Mon Lung Restaurant

Mon Lung was my go to for Chinese for over a decade when I lived in the city.
And when I say “my go to” I mean my friends, my partners, my old roommates, nobody does it better.
I was in my old neighborhood today and ordered to go and couldn’t have been happier to see Lane when I walked in.
Its been hard for the restaurant industry and I love to see that Mon Lung is still family owned after all of these years.
Highly recommend everything on menu.
Have yet to have a bad dish.
Turn around time is quick and service is second to none.

I have had my eye on this location for some time now, maybe a couple years or so, but the opportunaty or desire for Chinese food hits me only relatively infrequently, and Mon Lung is a bit of a walk from where I live, I decided today was the day, I wanted some Chinese cuisine, or rather Chinanese American cuisine, the origins of the dish I was craving is somewhat disputed. In any case, they currently only offer take out (order in restaurant and wait and take), pick up (order by phone or online, and pick up food) and Delivery (order by phone or online and food comes to you), given the current state of things can't say I blame them.
There is plexiglass shield if you are doing take out or pick up.
The staff was friendly, can't say helpful as I knew what I wanted and I knew they had it, but I am sure they would have been if I needed help in deciding or additional information. I got my standard fare for testing out a new Chinese restaurant to me of Beef Chop Suey and a couple of egg rolls.
I get this because it was the first actual Chinese Dish I actually bought with my own money back about 26 or so years ago, and I have fond memories of that dish, though some of that may have to do with how much MSG was in use back then.
I have come to accept all the different combination of ingrediants that can go in the dish, and that no two restaurant use the exact same list of ingrediants.
The chop suey came with plenty of bean sprouts, some mushrooms, little cabbage, some celery, and bamboo shoots, and off course beef in this case, in a light savory enhancing sauce.
The only addition that I would have found to make the dish better would be the addition of somehthing with a little crunch to it, say like water chestnuts, though this isn't a deal breaker. There was enough beef in the dish to make it's price point worthwhile, the dish itself was tasty, everything was cooked to perfection.
I would rate the dish at somewhere between 7.5 to 8 with my memory of my first sampling of chop suey.
The egg rolls were not bad, but could have been a little better in my opinion, all in all, I found the meal pleasant and enjoyable and I do plan on revisiting their restaurant again in the near future.

my food was cold and had a plethora of long black hairs in it, i pulled out at least 3 strands from my fried rice.