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My friend and I were looking for a place to eat
late Sunday evening on 2/8/04. We wanted to go
somewhere with decent vegetarian and vegan offerings,
and Nancy Chang's was one of the few open places.
The atmosphere of the restaurant lacks a little
for a chinese restaurant - a fish tank in view of
the dining area provided some interesting flavor,
but the interior otherwise was the typical
converted Worcester structure. The empty,
inactive fountain at the entrance of the
restaurant was a little disappointing, but that
could have been off because of the cold weather.
Nancy Chang's prides itself on healthy food
options, and is one of the only truly vegetarian
and vegan friendly restaurants in the city. Their
menu provides many choices for dinner, and also
offers vegetarian meat replacements for chicken,
pork, shrimp, and beef and such.
We ordered steamed vegetable peking ravioli with
ginger sauce as an appetizer; while very, very
tasty, they could have been warmer - there wasn't
any heat for the steamer basket to keep warm.
Dinner was moo shi vegetables with pancakes and
chicken lo mein with vegetarian chicken. My vegan
friend was very impressed with the vegetarian
chicken, which had an impressive taste and a
stringier texture that was more than just tofu,
but that she couldn't identify. The quality of
the meal was decent overall, but there really
wasn't anything particularly exceptional to speak
of.
Value for dinner was exceptional - we both went
home with leftovers for another meal, but only
paid about $13.00 a person including tip. Though
the restaurant falls into the "Needs Work" category,
I'm still going to recommend the restaurant for
giving a decent experience in all categories but
atmosphere.
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