well considering i am paying $10 per entree, i would prefer to have more meat than vegetables. authentic or not!
All the more reason you should be looking at places in Chinatown instead. Even at the inflated prices of the DC area you could probably feed the entire family and have buckets of leftovers for about 40bucks.
Granted I’m talking about nearly 30 years ago, but when we used to go to Chinatown in NYC, 12 of us could drink copious quantities of Chinese beer and stuff ourselves full for several hours for $120 including a very generous tip. Even in 1980, dining in Manhattan was NOT cheap, unless you knew where to go.