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| - As far as American-Chinese delivery-type food goes (and I am a huge fan of this genre), this is one of the best places I've been to in a long time. This place is mostly take-out or delivery but has some limited seating indoors. It does have a hole-in-the-wall vibe inside, but it is still clean and sanitary. I didn't eat-in, but I wouldn't be afraid to do so. As an added bonus, the woman who took my order over the phone spoke perfect English. Just a small thing, but it was a little less stressful ordering over the phone without the added worry of a language barrier.
I ordered the crab rangoon and was really pleased. These are the triangle-shaped ones, and they were some of the best I have ever had, though it's hard to explain why. The dough seems a bit thicker than what I'm used to but it works because the rangoons themselves seemed to be more fully stuffed. The thicker dough makes for a chewy center and crispy outside. They are perfectly fried and crispy--no heat lamp rubber texture or burnt crust on these guys. There is nothing particularly different about these rangoons, they are just done right all the way, and it totally pays off.
As I always do at these places, I ordered a dish with garlic sauce. In this case, it was shrimp with garlic sauce. The sauce was as expected, sweet and garlic-y with a slight spicy kick. The vegetables were superb. I notice with this type of food the vegetables are often limp and flavorless, functioning chiefly as a vessel to delivery gobs of sauce into your pie hole. Not so at Wang's, however. All the vegetables maintain an appropriate level of crunchiness and flavor. I remember exclaiming to my boyfriend, "I can taste the flavor of the different vegetables!" They are still cooked, but just not cooked to death. I think They probably make food to order, because I ordered close to closing and there was no indication that my food had been swimming in sauce for hours. The shrimp was also great--decent portion, good size, perfectly cooked
The prices at this place are pretty standard, if not a little lower than comparable restaurants. Overall I was really impressed and can't wait to go back.
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