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| - Where did this place come from? It went from being a little red building that I would pass on the side of the road from time to time over to Wong's, the almighty Chinese food joint. I knew it was a restaurant but I probably wouldn't have stopped unless it were for my co-workers who were going one day and asked if I wanted to go. I am so thankful I said "Yes!".
It is a dive. You have to walk through the kitchen to get to the head and you could probably convert the entire place to a motorcycle shop in less than an hour. Extra beverages are stacked against the wall, the tables are small, and the air conditioning is probably in need of a service call. All part of the ambiance! The menu isn't a surprise. When I visit a new Chinese place my first meal is always sweet and sour pork. This way I can get a bead on the same meals and see how they handle the basics. Like most other Chinese restaurant lunch entrees, Wong's lunch comes with an egg roll and rice. In this case it was sticky white rice. Crunchy, drippy sumptuous sweet and suckling sour chicken. It ranks up there with some of the best for certain. The rice was a wonderful mix of sticky and fluffy. I like to eat with chopsticks when possible and this rice was definitely edible with the primitive yet effective utensils. Back and for between the awesome chicken and rice to finally the egg roll. Crispy almost flaky wrapper with an almost too finely minced filling of pork, cabbage, and carrots. The three simply complimented one another throughout the entire lunch. So, so good.
Wong's is EXACTLY why you don't go to a chain and why you don't continue to drive past that place you have seen a million times but never was curious enough to actually stop and dine. The prices are super reasonable to boot. Have I been burned by places like this? Yes, but the few duds are heavily outweighed by other good places and certainly by great places like this. Stop the next time you are driving by if this place looks sketchy, scary, or outright out of place. Because it is but inside they are serving delicious food.
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