I ordered honey chicken tonight from a local Chinese takeout place. The food was very good and the price was cheap. In this economy, Chinese food might just be the best deal to save money on food.

The honey chicken that I ordered tonight was delicious for the price. When I say for the price I mean it literally. If you gave me the same meal and charged double the price than it wouldn’t taste as good. Yes, this is possible. Price does influence taste, unless the food is exceptionally good.

Anyway, the honey chicken that I ate tonight had its own style. Some Chinese food places cook honey chicken by slapping a honey glaze on the chicken’s crispy exterior. This honey chicken was chicken in a semi honey soup. That is, the honey sauce was semi diluted with a water base. The way it was done was acceptable. With so many styles to cooking this dish, I believe that there is no one right way to do it. This style was very tasty and worked even better when I put rice in its sauce. I then ate the rice with the honey chicken to achieve the optimal effect.

I also ate hot and sour soup with the honey chicken. I ordered a quart of each. The hot and sour soup was cooked nice but had a little too much tofu. I don’t like when they prepare hot and sour soup with too much tofu. It hides the other ingredients’ taste.