Disastrous Dining: Great Wall Chinese

Hello, there! At the beginning of this blog, I promised to be your go-to-girl for on campus dining, your information source about the best places to eat in Bowling Green. I want to save you the hassle of finding a good spot to dine by putting my meal time on the line, trying new things, and reporting back. For the sake of positivity, I've been staying away from writing bad reviews. I'd rather point out awesome places, instead of preaching against bad ones. Students, in addition to tight budgets, are also pressed for time. Why waste valuable resources by complaining? Sometimes, however, the public deserves to know the worst out there. Welcome to my first negative review on the Starving Student.

Last weekend, I ate dinner with friends Anna and Sarah. Looking for some late night, cheap Chinese, we settled on the Great Wall on Campbell Lane. Although we knew this place to be a bit of a dive, we hoped we would luck into copious amounts of excellent, fattening food, typical to hole-in-the-wall Chinese places. I'm sorry to say that we were dead wrong.

Upon first walking into the Great Wall, we were blinded by harsh, florescent light bulbs, almost blank walls, and the smell of stale frying grease. We stuck it out, hoping to be happily surprised when our food arrived. I ordered a small portion of chicken fried rice and some crab rangoon, figuring that these commonly found "Chinese" staples would be safe. This was not the case. The fried rice lacked veggies and the chicken had the texture imaginably comparable to human brains, it was even grey. The crab was practically bathing on the plate, in the grease in which it was cooked.

The whole meal was under $6.00, although made considerably more expensive by the 75 cent individual beverages (aka 12 ounce soda cans). Even though this is considered a good price for the amount of food served, I urge you to use the following mantra: "quality, not quantity." Please, please take my advice. When it comes to Great Wall Chinese, save your money and stay home.