The Chinese Food Story: My usual place, Bamboo Village, has not been so hot the last couple of times I've been there. So, I toddled over to a place called Bamboo, next to the wonderful Cafe Bizou. Now, this place has been recommended to me with great verve by several people - the best Chinese food in the Valley. I ordered my usual cashew chicken and orange chicken and some white rice. Couldn't wait to get home and try it. I should have waited - the single worst Chinese food I've ever tasted - two bites of each dish and in the trash it went (and it was EXPENSIVE!) - totally flavorless, the chicken all soggy and fatty, and the orange chicken without a trace of orange in the flavor. I put some butter on the rice and ate that. I guess it's Genghis Cohen or Chinatown from now on.