This is an interesting place.

My wife and I were hungry and driving home from the ferry and just kind of saw this place and went "we should get some take out".  I checked the reviews and they were mixed but went in and perused the menu.  She wanted ginger beef so I asked if they had ginger beef and got laughed at.  I was minorly embarrassed as a silly white person but asked for a recommendation and was told the Kung Po Chicken was good.  I ordered that, hot and sour soup, and tan tan noodles.  The interior of the restaurant is quite simple - white tablecloths, not too much decoration. 

Anyway, the food was interesting.  Hot and sour soup is my favourite usually and this was probably 7/10 - well made, a little different, maybe a little too peppery for my tastes.  The Kung Po Chicken I am having a lot of trouble deciding my own opinion on.  My wife didn't like it but I found the spicy oily sauce to be super interesting.  I keep going back for more with the leftovers.  The chicken is sort of scrappy but not necessarily in a bad way.  It kind of benefits the dish.  I feel like there is some kind of careful traditional history to the way it was prepared and that I am learning to overcome my opinions of what I like or dislike in a dish.  The peanuts and spice were very good and complex.  It tastes like something I could easily crave and never find a similar alternative for.  The tan tan noodles were decent.

Anyway, I could easily see someone disliking this place, or someone else loving it, which explains the reviews.  I think I like it - despite the slight rudeness, scrappy chicken, peppery tendencies, it's still something special and that puts it above pleasant but bland chinese food that can be found everywhere.