss Chalet.' *Pretty reasonable in price.*Thechicken is pretty good, buttheir dipping sauce is outstanding.Nowthese two restaurants are not exactly 3 Michelin stars, butthey
> are local and decent. *You get what you pay for.

Here's the Mandarin website:
http://www.mandarinbuffet.com/main.asp