Kim's Dragon Chinese Food

Kim's Dragon Chinese food has always had a special place in my heart. It was the first food truck that I have eaten after having moved to Philly. I'm always going to remember me and my friend skipping our chemistry class on the first day of University because we were hungry; the choice was Kim's. Since then, I really haven't eaten at this particular lunch truck. I hear about it all the time and I'm always watching my friends fight over the last spring roll, so I assumed it was good. Even during lunch hour (i.e. 11:30-2 P.M.) Kim's always has a line. From asking around, I found out that the line usually goes pretty quick.

I was very lucky when I went to Kim's yesterday late afternoon (i.e. 4:15 P.M.) because there was no line. I attributed the lack of a line to it being Summer term and Drexel University; trucks tend to stock less food and close slightly earlier because there are less than half of the student body taking classes in the summer. The hardest thing about going to Kim's is deciding what to eat. There are over a dozen different types of food that they serve such as: Tychin, Garlic Sauce, Kung Pao, Spicy Vegetable, etc. with the different variations being: chicken, pork, beef, crab meat, shrimp or scallops.

I decided on the Grandfather Chicken which is mildly spicy and breaded stir-fry. I actually got it through a special which includes: rice, lomein, two (shrimp)rolls, the main dish and a can of soda for $5.50. It is a good deal for food; the poor college student in me considers any food that can be staggered for two meals to a good deal if it costs around $5. Overall, the food was alright. The sauce was very flavorful; it was a little sweet and it left a little heat in my mouth, which was good. I remembered why I don't typically eat there. The chicken was a little chewy and the vegetables were overcooked and wilted (i.e. the broccoli and carrots). The rice was pretty good – it's hard to mess up rice - but the lomein was incredibly greasy. When I say greasy, I felt like I needed a shower after eating it because I felt like I gained it's power to be greasy; the same can be said for the (shrimp)rolls. I had to stop eating them because it was so greasy and it had very little inside. To be honest, I had no idea if I was eating a shrimp roll or a spring roll; it was just a mess.

Will I eat there again? Maybe? Probably not. Like I said, it was a good deal for the amount of food they give you, for the price, and the sauce almost redeemed much of what I didn't like. Ultimately, there are better Chinese-food food trucks that are much more deserving of both mine and your money.