Since I reviewed a French gourmet restaurant previously, I thought it was best to evaluate a Chinese gourmet eatery.  Also, since Delicieux is up, live, and running, it was nice to visually compare each of the sites side by side in comparison.  So, here is my final and last review of the, China Gourmet:

Located in West Orange, NJ, the China Gourmet goes that extra mile on design and interaction.  A few positives that the website has is its layout, jquery, and online ordering feature.  One distinct flaw that the website unfortunately has its overuse of various fonts.

POSITIVES

Layout – The boxy design is organized, yet, well controlled.  With everything maintained inside the main red box, it gives the website consistency, as well as organization.  It also gives the viewer a chance to thoroughly enjoy the artistic details that surround the main box, including the Chinese dragons, chopsticks, glowing lantern, and textured backgrounds.

Jquery – The entire website contains a ton of jquery.  From the loading page, to the navigation buttons, to the content, jquery plays a huge role in this site.  It honestly pushes the envelope.  For example, whenever the viewer clicks on the “About Us” page, whatever content was inside the main box disappears, and then the new content slides down from top to bottom transitionally.  This feature is visually appealing, while pushing the limits.  It is almost as if the web designer went as far as he/she could go without it being annoying or burdensome.

Online Ordering – This restaurant contains something different compared to the other sites that have been reviewed.  They feature an online ordering system.  When clicking on the “Online Order” tab, the site directs you to some information, where you can then click on a link to place your order.  When redirected, the site gives the viewer prices of all their dishes with an “add to cart” button, where your total will begin to add up.  This feature is something very unique, which gives the restaurant the opportunity to stay within the current technological times.

NEGATIVES

Font – As far as fonts, there are simply too many going on at once.  For example, the main title, located at the very top of the page.  This font is very artsy and appropriate, however the glow makes it extremely hard to read.  Also, when going through the site in its entirety (through sub-sites and main-sites), the number of fonts turned out to be somewhere around seven.  Seven different fonts are a bit extreme and overpowering.  The site would be visually more successful with around two or three.