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Eat at Omi if you want good Chinese food in Baton Rouge

Posted on 8/24/13 at 1:55 am
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 8/24/13 at 1:55 am
I ate at Omi tonight in Baton Rouge. Yes, it is a pain in the arse to get to because of the location (One Calais off of Essen), but do yourself a favor and try it. If you're thinking of a typical Chinese joint where you point at a picture that consists of some random animal protein with some nondescript mixed vegetables in a brown sauce, that is definitely NOT what this place is.

The food is GOOD. I had the Chong Qing spicy chicken and I got a dish of nicely crisped chicken in a sauce that was pretty much just the oil it was cooked in with a bunch of chilis. Not extremely hot, but with notes of flavor that stood out on their own. The cumin spicy pork we had was different. The pork was well cooked with just enough spice to flavor the dish, and it was presented simply. Pork, spice, shoots, and a bit of the oils it was cooked in.

The only thing that wasn't great was the hot and sour soup. It was neither hot nor sour, but the two entrees we had more than made up for it. This is one of those restaurants that Baton Rouge should support. Try it. Its location is terrible, but what they're doing there is not. This is definitely one of Baton Rouge's good restaurants.
This post was edited on 8/24/13 at 1:56 am
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118000 posts
Posted on 8/24/13 at 2:00 am to
Any leftovers?
Posted by HMTVBrian2
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2011
5760 posts
Posted on 8/24/13 at 2:44 am to
I usually love their hot and sour soup. Maybe you got it on an off night.

Different strokes, either way.
Posted by hobotiger
Asbury Park, NJ
Member since Nov 2007
5229 posts
Posted on 8/24/13 at 5:06 am to
I read this and thought my dead grandmother opened a restaurant. Lol
Posted by Roy Oldhafer
Member since Aug 2013
743 posts
Posted on 8/24/13 at 7:48 am to
FANTASTIC! another OMI thread.. 3rd one in as many weeks, and I think that is a good thing. The more pub this place gets the better. I do not want it to die in that hell hole location.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the food... I go at least 3 times a month. Cumin pork, cumin chicken, ants climbing on trees, stir fried string beans, the spring roll... DELISH!!!

I don't know how the name is pronounced but I see it and think OH MY. because thats what I said the first time I had the owners food at his old LSU place. This place is a WINNER.
This post was edited on 8/24/13 at 7:49 am
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
76500 posts
Posted on 8/24/13 at 8:49 am to
No thanks, I would rather do Hunan's.
Posted by Uncle Stu
#AlbinoLivesMatter
Member since Aug 2004
33718 posts
Posted on 8/24/13 at 9:00 am to
So the best Chinese food in BR is at a Japanese restaurant?
Posted by John McClane
Member since Apr 2010
36934 posts
Posted on 8/24/13 at 11:54 am to
quote:

The only thing that wasn't great was the hot and sour soup. It was neither hot nor sour


Coffee Talk moment. Talk amongst yourselves.
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