{"id":973,"date":"2009-10-17T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eatinoc.com\/?p=973"},"modified":"2009-10-17T10:00:51","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T17:00:51","slug":"ma%e2%80%99s-islamic-chinese-anaheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/oc-food-reviews\/ma%e2%80%99s-islamic-chinese-anaheim\/","title":{"rendered":"Ma\u2019s Islamic Chinese &#8211; Anaheim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you can believe it, I&#8217;ve been doing this blog for well over a year now but this visit to Ma&#8217;s Islamic Chinese Restaurant in Anaheim is my first review of Chinese food ever on my blog.\u00a0 Funny thing, it&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t like Chinese food, it&#8217;s just we don&#8217;t go out for it that often.\u00a0 When we usually go out for it, I order something different and Mrs. DanGarion usually orders orange chicken, she ALWAYS orders orange chicken!\u00a0 Well yesterday (Friday) I went out to lunch by myself and I&#8217;m the one that ordered the Orange Chicken.\u00a0 Couple notes to make regarding Ma&#8217;s, they serve Halal meat, which doesn&#8217;t mean much to the normal Joe, but it&#8217;s a process of how the meat is prepared, also make sure you have cash if you aren&#8217;t planning on spending more then $20 since they don&#8217;t (I talked my way out) take credit cards for orders under 20 bucks!<\/p>\n<p>Since I was there for lunch I ordered off their <strong>Lunch Special menu, where all meals start at $6.50 and work there way up from there to a max of $8.00, all specials come with tea, soup, egg roll, and rice<\/strong>.\u00a0 Overall it&#8217;s a great deal especially when you realize how much food you get.\u00a0 Let me show you what I got for less then 8 bucks&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-975\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinoc\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0703.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"975\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/oc-food-reviews\/ma%e2%80%99s-islamic-chinese-anaheim\/attachment\/img_0703\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0703.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 3G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1255695252&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0703\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ma\u2019s Islamic Chinese &amp;#8211; Tea!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0703.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-975\" src=\"http:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinoc\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0703-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ma\u2019s Islamic Chinese - Tea!\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ma\u2019s Islamic Chinese - Tea!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_976\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-976\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinoc\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0704.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"976\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/oc-food-reviews\/ma%e2%80%99s-islamic-chinese-anaheim\/attachment\/img_0704\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0704.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 3G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1255695344&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0704\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ma\u2019s Islamic Chinese &amp;#8211; Soup and Egg Roll Included with Lunch Special&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0704.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-976\" src=\"http:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinoc\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0704-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ma\u2019s Islamic Chinese - Soup and Egg Roll Included with Lunch Special\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ma\u2019s Islamic Chinese - Soup and Egg Roll Included with Lunch Special<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_979\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-979\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinoc\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0707.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"979\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/oc-food-reviews\/ma%e2%80%99s-islamic-chinese-anaheim\/attachment\/img_0707\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0707.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 3G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1255695762&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0707\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ma\u2019s Islamic Chinese &amp;#8211; Huge plate of Orange Chicken&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0707.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-979\" src=\"http:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinoc\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0707-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ma\u2019s Islamic Chinese - Huge plate of Orange Chicken\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ma\u2019s Islamic Chinese - Huge plate of Orange Chicken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_981\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-981\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinoc\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0709.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"981\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/oc-food-reviews\/ma%e2%80%99s-islamic-chinese-anaheim\/attachment\/img_0709\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0709.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 3G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1255695813&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0709\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ma\u2019s Islamic Chinese &amp;#8211; Orange Chicken as I plated it&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0709.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-981\" src=\"http:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinoc\/files\/2009\/10\/IMG_0709-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ma\u2019s Islamic Chinese - Orange Chicken as I plated it\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ma\u2019s Islamic Chinese - Orange Chicken as I plated it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Honestly, it was probably enough food for nearly two people, but I enjoyed it too much to want to share.<\/p>\n<p>Service was prompt and attentive and I was surprised with how busy it got as I ate my meal.\u00a0 It wasn&#8217;t packed, but they get a good amount of large groups during lunchtime on Fridays.\u00a0 I&#8217;m looking forward to future visits to Ma&#8217;s, in fact I&#8217;ll take Mrs. DanGarion next time, and I&#8217;ll<strong> suggest she try the Orange Chicken, it&#8217;s fabulous<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out these other great reviews of Ma&#8217;s Islamic Chinese Restaurant by Niyaz over <a href=\"http:\/\/foodfrenzy.freedomblogging.com\/2009\/06\/26\/great-family-food-at-mas-islamic-chinese\/8861\/\">at Food Frenzy<\/a> and Das Ubergeek <a href=\"http:\/\/chowhound.chow.com\/topics\/373030\">on Chowhound<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Visit on 10\/16\/2009 @ 12:00 PM for lunch.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[xrr rating=4.5\/5]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ma\u2019s Islamic Chinese Restaurant<\/strong><br \/>\n601 E. Orangethorpe Ave.<br \/>\nAnaheim<br \/>\n714-446-9553<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/r\/20\/245292\/restaurant\/OC\/Mas-Islamic-Chinese-Anaheim\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none;width: 200px;height: 146px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/b\/link\/245292\/biglink.gif\" alt=\"Mas' Islamic Chinese on Urbanspoon\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you can believe it, I&#8217;ve been doing this blog for well over a year now but this visit to Ma&#8217;s Islamic Chinese Restaurant in Anaheim is my first review of Chinese food ever on my blog.\u00a0 Funny thing, it&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t like Chinese food, it&#8217;s just we don&#8217;t go out for it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[30,48,49,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-oc-food-reviews","7":"tag-anaheim","8":"tag-cheap-eats","9":"tag-chinese","10":"tag-halal","11":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgNGWN-fH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}