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| - I think restaurants should be rated primarily on their food, and boy did Wah Kee earn high praise for just that.
But first, let's talk about the turn-offs. Walking into the restaurant, I was immediately hit with a strong smell that screamed authentic Chinese restaurant. Maybe it was the humid weather or maybe it was something in the kitchen, but I was actually quite bothered by this smell. The service was at best average. We received minimal attention from the waitress, but we were so absorbed in the menu and the food that it didn't bother us too much. A fly kept flying around our table, but luckily we were almost done with our meal before it really started to annoy us. Overall, the environment could have been better to enhance the dining experience.
However, with all that being said, the food here exceeded our expectations and then some. We started off with the scallion pancakes, which were delicious! The dough was so soft and chewy yet crispy on the outside. We each ordered a noodle dish from their house specials section of the menu. The noodles themselves were of very high quality and definitely deserved the highest praise of the night. They were soft yet slightly chewy and bouncy, an indicator of authentic homemade noodles. The zha jiang noodles came with a good amount of sauce and vegetables, although they clearly used frozen vegetables. The Szechuan dan dan noodles were spicy but tolerable, and this is coming from someone who has very low tolerance for heat. The seafood broth was very savory, and the shrimp and beef pieces complimented the noodles and broth very well. Overall, both of the noodle dishes we tried were well balanced in terms of flavor and portion-size.
While the dining experience could have been better, the noodles were truly exceptional and that's what we will come here for, again and again.
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