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| - "The one with L50, Spicy Pork Chop on Rice."
Good:
Late night delivery till 3AM; wide variety of foods from their night menu (if it hasn't changed, there should still be at least 50+ items); free delivery for a total order greater than $10 subtotal (if you're a UT student presumably living in a UT residence); relatively OK service speed (normally 30 minutes to 45 minutes since your call); delivery guy can be very friendly (depends on who it is); CHEAP!
The Bad:
GREASY!; delivery guy can be very unfriendly (depends on who it is); make you never want to eat that overly-priced already-paid for residence food again (if you're living at a residence)
Overview:
Ah, New Ho King. I don't even know where to begin...it's offered me so much "sustenance" for the past 3 years to the point where I was bestowed the title of "New Ho King" king in my first year as an undergraduate living in residence. Yes, I had New Ho's THAT much. Why? My residence food was THAT bad. Thankfully, I have a hyper metabolism so I don't gain the least bit weight. In fact, I'm probably under weight?
Anyway, I hate to admit it but this was the only reasonable option that we residents had since we often didn't want to or have time to go out. It especially helped that during all those all-nighters when nothing was opened at 2AM in the morning and you'd be hankering for some good ol' greasy Chinese food. Yes, the food is greasy and yes you're so likely to have a stomach ache in the morning and yes it's horrible to eat a full course meal at 3 in the morning...but who cares? We were students (=.
The prices are pretty reasonable, with most of their late-night menu foods priced around the $5 mark. I remember in my second year I created a table using MS Excel that calculated the after tax prices of all their items along with "what you should pay", showing you how much tip you'd then be paying (still have it too haha). $6 after taxes can get you pretty much a good meal (see www.imhungry.ca for their menu).
Recommendations? Get L50, Spicy Pork Chop on Rice (used to call it SPORK). Everyone has had that once in their lifetime as a UT resident. It's that food that everyone recognizes as greasy Chinese food but man is it ever tasty. It's basically deep fried pork chop with spicy peppers and salt served over a box of rice. Not in the mood for deep fried foods? Try their noodles, pretty decent quality and tons of them. Just don't get their BBQ pork chow mein....not saying it's bad or anything but if you've ever had BBQ pork before in your life (and I mean real BBQ pork from a place that serves BBQ Pork, Chicken, etc.), then you'll know their BBQ pork is so artificial in its taste. Tastes like instant BBQ pork, if that helps describe it in words. I personally ate L1 (Shrimps in Lobster Sauce on Rice) more than anything else. It's not what it sounds like (you don't get pieces of Lobster), rather it's minced pork in some lobsterisqe saucy served over rice. Get this if you like having white rice mixed with some sort of sauce. I've pretty much tried out everything on their menu sometime in my life but I think these few are those that even if you've had them for 3 years, you can't get tired of them (=.
The delivery boys are well...it depends. Sometimes you get this really nice skinny Asian young man who's very polite. Generally everyone I know tips him well. On occasion you get this not so polite Asian man who one time stared at me and asked "That's It?" when I gave him a 10% tip, which I think is pretty reasonable considering I ordered from them nearly twice every week.
If you want, you can go dine-in although you wouldn't get the late night menu since that starts at 10PM. You can still order them, but they're about $1 to $2 more expensive. Overall, NHK saved my life for the past 3 years and if you're in the mood for cheap, greasy Chinese food downtown and aren't picky with what you eat (if you're a UT resident then you won't have any problem with being picky at all), you can't go wrong with New Ho (nobody calls it New Ho King except the guy who answers the phone).
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