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First, avoid their sushi at ALL costs. Â I have now tried it 2-3 times, and each time it is rank and disgusting. Â Today I demanded a refund it was so bad.
Second, the best item on the menu is not even listed, it is their salad dressing, which is very good.
Third, the egg rolls are plain disgusting and should be avoided at ALL costs.
I could go on, but will leave it at this.
Pan  Asian , Jack of all trades , master of none. This place does Chinese , Thai , Japanese...  We ordered a few items , Sesame Chicken, that had no sesame on it, was swimming in an overly sweet sauce with chili ( think red pepper jelly with cornstarch) an oily chow fun, and a other nondescript items.  I cannot speak for their Janpanse food, but I will not order again from this or any othe "multicultural" estabblishment ( except, maybe that new Greek/Russian/Alsatian place!!)
Review Source:Delivery took over an hour.
When the food arrived, nothing we ordered was good. Â The salt&pepper tofu came in huge slabs of tofu, and the outer covering wasn't crisp or well-spiced, just this weird jelly-like consistency. Â The Mongolian Beef was bland and had a lot of filler vegetables. Â The mochi rice (with unexpected mystery filling!) tasted and smelled terrible.
I will never, ever order from this place again.
We used to order Emperor Wok as our go-to Chinese food place, as far back as when they were at the old location on Fullerton/Clybourn. Â However, since they moved to the Ashland location, the food has consistently gone downhill. Â After last night, I will never order from them ever again.
I left work super late, so I asked my husband to call and order something for delivery. Â He called Emperor Wok and ordered a bunch of appetizers, some fried rice and a wonton soup for me.
Everything was pretty flavorless, and the chicken fried rice tasted old and exceptionally greasy, even for Chinese food. Â I used to love their wonton soup, but this was just bland, greasy broth with bland wontons.
The worst, however, was the chicken skewer appetizer we ordered. Â I bit into one, and it was TOTALLY RAW. Â Like, bright pink, room temperature, rubbery, disgusting chicken. Â
When I called to let them know they had delivered us salmonella skewers, they seemed totally unconcerned and told me that they would send a free order of chicken skewers "next time." Â I wasn't looking for free shit, I wanted to let them know that they were potentially food poisoning customers! Â The lady could not have cared less.
At any rate, I don't plan on cashing in on my free skewers - Â there won't be a next time.
Cheap, fast and tasty. What else can you ask for from a Chinese delivery place? Â The food is fantastic. Â I reccomend the Cantonese fried shrimp. Â Thye look like onion rings! Â They are huge! Â I usually go with the pan fried noodles as well as the Kung Pao chicken. Â Everything I have eaten here is awesome and the service has always been spot on. Give em a shot!
Review Source:This is my go to Chinese delivery restaurant. Â I am a Won Ton soup junkie and this place has the best I have found in Chicago. Â The Chicken Kow is also very good with crisp veggies and a light mild sauce. Â My fiance loves, loves, loves the Sweet and Sour Chicken and pork fried rice. Â Perfect lazy day food.
Review Source:I placed a substantial size order for delivery from Wok Emperor. Â Ordering was a hassle and even after repeating and going over my order 3 times, there were still errors. Â
Hawaii fried rice was mediocre at best. Â My friend enjoyed her orange chicken. Â Crab Rangoon and egg rolls were decent. The smoothies were awful and even worse than that was their customer service.
I paid an extra dollar to turn my smoothie into a bubble tea. Â (Basically by adding tapioca balls for a $1.00). I called right away to inform them that an error was made and it seemed like I was inconveniencing them. Â I paid the extra money for the bubble tea and don't live in the area, nor was the food good enough to ever place another order. Â $1.00 off my next purchase was useless. Â To their dismay, I insisted that they send someone back out to fix their error.
After an hour of waiting for my new correct beverage, I received a laughable small container of tapioca balls to add to my half melted smoothie. Â What a joke. Â I literally laughed. Â Never again.
My 10 pm craving for Chinese lead me to this place. Sure, I browsed several yelp reviews before coming here but it was the parking lot that sold it for me. I couldn't find street parking in front of any of the other places in lakeview and since I was already out I wasn't willing to go home and order delivery and pay delivery charges. I'm on a budget yo! I like to have leftovers so dont judge me on the amount of food but I got the general tao's dinner, the sweet and sour chicken dinner and 3 crab Rangoon for $23. Pretty standard pricing. The crab rangoon seemed crab-less to me  which was sad because it's my favorite thing to order. The S&S chicken was delicious. They have a great container that holds the rice, sauce and chicken in three parts all in one! Genius! Perfect for dipping. The general tao's chicken was super interesting. The all white meat chicken chunks (which is important to note because I feel like most places have darkish colored questionable meat) were huge and breaded and then in a dark sauce containing lots of pepper flakes. The sauce itself seems a bit bland until...wham! a spicy pepper sneaks up on ya! Some of my chicken chunks had super crunchy pieces in the breading, so much so that I thought I was biting into a bone. The chicken fried rice was tasty and not very greasy as some places can be. The egg rolls were tasty, too! I don't usually eat  the egg rolls from Chinese places....too much cabbage and mystery meat creating a funky smell but these smelled good and contained shrimp!
I took away 1 star Bc of the odd sauce for the tao's chicken and the crab-less rangoon but I will be ordering here again as long as they deliver to me! They do have good parking tho as they're located in a strip mall. They also serve sushi, dim sum and various smoothies that I didn't not try.
the 2 stars are all dedicated to the food. The food has always been great and we are happy for it.
The reason for the missing stars is for delivery. If you order this for delivery, expect the driver to call you when he arrives and tell you to come down and get your food because he "can't find parking". Now, I live on the 2nd floor of an apartment building and there is a big open fire hydrant space right in front that people always use as a loading zone, definitely more time than it would take to deliver food. Plus I would think that that's something a delivery person would have to deal with with the job, hence why they have signs in their car windows. But even with that, on TWO separate occasions, the delivery guy asked us to come down AND WALK TO THE END OF MY BLOCK to get the food!! Andddd became angry when we questioned him otherwise.
We might as well just drive there and save the delivery and tip fee.
Why is it so hard to find a good Chinese place in Lakeview?? Why?
If you like greasy Chinese, you will love it. Â My usual shrimp fried rice left a thick coat of grease at the bottom of the bowl. Â Gross. Â Their beef kow is pretty good though. Â Tender meat and lots of veggies mixed in.
Love this restaurant. We order from this place quite often. Always have wonderful service and the portions are huge. The sushi is wonderful, one of my more favorable places to order sushi from.
Super easy and convenient online ordering which makes it even better.
Will definitely recommend and continue to eat here!
I had an UNREAL experience with this place last night. We ordered food and after waiting for over an hour we called to get the status...the weather was crappy, we get it. They said that they had called us and that they had tried to deliver to our door...they did neither. When we told them that, they started to berate my friend over the phone. The guy actually did the "I'll repeat what you say in a childish voice" thing. What??!
Then when we finally decided to just hang up and call the bank to reverse the charge, they kept calling us back and taunting my friend!!!
I urge you to never order from here...this was an absolutely awful experience and it made me a bit sad that there are people out there that think it's ok to talk to someone like that.
Holy disaster! DO NOT order from this place. Â Ordered delivery last night and had the worst delivery experience ever. Â
An hour and ten minutes after ordering, I called the restaurant and asked where our order was. Â The employee on the phone could not have been more inappropriate. Â He claimed they had tried to deliver the food, but we didn't answer (funny as there were 4 of us hungrilly waiting), and told us they would charge my card but not redeliver the food. Â The doorbell never rang and neither did my phone. Â
It got worse. Â I asked to speak to a manager and his reply was 'I'm the oldest one here' I asked again to have the food re-delivered, mentioned we had been waiting the whole time, and he said the driver doesn't speak any english and wouldn't be able to figure out 'apartment 1'. Â
The driver began calling me and screaming at me to open the door. Â Of course, he was not at the right building
I have never done business with a more unprofessional place, and I don't suggest you do business with them either. Â It's not worth it.
I now have to have this charge reversed on my credit card.
The place is okay for the regular chinese food you eat at most chinese restaurants. But avoid the dim sum at all cost, it's not close to the dim sum you see at chinatown. They also have sushi which is decent.
They even close late, you can order dim sum at any time but I wouldn't ever again.
Holy huge portions, batman! A dinner special from this joint is enough for 2 (large!) meals for me.
Pros (Yum!!!) - Chicken w/ broccoli, fried rice, egg drop soup
Cons (Ew, I'm throwing this in the trash!) - eggrolls
Undecided (Meh....) - crab rangoons, chicken lo mein
I'm curious to see how the delivery is with this place, as I've only placed orders for pick up. I'm sure I'll find out soon enough when it's -20 degrees outside and I refuse to set foot out the door. That being said, they are lightning quick in preparing the food for pick-up orders.
So far I have been there twice. I have had their lunch meal which has been easy on the digestive tract which having so much experience with local places fried rice is not my digestive tract's favorite friend. The people there are nice and friendly and I have not tried the smoothie's but will soon.
My husband even enjoyed his food when I ordered it the second time and he is one to judge. If we both like a place, which is rare, we usually keep it around in the rolodex. Congrats Emperor Wok, you have two loyal customers!!
The rainbow rolls were a little different for my taste but okay nonetheless.
I love Emperor Wok.
The sesame chicken was all white meat. The Emperor Fried Rice (chicken, pork and shrimp) was delicious. The crab rangoon was amazing (I have no idea what other people are talking about). The wonton soup was huge, four huge wontons in the small.
Note: the portions are HUGE. A large fried rice can feed about six people, same for the sesame chicken.
I love this place, for sure. I am so excited to eat chinese food again!!!
This review is only for the bubble tea. I've been going here for 2 years for this stuff Its AMAZING !!
I've tried many flavors but my favortie is the Mango and you must get the black pearls (tapioca).
They have some pretty goo lunch and dinner special too, but I've never been super impressed with the food. Buble tea is the way to go !!
After reading the reviews on Yelp I decided to take my chances with Emperor Wok. Â BIG MISTAKE. Â I had the miso soup - which I actually have to say that was good. Â I ordered the shrimp toast - or as I will forever call them grease dipped unrecognizable crap - at the recommendation from fellow Yelpers. I literally could only eat one of them. Â I love sushi but being preggers its off limits for me so I ordered the Spider which is basically once again fried unrecognizable crap. Â I was able to eat it however. Â My hubby was in a sushi mood and ordered three rolls. Actually he ordered two rolls and sashimi - but they ended up getting the order wrong and brought us a roll instead. Â We didn't notice we had been charged for the roll until then and didn't complain. Â So - Of the three rolls he had one piece of each and looked at me and said "I'm going to be sick." We got up and simply walked out the door. Â
This definitely isn't a place to go in and sit down or a place to order Sushi. I can't speak for the rest of the menu. Â The people who worked there were rude and bumped into me twice without so much as a "I'm sorry" or "excuse me." Â The delivery guys were in and out so obviously that side of the business is booming. Â We will NOT be trying this place out a second time. Â When you go to a place and the best thing is miso soup - which I can make myself and I'm pretty kitchen dumb - that means STAY AWAY. Â A great way to waste money on a Saturday night.
I gave this place a shot this week for some chinese food. I ordered the shrimp with lobster sauce online. Their online ordering system is very good and a pleasure to navigate and order. I was able to even put in special instructions for my order. I also ordered the fried wontons, which has (8) next to it, and I thought that means I would get 8 of them. Instead I got a whole box full, so maybe it means it FEEDS 8?! GREAT deal for $1.95! The shrimp with lobster sauce was VERY good and I was completely happy with everything.
They also sent a sushi menu. I tried the sushi a couple of days later and got the order very quickly. My dragon roll was still warm! Everything was again delicious! I'm extremely happy with the service and quality of food from here and will definitely be ordering again!
My dude and I used to order from here when we lived in Lakeview. Â We stopped when we moved to Ravenswood because we assumed we are now out of their delivery area. Â
Not so, says our other Ravenswood area friends. Â
My husband was dreaming of their chicken wings the other night and talked me into Chinese delivery. Â Well... to be fair... it's never really that hard to do. Â Even Chinese/Norwegian girls such as myself need cheap lo-phan takeout every now and then. Â
So we order online. Â I love places that offer that. Â It means I can be cut off from the world and still get what I want. Â Delivery was fast... less than 45 mins. Â Everything was still hot. Â Great.
The chicken wings now are just the whimper of their former glory. Â They used to be big... HUGE... and now they're just... small to medium. Â For the same price as before. Â Sounds like a ripoff. Â
My dear friend Jacob Y. told me to order the shrimp toast. Â I liked it. Â A little soggy greasy but that sometimes happens with delivery. Â
The beef in brown gravy and egg foo young: both good. Â Not excellent. Â Good enough to order again though. Â
So... the upshot is that while we will probably order from them again, they aren't my favorite.
It's pretty crazy when my boyfriend doesn't like something. He eats a ton of shit that I think is awful...so when he proclaimed that his Mongolian beef wasn't good and neither were his crab rangoon, I was stunned. Then I took a bit of my chicken with cashew and felt the same way. JINX!
I maybe eat Chinese food once a year, if that. Sometimes i just get a craving for salty brown sauces and egg drop soup (the egg drop soup was pretty good, btw...oh mystery gelatinous broth!). Â I was hoping that this would satiate my craving, but the cashew chicken had a sweet sauce to it that I was not understanding. One measly piece of broccoli? Two peapods? The rest was a filler of brown cubes. Huh.
Delivery WAS super fast, but that doesn't mean I will order from Emperor Wok ever again. One less delivery menu in the kitchen drawer...
THE EGG DROP SOUP IS TO DIE FOR. Â A large order must have 6 full eggs in it.
Emperor Wok cooks carry-out food like a Chinese killer gets hanged. Â Fast! Â Order from your car on the way there. Â They're like Jiminy Cricket quick.
Also very good here:
-The Crab rangoon
-The Fried rice
-The general quality of the ingredients
The curry dishes are not good.
Ok EW, i've given you the obligatory 2nd try.  Went after a tiring day of work on a Friday night.  I originally wanted to try Crisp, but crazy congested lakeview on a Friday night  + 15 minutes of fruitlessly searching for a park space = giving up on good food and giving EW another try.
I grilled the girl at the counter, maybe a little too hard, about finding a dish that was maybe semi-authentically Chinese and not overly sweet. Â She finally recommended the Yunnan Chicken and said she liked it and I probably would too. Â I got that and an order of the spicy chicken wings.
UGHHH MAJOR MAJOR FOOD FAILURE!!!!! The wings were soggy sitting in a gloopy sweet & slighty, maybe, could possibly be spicy sauce. Â It smelled really good but was a total disaster.
The Yunnan chicken for some unexplainable reason, tasted like a mixture of their mapo tofu and their terrible kungpao. Â Basically it means, chicken in murky brown sauce with an overwhelming blast of sweetness. Â
I've tried you twice, you have no redeeming qualities. Â I tried, I really did try. Â I usually love Americanized chinese food, but you're disgusting. Â No offense EW-we'll just pretend this never happened between us.
I've never stepped foot in Emperor Wok, so I can't comment on the decor or anything.
My old boss used to joke around that this place had to just drive around in a van waiting for people to call in to place orders because they're just that fast on their delivery.
My go-to Chinese place is closed on Mondays so Emperor Wok usually gets my business then. I'll get one of the dinners (kung pao beef is very good) and some pot stickers and will have enough food for two days, it's crazy. The beef is very tender and delicious, the veggies are crisp and fresh. The chicken fried rice is nothing to rave about, but it's acceptable.
The language barrier is only rough the first time you order because then they have your information stored. The drivers have been nothing but nice and I don't think I'll ever stop ordering from them.
Although I have never eaten at Emperor's Wok, I have ordered delivery on more than one occasion. Â And being Chinese, I am usually not into Americanized Chinese food...BUT I do get my cravings.
One of the main reason why I do order from Emperor's Wok...the shrimp toast. Â For those of you not familiar with this dish, it is simply shrimp cake deep fried on a piece of bread...which adds a level of crunchiness to each piece. Â Simply delicious.
Other favorites of mine include Egg Foo Young, Special Fried Rice (and they pack the container to the BRIM!) and General Tso's Chicken.
And yes, this place delivers as well. Â One word of caution...they are kinda hard to understand on the phone at times. Â Enunciate if you must...I am just blessed with being able to speak Chinese to them :)
Overall I thought the Wok did pretty well. The kung pao and mongolian beef were a bit sweet for my taste, maybe a bit too much ginger or something. The pot stickers were well cooked, but the flavor wasn't the best. The egg rolls were fantastic, I could definitely just each a bunch of those. They delivered to Uptown, which I wasn't sure they would do. Â Extra points for having online ordering, a full menu and a gallery where you can actually see the food items. If I reviewed their website alone it would get 5 starts, way to make it really useful and informative!!
Review Source:"Aren't you glad you just had a great meal?" That was my fortune. Clearly they didn't just eat Emperor Wok food.
Sigh....I give up. Why is it so darn hard to find a good Chinese place in the city? Â I read the reviews here on this place....I just give up.
Nah, we won't order from them again. We ordered online and had it delivered. Â Their food had no flavor. Â None. Â I even poured a whole packet of soy sauce on my cashew chicken....nothing. Â The chicken fried rice had no flavor either and the veggie egg roll was gummy.
One star because at least it was food. Â Another because at least the order was right and they didn't take forever. Â Other than that, I wouldn't bother. Â Maybe we'll start ordering from the 1-2 star places instead, see what happens.
Five stars for a Chinese takeout place? Â Wh-WHAT!?
I got home from work today, famished, only to realize there was no food whatsoever at my apartment. Â No, not like no-food-I-felt-like-preparing, more like a-resourceful-cockroach-would-have-starved-to-Âdeath. Â Dire straits, people. Â
Time to dig out the stack of delivery menus.
Right from the start, Emperor Wok looks promising. Â Their menu is colorful and full of photos (in case you are new to some of their foodstuffs). Â They offer an impressive array of cuisine. Â Beyond your standard Chinese takeout fare, there is bao, dim sum, and bubble tea. Â
Orders can be placed on the phone or online. Â I didn't notice the website until I'd already dialed in, but each food item also has a number assigned, so there's no fear of a lost-in-translation ordering snafu.
Food arrives shortly thereafter... and it is scrumptious! Â Cashew Chicken is my go-to Chinese food, and this is seriously some of the best I've ever had. Â There are huge pieces of veggies: peapods, kale, broccoli, (I'm a broccoli fiend), and the chicken is all tender and tasty (no mystery meat bits here!). Â I ordered a small, but it's more than enough to ensure leftovers. Â
I also tried the Teriyaki Chicken Bao, and these babies are huge! Â One order contains three bao, and once again, I have leftovers.
The Emperor Wok delivery menu has secured a permanent place in my kitchen drawer.
Their Vietnamese Spring Rolls are a joke. I've seen my fair share of these, but I have never been served a VSR with a cold cut slice of ham in it. Complete with manufactured edge. Why even bother? Just leave it with shrimp or put some more greens in there or something. There was also way too much vermicelli and a very sad piece of lettuce. Not enough sauce, and although I requested one extra in the takeout, they forgot it. The VSRs could use improvement.
So could the black bean sauce (flavorless) that was served with vegetables. My lovely man liked the chicken teriyaki dumplings and his chicken fried rice. But he was really hungry.
I found the service fast and fairly helpful, even though they forgot one sauce. And let's not forget they deliver dim sum. Dine-in is cramped and the atmosphere is sterile, but there is ample parking. Its fast dine in, take out, or delivery from a strip mall. It's good enough.
Emperor Wok is programmed in my phone.
I used to get their eats when they were next to the Old Navy on Fullerton. Then one day, I show up and they're GONE! They were all -- we're moving and not telling you and I was all -- FUCK ME! Fo' shiz, that's how it happened. BUT! I tracked them down and found them on Ashland not HORRIBLY far from the original loc. Whew.
Sesame chicken. Mongolian beef. Fried rice. EGG ROLLS! Those are my staples from here. And booooooy, do I love me some staples (...what??).
Yummy food, quick service, decent prices. Go early, go often.
I was craving some bubble tea yesterday. Â Yes, I know it was snowing and pretty windy, but I was still determined to find some delicious pineapple/coconut boba. Â
Driving down Ashland, I remembered that Emperor Wok is located in the same strip mall as La Gondola! Â Parking, score! Â Always appreciated on a gross Sunday afternoon. Â Emperor Wok is more of a take-out/call for delivery kinda place. Â They have a few tables, but I don't think that many people actually eat IN here.
TON of bubble tea options - lychee, coconut, strawberry, taro, mango, etc. Â You can even mix two flavors! Â All for $3.75! Â But, sadly, the tapioca balls are an extra 75 cents. Â Kinda overpriced, but the freshness and yummy combo totally made it worthwhile! Â
I also decided to order some bbq fried rice ($6), which came out in this HUGE container. Â Like, at least 3 meals worth. Â It was delicious.
AND - get this- they serve dim sum! Â It's, again, a little overpriced for what it is, but it saves the long drive to Chinatown!
Pretty tasty Chinese food that, when delivered, will be at your front door 10 minutes or earlier than the time stated. Â I always groan and moan at the long times stated over the phone by any meal to be delivered...but it makes me feel better that EW's delivery arrives faster than cocky Jimmy Johns! Â It also just so happens that Jimmy Johns much closer in distance!
Not only is DELIVERY QUICK but they have dinner specials. Â Lunch specials was a last year's hit, but EW is bringing inexpensive, massive DINNER SPECIALS to the wok [ha get it, wok instead of table]. Â I had the juicy chicken and string beans with an overflowing portion of fried rice. Â Their General Tso chicken is also excellent, if you like lots of spice. Â It had to be the spiciest I have ever had (thank goodness it was expected by the little chili pepper on their menu).
Next time I get the urge for last minute Chinese food, I'll turn to you EW.
What was I thinking....?!
Coming home from walking the dog on a sunday afternoon, I found Emperor Wok's menu in my mailbox. Â I noticed two things about the menu 1) Dim Sum available all day/night and 2) Delivery until 1 am, or midnight on sunday.
I quickly became excited since I work the night shift and often crave various dim sum foods in the middle of the night. Â I told myself, "Tonight, I will order from Emperor Wok." Â I might have let out a little squeal.
Although I was very excite (borat reference there), part of me knew the food would suck... but I didn't let it get to me.
I got to work and told my agreeable coworker that we were getting dim sum and he was going halvsies with me. Â He agreed, as expected.
Dim Sum arrived. Â We got some pork shu mai, cha sao bao, dan ta, shrimp dumplings, tsong yo bing, and tzong zi (sticky rice in leaf). Â I'm sorry I don't know some of these english names but most of them are dumplings of some sort. Â
Anyhow, pretty much everything was SUPER greasy. Â Good thing I work in a hospital, I was afraid my coworker and I would both have a heart attack after this meal. Â The dan ta, which is custard tart, had no taste. Â Not even a sweet taste. Â The crust was also tasteless. Â The bao tzi was super dry, even the bbq pork inside was dry.
The saving grace was the tzong tzi- sticky rice... which was alright. Â Not great but it did satisfy my craving.
Tapioca fruit smoothies are just okay.
Sigh. Â What was I thinking...
When I came to Chicago from NY 1 year ago, I knew some things would be different.
Pizza would no longer be deliciously thin, it would be deep and saucy.
I knew that I would no longer be able to see a street vendor on every corner with Hot Roasted Nuts to keep me warm in the winter
I also knew that I would no longer be able to buy my gf Coach bags on the street for $20.
I was not prepared for the lack of Veggie Lo Mein with brown sauce. Every Chinese restaurant in NY serves their Lo Mein dishes with the delicious brown goodness all over it. For months, I searched Chicago for this Lo Mein, and all I was greeted with was lo mein in a light butter sauce. I had almost given up...that is until I found the Emperor.
This restaurant is the only one I have found in Chicago that makes my Lo Mein just right...and is the main reason I will continue to come here. The service is OK and they have other items on the menu (which I never get), but it is the delicious brown lo mein that keeps me coming back.
Finding a good Chinese place in our area is tough. Â But we finally found something! Â The fried rice here is perfect, and doesn't taste like it was cooked yesterday (like most places).
No, it's not anything special, but when you're in the mood for some decent Chinese takeout, this is it.
This probably sounds lame, but I've been looking for Chinese food that reminds me of going out to dinner with my parents in the *gasp* suburbs when I was littler. It may not be "authentic" or super "healthy", but I want it to remind me of when we'd get the "Family Dinner A", or something like that... It's a kind of comfort food for me. This place delivered quickly, was very affordable, and had the taste I was looking for; probably pretty Americanized (not as much as Panda Express-type places), but not that greasy-but-flavorless situation that's common in the neighborhoods I've lived in in Chicago. And the chicken isn't that weird chewed-up-and-spit-out variety often found in the aforementioned restaurants!
Review Source:Ouch.
I was excited to have a carryout Chinese place closer to my house, and last night was my first taste of the Emperor Wok on Ashland Avenue (it's in the Jewel parking lot, in the strip mall with La Gondola, which is a MUCH better restaurant).
The food wasn't great. It was the type of Chinese food that comes from the restaurants where they don't think the gringos will ever know the difference if they use crappy ingredients and don't do it right. Sesame Chicken was a rich syrup on some doughy fried chicken. Very rich. The egg rolls were good, though, I'll give them that. They were damn good. Come to think of it, they tasted quite a bit like the frozen ones from CostCo. And the actual meat in the chicken pieces seemed like a reasonable grade of white meat. So, well, that's good I guess.
My sleep last night was restless. Stomach aches, bad dreams, overall gross feelings. It was the ghost of bad Chinese haunting me when I should have been resting. And I'd like to apologize to whichever coworker happened to be in the bathroom stall next to me around 1p today. Sorry. I couldn't help it. Blame Emperor Wok.
Maybe I just had a bad experience. I know that's possible. Maybe it's worth another try from another reviewer who can prove me wrong. But for me, personally, I feel like I've paid the price for my risk-taking. I'm sticking with Yen's in Century Mall. That's good stuff.
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