Yum’s Chinese Carry Out 2

Wide variety of different food types at extremely reasonable prices. No frills doesn’t really do them justice. If you’re buying for a bunch of folks with different tastes, pass around the Yum’s menu and call your order in. Something good for everyone and it won’t break the bank. Just be ready to pull the staples out of the styrofoam containers before you warm up the leftovers later on. There will be leftovers.

Never again.
It’s close so I thought I would give it a try. My first visit, maybe 6 months ago, I ordered Hunan Beef. My standard order to test a new Chinese kitchen. It was a major fail.
Time goes by. Again I’m lazy so I give a shot at a few plain fried chicken wings. Again a fail. Wings were fatty and cooked in old oil.
Time goes by and in my foolishness I decided to try one more time. I ordered a twenty piece Buffalo Wings. I had a dry spice on hand I thought would really perk them up.
I pull up to the pick up window and was told my Lemon Pepper wings were almost ready. I told the lady I ordered Buffalo wings. After a moment of confusion they agreed to correct my order.
After this exchange I felt sure they would get my order correct.
Wrong! When I got home I had the same old oil, greasy, nasty chicken wings I had on my other visit. My dry spice couldn’t fix them.
As I said, never again.

Consider this a lesson learned. Never trust a Chinese restaurant that has a drive thru attached.
I’ve been craving Chinese for awhile now. Unfortunately, I am having trouble locating good Chinese food in the midtown area. My standby location, the ubiquitous China Wok, is off of Dexter in Cordova. Needless to say, this location will not be my new favorite Chinese location.
The store is located near the corner of Park and Highland, and, if you were smart, you would drive right past it to go to Wang’s Mandarin House a little further up the street. The inside is clean, but cluttered. You could possibly shoot and episode of Hoarders here. I guess you need all that stuff when you serve 83 (approximately) different types of cuisines. It’s like Yum’s suffers from split personality disorder, and the Chinese identity is barely holding off all the others. I am always hesitant to eat in a place that is cluttered, because I know there is no way you move ALL that stuff to clean each night. But stomach gets what stomach wants, so I soldered on.
The food I ordered was terrible. I ordered steamed dumplings (my absolute favorite Chinese dish), and the General Tso’s chicken. The steamed dumplings which are usually squat and fat and crimped tightly (think sexually-​repressed Mario) were long and loose and falling apart (think drunk Luigi). The rice accompanying the chicken was straight Uncle Ben’s brown rice. There were no vegetables, meats, or «others» to be had. It was bland, unsavory, and quite honestly, a waste of money.
Save the money you would spend here to put more gas in your car and drive to a real Chinese food place.

Had the lunch special shrimp szechuan. Food was fresh, nice portion size, tasted great, and inexpensive. New location is 100 yards north of old location. Owners were very friendly. Enjoy great Chinese takeout

I just want to take this time to give Yums a shout out. Not for their fine cuisine or fabulous atmosphere, but for their variety of foods cooked at a remarkable speed at an even more remarkable price.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but there are few places that have a menu consisting of Chinese food, sandwiches, gyros, hot wings, fried anything, or random items such as «pizza pockets.» Yes, Yums has all this and more. Variety – check!
Yums has a drive through. However, they are just as quick inside. They always have your food out in about 5 minutes or less. Speed – check!
Here’s my favorite part though, the price. I usually order the Chinese food (chicken and broccoli is my fav) and they give me enough food to feed me for 2 meals. All for around $ 6. Cheap price – check!
This my friends, is the beauty of Yums. Judge if you want, but it is a truly happy place where you can find an assortment of cheap meals.

I can’t believe that I have not reviewed this place yet. Yums is definately one of my go to places for quick and cheap chinese food. I always get the General Tso’s chicken with fried rice. They always give you so much food (for little money) so I end up having enough left over for lunch the next day. The wings are also pretty good at Yums and they are relatively cheap (around 50 cents per wing). They offer hot, honey hot, honey gold, or mild. When the wife is out with friends I almost always order out Yums to bring home and watch a movie or sports.