Good Chinese food delivery is a thing of beauty. Every area within North America has a different style of Chinese food however, and not all are to my liking. This doesn’t necessarily make them *bad* just a palate that I have not yet come to appreciate. Mind you, some are down right disturbingly nasty and should be closed down due to yuckiness. Fortunately, not only is the Jasmine Tea Garden good, they are super sweet and have amazing customer service. Also, their fortune cookies knew that I’d be reviewing them, and as we all know - flattery will get you a lot of places.

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I had decided that I was going to do a Thanksgiving dinner on the Saturday and have friends over, but I lacked a roasting pan, having left mine in Canada when I moved. I made my resolution on the Wednesday and thought that I was out of luck when I looked online for potential options. However, there is a store called Sur La Table that has a plethora of amazing kitchen gadgets and other culinary awesomeness for sale physically and online. They just so happened to have the perfect roasting pan in stock in their online store, with a web discount and the option for $65.00 next day delivery via UPS.

Thrilled, I not only purchased the pan, but serving utensils, a gravy boat and some coffee related appliances for Dustin for Xmas. I considered the $65.00 steep, but figured it was my own fault for leaving it to the last minute. I didn’t realize what a painful ride I was in for. Because, as nice as Sur La Table is, they rely on a third party vendor for their shipping and I was at the mercy of UPS - and UPS turned out to be total crap.

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