Surprisingly solid *CANTONESE* take-out/cafeteria that's open late -- in a city full of shitty Chinese take-out options
I stressed Cantonese because that's actually what the staff speak here to each other. And why is this important? Well -- you know that deliciously greasy and starchy Chinese food that Westerners have come to love? We invented that shit.
The chefs here are very consistent and really cook with 'wok hei' ('breath of the wok'). Sometimes, I make the mistake of ordering a Cantonese classic from the wrong place and I end up with limp-dicked soggy noodles like a schnook.
There's an upstairs dining area as well, but most of the patrons grab their food to go. And the place is surprisingly clean and I don't feel that usual grease sheen on floor of cheap Chinese joints.
Also, with the open kitchen - you can see the chefs ply their craft. The sizzle of the woks, the clanging of the 'wok chans', the occasional flames, and that unmistakable smell of searing grease -- it smells like victory. Combined with the Cantonese chatter from the staff -- this really takes me back to my childhood (I grew up in the back of a Cantonese restaurant -- I'm surprised that I didn't come up with more oil burns).
I usually come by and grab classic dried-fried beef ho fun with soy (pretty much the ideal dish post-drinking to settle that stomach) - and it's a solid example here. The sweet and sour pork is passable. They also bubble tea -- but would recommend sticking with the Cantonese classics here.