Yuan Ten Chinese restaurant

9300 Bellaire, Houston, TX

Yuan Ten is one of those Chinese restaurants where the wait staff don't speak English well, and to compensate for their misunderstanding, they work very hard to provide an excellent value. The wait staff tries to be very friendly.

Their lunch menu starts at $3.95, and this is likely an unmatched value. Starts out with a very big bowl of bland rib bone soup. Mix it with complimentary rice, and drink some complimentary tea, and this is enough for a meal by itself.

Then the lunch specials can be somewhat exotic. Try their eggplant special.... I would classify this as a delicasy dish, and here, it is all for under $4.50--tea, rice, soup, and fortune cookie.

An amazing value.