Tea Garden

Tea Garden in Concord is one of those places that slips between the cracks: not quite good, but not quite bad either. Let me explain.

The food here is similiar to Yen Yen in Peterborough. If my taste buds serve me correctly, they used to use white meat in their General Tso's (pictured to the left), but no longer.

However, that's not entirely apt as a comparison, because even though they do use dark meat as they do at Yen Yen, the croquettes are smaller so the gaminess and stringiness is mitigated to a great extent.

On top of that, if you hit there during the lunch rush like I did, you get free hot and sour soup (pictured on the right), and for a price much lower than at Yen Yen despite a similiar quantity of food. You'd think the prices would be higher since Concord's a bigger city than Peterborough, but you'd be surprised.

Add to that the fact that Tea Garden is walking distance, but just barely, from downtown Concord. This is fortunate, because parking is limited; there's enough, but just enough, in the back.
There are certainly better choices in Concord, but Tea Garden is an adequate Chinese option and has very good prices for what you get.

Meal: #19 Lunch Special (General Tso's, Soup, and Fried Rice)

Price: $5.95

Speed of Service: 10 minutes

Time of Day: 12 PM, Weekday