My exact same experience with shrimp with lobster sauce. ONLY place I ever has it done well was Boston Chinatown. After many raves on this site for the newish Chinese restaurant Kung Fu Chef, we tried it and actually liked the food. Didn't even have lobster sauce on the menu. HOWEVER, we surely won't go back after reading this:
https://www.**************.com/2023/...-the-villages/ It's enough to give you pause about a lot of Chinese restaurants.