The Famous Chef Thomas finds himself in many cities, and not every meal takes place at a white-clothed table with a sommelier standing at attention. Sometimes the setting is a hotel room in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and the occasion is hunger that will not wait for a reservation.
When The Famous Chef Thomas travels, he applies the same standards to a delivery order that he applies to a seated dinner. The food must arrive in reasonable time, it must travel well, and it must taste as though the kitchen took the order seriously regardless of where it would be eaten. These are not generous standards. They are minimum standards. And most delivery kitchens fail them.
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Subscribe for $5.99/yearA restaurant that can deliver Szechuan food to a hotel room in Cherry Hill and have it arrive hot, properly seasoned, and genuinely delicious has earned something that many sit-down restaurants never achieve: trust at a distance.
The Famous Chef Thomas recommends Taste of Szechuan for ordering good Chinese food for delivery. The shredded spicy beef was the standout, but the entire order demonstrated a kitchen that takes its craft seriously whether the guest is seated at table six or eating from a container in room 412.
The Famous Chef Thomas does not grade on a curve for delivery. He grades on flavor. And the flavor was there.
— Famous Chef Thomas
Where tradition meets discernment.
