We have lived in the Eagan area for 18 years and twice have tried Ho-Ting. I am shocked to read so many locals saying such great things because we honestly threw away half of ours the last time we tried it. We got some hot & sour soup & sesame chicken to go. I know, not the most exciting but that is pretty hard to mess up and the last thing I had there was such a disaster. The soup was clearly from a distributor similar to what you will find in mall chinese and the sesame was formed and full of tough white and dark meat, nasty. I am used to going to Anna Chung's or House of Wing where they make things fresh. I am truly perplexed because I have never met a person in Eagan that doesn't think Ho-Ting is terrible.\r
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To the previous reviewer:\r
My point of being on this site is to not try to convince people that everything they should eat needs to be ""authentic"" (an ironic statement for a suburbanite to make) No, I do not search for culture to fill my suburban void but rather accept things for what they are and defend some neighborhood restaurants that are being criticized by people under the charge that they lack authenticity. They are all authentic americanized regional cuisine and you would know that if you have ever travelled through China or eaten in China Town in New York. I appreciate Ho-Ting's variation in your standard strip mall offerings but the point is that they do not execute it well! I have had prawns, dim sum and most recently sesame (the most popular of all americanized chinese foods so perhaps useful to people reading these reviews) and they were all bad. I appreciate places that can execute things well such as Doolittles 3 wood smoker with a master chef that hand selects the wood or Anna Chung's Peking chicken that is as tasty as food comes. The irony of a person trying to be an authority on authenticity when they include the Cruise Cafe, Sambol & Magic Thai! Hahaha. Rainbow Chinese, Black Sea, Tandoor and Sawatdee. You're welcome.
Pros: Location
Cons: Food
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