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| - I've never been here. This review is based on my experience ordering delivery through Yelp Eat24. That said, from the pics posted here, it looks like a typical, can't-throw-a-dead-cat, strip mall Chinese place. The menu is standard, typical and beige.
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Everything I ordered was cooked fresh, seasoned perfectly, with none of those gunky, gooey sauces one usually associates with strip mall Chinese places. I will make tentative judgement that, among the Chinese delivery restaurants available from Eat24, this one comes in first! And the cost is very reasonable, the portions generous.
Out of all that I ordered, I think I enjoyed the wonton soup the most. The wontons were light, not chewy, and the filling was perfectly proportioned and not heavy at all. But it was the broth, a lovely, clear and golden broth that was fragranced rather than flavored. Really a delight!
I enjoyed the lo mein as well. It was the reason I chose this restaurant tonight. I'm not a fan if chow mein or chow fun, for one reason or another, and Happy Wok is the only place I could find it. The lo mein here was a touch greasy, but not annoyingly so, and while it didn't reek of it, the garlic came through very nicely. A tad short on the chicken, perhaps.
Chicken with snow peas, mixed vegetables, and chicken fried rice were also on our buffet table, all executed with skill. I usually find fried rice bland and have to add a ton of soy, but that wasn't the case here (okay, I added a touch, but not, like, a whole package.) the chicken was white meat, generous chunks, tender and not dry. The snow peas were still al dente, and there was a very nice assortment of veggies in the mixed.
I'm sure that there is better, more "authentic" Chinese food to be found at the many establishments that line Spring Mountain Ave, and some really good, but pricey, Chinese food on the Strip, but for delivery, I can heartily recommend Happy Wok!
Oh, and in China, they just call it "food!"
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