OK, we were looking for a place to eat in old town. There used to be a Chinese Buffet at this location and that is what we thought we were headed to. To our suprise and delight Vince's is there now. We were concerned when we walked in because we were the only customers. But the place was very clean and the hostess/waitress was very nice and friendly so we decided to give it a try.\r
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We started with the Hot and Sour soup. I have eaten Hot and Sour soup a lot of places, but at Vince's it had a ton of veggies and meat in it. Chicken an dshrimp and that funny mystery meat that is usually there. It was not too spicy but hot enough to have that characteristic Hot taste. Very good.\r
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My girlfrind ordered a spring roll. It was very crisp an dserved fresh and piping hot. The hot mustard is indeed HOT mustard, so be careful. It came with a granish of the most delightful sweet cucumbers, which I would order seperately if possible, they were that good.\r
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I saw they had a California Roll Sushi on the appetizer list, so I had that. It came out last and it was stupendous. They had a mix of crabmeat (Which tasted like real crabmeat) and creamcheese, similar to the filling in a Crab Rangoon. It had slivers of seaweed across the top of the slices. It was delicious. Even my Sushi Snob son approved.\r
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For the main course I had the Crsipy Spicy Beef. A dish like this is the reason I never eat at Chinese Buffets anymore. It would never survive in the steamtable. I am so glad to have found a ""good"" place to eat great Chinese food in O'Fallon. The Spicy Beef was chrunchy and very flavorful. It was just shy of being too spicy, but again was hot enough to be able to enjoy the flavous that hot spicy foods can deliver.\r
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The only thing I hated about this restaurant was that it was empty. This place is too good to be empty. even on a Wednesday eveing. Please go and eat here, you will be glad you did. I will be glad as well, because then they will be able to stay open so I can go back and enjoy many more fine meals.
Pros: Clean, fresh food, wide selection, very friendly.
Cons: They have been there 3 years and I just found them now.
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