China Star is a buffet & takeout restaurant in Beaver that offers standard Chinese-American fare. I found myself in the area after hunting for one of the newest Almost Heaven swings that was installed at Glade Springs. I ordered a honey chicken with white rice and a roast pork eggroll. The chicken was the same white meat type you'd find in a chicken & broccoli dish. It's like flatter, moist and tender. The sauce was very sweet; no heat. But no real texture to speak of, either. The eggroll was basic; I miss great eggrolls (like Chin's in Charleston). Grade: B

After my yearlong adventure through West Virginia to try all the Tudor's Biscuit World locations, I had my fill for quite some time. But, when I found myself in Williamson in need of breakfast, I discovered a Tudor's just down the road - even though it's technically in another state. I ordered a blueberry muffin, which I'm not sure whether they make in-house or not. But it was good. The top was a bit hard, but overall moist and sweet. Grade: B

There are so many food crazes out there that it's hard to keep track! One I stumbled upon on Instagram is "tanghulu," which is a Chinese candied fruit.

At the recent Filipino festival in town, I learned about Candy Fruit Queen here locally who is making candied fruit, and I knew I needed to try it.

I messaged her and ordered the Queenie Duo, which comes with two pineapple rings and grapes. You can get one of a variety of flavors: peaches & cream, blue lagoon, caramel apple, galaxy blue raspberry and more. I went with the last one.

These are frozen fruits with a thick candy coating. They are unique and oddly refreshing and super duper sweet. Fun to try!