{"id":389328,"date":"2026-07-28T17:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/389328\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T17:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:07:10","slug":"tasty-modern-asian-kitchen-has-9-99-lunch-specials-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/389328\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasty Modern Asian Kitchen has $9.99 lunch specials in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tasty Asian Modern Kitchen seems to have found its footing more than\u00a0a year after opening in San Antonio<\/a>. With generous portions, excellent service and a lineup of affordable lunch specials, the Chinese eatery is worth the occasional visit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When I first checked out the restaurant in March 2025, it was obvious that things were still coming together, but when I learned that former staffers from the long-lost La Chinita’s<\/a> had moved over to Tasty Asian Modern Kitchen, I knew I had to give it another shot. The interior of the restaurant was as I remembered it, with neon lights and lanterns beaming throughout a dining room lined with a mix of wood paneling and presumably faux marble walls.<\/p>\n

The biggest difference between my first Tasty visit and this one was being greeted at the door by Wai Kong, who I know by the name of “Sunshine.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kong was one of the familiar smiling faces serving customers at La Chinita’s on San Antonio’s Southeast Side before the business shuttered in 2025<\/a>. She and several of her former coworkers have\u00a0moved over to Tasty, where they work in different areas of the restaurant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After getting situated at a table, I glanced over the lunch specials, the impetus behind this trip to Tasty. Prices range from $9.99 to $11.99 and include items like orange chicken, shrimp with lobster sauce and kung pao chicken. Lunch specials are available from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, and entrees come with a choice of steamed or fried rice, an egg roll and soup.<\/p>\n

I ended up going with the black pepper mixed mushroom beef cubes ($10.99), a dish more commonly known as pepper steak, with fried rice, a hot and sour soup and an egg roll. The hot and sour soup came out first, steaming hot in a bowl with a proper soup spoon and a portion of fried wonton strips on the side. The soup had a decent amount of spiced\u00a0heat to it with all the mushrooms, egg and bamboo shoots mixed into the dark broth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The real star of the show was the pepper steak, which came velveted and cubed, making for thick, tender bites. The spicy, savory sauce was slathered over the beef and a mix of peppers, carrots and onions, and the excess sauce added extra flavor to the mound of fried rice on the plate. A small ramekin of tangy dipping sauce meant for the egg roll also found its way into the serving of rice, because why not?<\/p>\n

In the end, I had to ask for a box or risk eating everything in one sitting and falling asleep the minute I got home. Tasty Asian Modern Kitchen is still in its infancy, but attentive staff and affordable options prove that this restaurant has every intention of sticking around for awhile. I will say, I’m still curious about Tasty’s dim sum offerings, but that’s an adventure for another day.<\/p>\n

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