Today's venture took me to China 88, which is on the southeast corner of nw 43rd st and nw 16th ave.

I've seen China 88 many times as my cousins used to run a catering business right next door. Perhaps it was my typical aversion to chinese food or the fact that I was constantly looking in China 88's back door that I stayed away, but science knows not the meaning of the word fear.

One large chicken fried rice please!

I got my little take out box home and opened that sucker up. It smelled pretty good on the ride home, however, I think a large part of the smell was the fortune cookie being warmed up.

So, as with China Star, they used yellow rice. There was no egg and the goodies included only a few carrots and onions, no peas. The chicken was in substantial cubes of white meat. Overall, the dish had a nice smoky/seasoned taste, as if it was cooked in a nicely seasoned wok which imparted its flavor characteristics to the rice. It was still on the blandish side, but a squirt of spicy mustard cured that ailment right away.

I'd say it was definitely better than China Star's, and the substantial pieces of chicken earned them another .5, so a total of 6.75 points for China 88's fried rice.