沙茶牛肉 Tea Boiled Beef

Pinyin: shā chá niú ròu

Where's the beef? Well in China you shouldn't really be asking that question cause once you find it, you'll be disappointed. Chinese beef is overly saturated with tenderizer and usually comes from poor quality cattle stock and is usually a poor cut. I generally avoid it.

This dish of beef, mushrooms, broccoli and onions should have been avoided. Overall the taste was tolerable, the onions were the best part, the beef as expected was a severe disappointment. I believe the soup like broth was flavored with tea powder, which works well in drinks and some things, but tends to make food taste a bit bland and washed out in my opinion. I see little reason why someone might go back and order this dish, I certainly won't be.