Chinese Restaurant Coming to former Saba Space in Oakhurst
Decatur Metro | March 29, 2017 | 9:00 am
Well this is delicious news.
Decaturish reports that the folks behind Taiyo Ramen in Downtown Decatur and Suzy Siu’s Baos in Krog Street Market are opening “Double Dragon Oakhurst Chinese” in the former Saba space in downtown Oakhurst.
According to Decaturish…
The restaurant will source locally from Global Growers, Riverview Farms, Aluma Farm and Finch Creek Farms. The menu will have classic American Chinese Dishes like General Tso’s Chicken, Mongolian Beef, Egg Rolls and Hot and Sour Soup.
Plans are to open this Spring. More info over on Decaturish.
Woo hoo!!!!! Exciting news (from the citizen that has waited FOREVER for Big Boss).
YAY! Finally! Can’t wait!
I’ve been waiting for something like this since Jin Jin closed.
I’ll be waiting for a statement that they use absolutely no MSG, including in sauces. If that’s the case, I’ll be one of the first customers!
I don’t mean to be rude, but why? MSG is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, which we all produce in abundance and which is found in countless foods.
It gives me migraine headaches, which are very infrequent for me, and is the only food additive I’ve ever identified that does. If I eat a dinner containing MSG I will be awakened about 4 AM by a bad headache. And no other time.
That was most likely a coincidence. There are no reputable studies linking MSG to any of the symptoms people supposedly suffer from eating it. It adds umami flavor to food, and it’s found naturally in parmesan, tomatoes, kombu…basically anything that has that rich, rounded flavor.
There’s no harm in avoiding it, I guess, but I wouldn’t worry if you accidentally eat some.
I know you don’t mean to be lecturing me, but you do come off that way. Let me further explain that it’s unlikely that this “coincidence” would recur multiple times. Further, large group studies often are not sensitive to effects manifested by small numbers of people. I am quite familiar with the research as well.
Thanks for the reply. I am interested in the idea of the “Chinese restaurant syndrome” and have also read that there are no studies that have shown negative effects from MSG while also controlling for its flavor, which makes sense to me given how prevalent MSG is in particular (and glutamates are in general). That being said, I’m also curious about experiences on an individual level.
This is from WebMD. http://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/guide/food-related-headaches#1 Neurologists will tell you that triggers vary a lot from person to person, but there are some common suspects, and this is one. Maybe there are, for some people, important differences between naturally occurring MSG and having it added in a large quantity?
If you’ve used Chicken Bouillon cubes before…you’ve used MSG. I fall on both sides of the “argument”- I’ve experienced consistent tightness in my neck whenever I have Pho (which is notorious for MSG in their broth), but in other cases when I use it a home in moderation, I do just fine.
I have also gotten back tightness while eating, and only while eating, at Asian restaurants. I do believe its a measure of volume of MSG consumed — we often tolerate higher levels of salt, sugar, and fat in food served to us in restaurants than we typically cook with at home.
What are the odds they’ll have actual Egg Rolls? Its been my experience that “Egg Rolls” in the Atlanta market usually means spring rolls, with the exception of Golden Buddha.
Yeah that’s what I thought too. I’d die for an actual egg roll, especially one that cost the $1.50 it should cost–but that might be against the law now.
MSG might get them some free publicity but, if they really want to up their guerilla marketing, they’ll offer a coupon that’s good only for dine-in but not specify that in writing, and then distribute those coupons in Oakhurst!