Alpine Oriental Express Alpine

Our party of four adults were looking for something better than the same ol fast food on our visit to Alpine. We saw reviews of this little Chinese place and decided to try it. It's located on the main road out of town and it's almost too far out; it looks like an apartment building on the outside with two doors and no windows. Confusing but we saw a sign "come in this door" so we did. The restaurant is a small clean battered place with an old blue buffet table on one side, a small dessert and sushi area and a table with plates, utensils and rice cookers. You can eat the buffet or order from a small menu. We have our drink orders to a very nice young lady and decided to try the buffet.

From pot sticker dumplings, soup, egg rolls, wontons, chicken with broccoli, chicken Hong Kong, sesame chicken, beef with vegetables, chicken mushroom, sweet and sour chicken, green beans, bbq chicken balls and coconut shrimp to the fruit and desserts, everything was fresh, tasty and delicious. The chef, a young man we suspect owns the place, wisely cooks and fills the buffet pans with small batches, so everything is rotated often and kept fresh. It means you might wait a few minutes until they replace an entree but it's worth it. We didn't find anything that wasn't good. Highly recommended and a good value at $11.00 per person. Total for four adult buffets and four ice teas was $51.00 before tip although no tip is required.

A good place with with flavorful food and great portions. We got the vegetable delight and sesame chicken.