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| - The hype about this place is justified. Portions are big and food comes with tons of "wok hay" which literally translates to wok breath and is used to describe food that has been cooked in a well worked in wok over very high temperatures, a highly coveted quality in Chinese food (this place sells Malaysian street food but the owners are likely Chinese-Malaysian - they can speak Cantonese).
**ALWAYS CALL IN AHEAD ON WEEKENDS!! They receive tons of large catering orders on weekends and wait times are often an hour+. Don't let yourself be disappointed and call ahead. Often times your call will go unanswered but they WILL call you back (their VM is always full but unless your # is blocked from call display they will call back) - if they don't (only happened to me once), they're probably so busy that you won't want to wait that long anyway. Weeknights wait times are more manageable, but why not always call ahead just in case.
I love spicy food so always order their dishes extra extra extra spicy, which usually comes out at a perfect spicy level for me. This did bite me in the butt once when I got the Mee Goreng - it came out so spicy my nose was running like a faucet within a couple bites. Still ate the whole thing though, it did take a couple of meals :). Strangely, my favourite dish is the Hokkien Mein, which is a non-spicy soy based stirred fried yellow noodle. Their chicken satay, the only dish of theirs I've tried where portion is on the small side, but is phenomenal. The meat is expertly seasoned and comes out perfectly cooked and juicy.
Lastly, I would say food, price & portion would've garnered this place 4.5 stars but the service most definitely brings it up to 5. The place is family run, with the parents in the kitchen and the son being the cashier/order taker; I believe he's also the chef behind the desserts that are available only on weekends. He is always very polite, respectful, and apologetic when there's a wait. All around a very well run family business, and I'm sure they're doing quite well by it too - sure hope they are, they work their butts off.
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