Another review from a few years back, really sorry, but wanted to make note of the places I loved when we lived in Champaign.
OK, I read a lot of reviews a few years back (when this review was current) and found that people considered a place called First Wok a hidden gem. Well, I didn't want to drive to First Wok. Then Number One Wok opened (yes, this review is from when this business opened). I picked up their menu. It was almost exactly the same as First Wok. Were they related? Sure looked like it. Are they still? No idea. Anyway, I found the menu amusing. A lot of Chinese food menus have bad descriptions of the food and typos but this menu had NO Descriptions. It was like a shot in the dark to figure out what some of the things were going to be. So I gave it a try.
And I really liked it. No, I didn't order any of the standard things like sweet sour whatever or broccoli cow. I randomly picked things based on the protein or noodle base or whatever caught my attention. I did this four or five times before I got some favorites going. By the time my favorite order was going in once a week I was very happy with my food. My mother came to visit and even SHE thought it was pretty damn good. FYI our background is Chinese born in Hawaii where things might not be exactly authentic but good tasting food is super important. A caveat: Takeout food is in a different category than sit down restaurant. I am not comparing this place to the Chinese banquet restaurants. That just wouldn't be fair.