I never thought I’d see the day when Ellsworth residents had available to them a traveling Oriental restaurant. That shouldn’t come as any surprise as Garden City is full of traveling Mexican food restaurants operated out of the back of cars and vans.

The Dragon House Concessions featuring Chinese Cuisine is a splendid example of ingenious entrepreneurship in these difficult economic times and is located in the parking lot of the American Legion Hall by ALCO on Highway 40 on Sunday and Monday. Those are good days of operation since some of our local restaurants are closed.

The folks who operate this concession, I understand, are very friendly and helpful and want to provide another source of food that is currently not present. When Ally was running the deli she said she had constant requests for her homemade Oriental food. The Dragon House home base is Concordia. They feature low fat, low cholesterol Szechuan, Mandarin and Hunan cuisine.

They offer six different types of soup including hot and sour seafood soup or house specialty soup for two for $6.50. Other soups are $2.00.

The ever favorite Moo Goo Gai Pan is $9.75 as are other chicken, pork and beef selections. Some dishes are less. Seafood and house specialty dinners run slightly more.

They are inspected by Josh’s arm of the Department of Agriculture. I’m sure they would appreciate you giving them a try. They are also spending two days each in Lindsborg and Abilene.