I was poking around on the web looking for references to King Garden, THE best chinese restaurant ever, which closed about six months ago. I still cry myself to sleep. If it matters at all, when a local chef was interviewed a few years ago in the also defunct Worcester Phoenix, he said it was his favorite place to eat out. SEE? It wasn’t just me.

So I know the owner just had trouble with the landlords up here, and that he made a silly business decision about his hours, but I heard he has a location in either Westboro or Marlboro. I need to find out where it is (it’s probably just a hole in the wall take-out place, but I’ll eat in my car.) It’s a quest. I must weep at the owner’s feet and beg him to come back to the Leominster/Fitchburg area.

Okay, so some research shows me it might be one of THESE places:

In Marlborough:

BEIJING GARDEN, 89 Broad St,

CHEZ SIAM RESTAURANT, 280 E Main St,

ESCARGOT RESTAURANT, 231 Main St,

GOLDEN UNICORN RESTAURANT INC, 735 Boston Post Rd E,

HUNAN DELIGHT, 200 Boston Post Rd, Sharon thinks it’s probably not this place

MEE KING RESTAURANT, 46 Main St,

THAI COCONUT RESTAURANT, 50 Cotting Ave,

or in Westborough,

CHENG-DU RESTAURANT, 157 Turnpike Rd, It’s not this place, but this is my favorite spot AFTER King Garden. I guess that moves it up to first place, huh?

HONOLULU RESTAURANT, 160 Turnpike Rd, I agree with a reader that it’s not this place.

JADE GARDEN RESTAURANT, 84 Turnpike Rd,

MANDARIN WESTBORO INC, 57 E Main St, Probably not this one either

ROSE LEE’S CHINESE CUISINE, 196 Turnpike Rd,

THAI POCHANA RESTAURANT, 21 South St,