Overwhelmed by Chinese fare's beauty and deliciousness, Marco Polo had himself blindfolded and navigated the East by shouting his name out loud. Discover seductive savories with today's Groupon: for $14, you get a Chinese dinner for two at Silverlake Hunan Restaurant in Pearland (up to a $28.15 total value). The dinner includes:

• Two cups of hot and sour, egg drop, or wonton soup (up to a $5.50 value)
• Two egg rolls with meat (a $2.75 value)
Two entrees (up to a $19.90 value)

The chefs at Silverlake Hunan Restaurant serve authentic Chinese cuisine with an eye for artistic presentation. Dining duos can scan the menu for their choices of soup, warming bellies with wonton pockets bursting with broth or mutual high-speed stomach rubs. Twin egg rolls cooked in vegetable oil enliven flavor receptors when not directing air traffic, and entrees such as General Tso's chicken rally taste-bud troops with stirring odes to swallowed morsels. Crunchy peanuts and spicy sauce shower tender cuts of meat in the kung pao beef, and sweet and sour shrimp tangos over the whole tongue, illuminating its zesty path like Hansel and Gretel mapping out their salsa-dancing steps.