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I love the food, I love that they are open until 12am, but i hate the waiters and the awkward quietness of the restaurant. Turn on some music or something! Everytime I'm there I feel like everyone is listening in on my conversations. The service sucks, but what do you expect at a chinese restuarant.
I always order:
Bow Jai Fan (mushroom and chicken) ... yum
low hon jai churng
the crispy fried saucy noodles (jeen mein)
mango/grapefruit sago dessert (I have never had better anywhere else)
I give it a 4... but its a 4 in a Chinese restaurant sorta way. (as in my standards are a bit lower and compared to American restaurants.. it would probably be a 3 1/2.)
Been here a dozen times now because of a few of my favorites here. The shrimp dumpling "Sui Gaw" soup and the Chinese doughnut wrapped in rice roll "Ja Lurn".
The very last time (last week) I was here though, we had a special ingredient. I took my boss here since we were in the area. I ordered my shrimp dumpling and she ordered the seafood chow fun w/gravy. A quarter into the plate of chow fun, my boss found the special ingredient - a fat fly. It was very odd because I remembered waving off this annoying insect as I was first settling onto my chair. I refused to look at it as it might be the same guy I waved off. Perhaps I've accidentally murdered this special ingredient and it some how landed onto my boss's food. I really don't know.
Boss lady flag down the waiter and calmly told him about the life-less bug. The dish was promptly removed and we were asked if we would like replacement dish. We declined the kind offer and shared the shrimp dumpling. The waiter later return to us and offer desserts on the house. Being a dessert lover, we accepted the offer. We wanted the bird's nest, but the wait would be 30 minutes, so we both had the mango grapefruit dessert soup instead.
Now I have a new favorite after trying the mango grapefruit dessert soup. Very nice flavor without too much sugar. Yummy.
This is my go-to place for my shrimp dumpling fix and doughnut rice roll combo, and of course, now the mango grapefruit. I had other dishes, but felt that it was either bland or too oily.
Service has always been street food HK-style, which is: the servers are here to just give you your food, nothing else - no smiles, no chit-chat. Just eat and get the hell out of there so they can turn the table.
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If you find yourself in the San Bruno neighborhood and hungry for Chinese food, go to Fat Wong and all your cravings for wonton noodles in hot, clear broth, BBQ poultry's and pork, stirred fried noodles, rice plates and dumplings will be satisfied. This place certainly did the trick for me.
Fat Wong serves Hong Kong style Chinese food. Some of the items they have are more on resemblance to Hong Kong street food such as marinated stewed tofu while they also have dim sum items such as shrimps dumplings, Chinese doughnut wrapped with steamed rice noodles, all kinds of congees (porriage). Authentic and delicious, their dishes reminded me of dining in Hong Kong.
I particularly like the fish paste noodle soup served with rice noodles, mushrooms in clear fish broth. Accompany with a side order to their famous mustard greens sauteed with garlic and Chinese rice wine. The mustard greens are always done to perfection, the vegetables are still bright green in color and crunchy to the bite.
Fat Wong is a simple restaurant with a big flavor. The dining room overlooks the kitchen window where glistening roasted ducks, crispy BBQ pork, and soy sauce chicken are hung on display until they are ordered and chopped up to be served with steamed jasmine rice or over wonton noodles soup. It is definitely an appetite stimulant when you first walked into the restaurant.
Word of advise: never go when you are already super hungry because Fat Wong's line can get very long especially during lunch or dinner hours. With modest prices and big flavors, I can see why there is always a line out the doors even on days when I was just passing by as I drive down El Camino Real.
This place is horrible, the service was unbelievable. My family sat at the table and one person was missing for the whole group to be there. My grandma's disabled and can't walk that well. The boss lady had the audacity to tell us to get up and keep the table open until everyone was there. After the whole party was there, the staff ignored us for 10 minutes straight before we got up and got out. Will never go back there again!
I haven't been here for a while. The quality of food is dropped significantly. The dumpling with rice noodles were way overcooked. The rice noodles were broken. We ordered the ribs with rice in clay pot. When we opened the lid, it was sausage and preserved pork. We asked the server to get an exchange. He told us "Hang on a second." But, the server never came back and we were in a hurry. Should this guy at least apologize for ordering the wrong food for us?
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Its hard to find another Chinese diner better than this.
I have not been disappointed with anything I have had. Pan Fried Noodles, Chow Fun, Congee and my favorite, Won Ton Noodle Soup. I have been here a many, many times in the past few years.
Recently came on Saturday with the family. Staff is nice for a Chinese restaurant. They accommodated my baby nephew as well.
I had the Beef Brisket and Wonton Lo Mien (basically the noodle soup without the soup). It was way too hot that day for soup. They have one of the best Briskets I have tasted. Not fatty and very tender. The Won Tons are very plump. The dish was Awesome as always. If you like hot sauce, take a few spoons of their chill sauce (warning, it is hot). One of my favs. Also had the BBQ Pork Noodle Roll. I had better but it was not bad.
And they only accept CASH.
I really want to love this place, I really did. Being from Hong Kong, I'm always looking for a HK style street food restaurant. And Fats looks and feels just like I'm walking down a street in kowloon - from the requisite surly owner taking your money to waiters looking like they hate their jobs and can't wait to step outside for a smoke.
Unfortunately the food just isn't up to snuff.
Because of my mental infatuation, I've been here numerous times, each time hoping I just didn't order the right thing and/or that the next time will be better. Some samplings below.
Their best dish by far is the zaa loeng/
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rice roll wrapped around a chinese doughnut. The key is the doughnut; it stays crunchy and it's crunchy texture against the smooth, soft rice roll is a great taste sensation. If you get this fresh in the mornings/afternoons, it is a delight. However by night fall the dish falls flat.
The beef chow fun is bland and oily. I've gotten various rice dishes, including black bean ribs over rice, beef and veggies over rice, chicken over rice, everything is average, nothing special. The wonton noodle is not very good; the wontons don't have much shrimp and just don't taste right. The beef stew (noodle) was tough and not enough flavor. The congee (jook) was a watery mess, and bland to boot.
I've tried other things on the menu and some are ok, others below average. I guess my expectations are too great, Fats seems to have a loyal following.
So now every time I drive by I think to myself that I maybe should go in and give it another try, but then on second thought (or maybe because my HK born wife also doesn't like this place) decide the better of it.
Their milk tea will be perfect if there is a more smooth texture in it. So, it an okay.
The noodles is transparent and supposedly good. I didn't envy it lost the smooth texture. The Gold Daisy in Chinatown Vancouver BC still have the best noodle (ho fun or egg noodle).
The congee is what they are known for. It will say, it looked good in the bowl but the taste is only fair. I had better in Seattle, Wa. Yes, SF vs Seattle. And, Seattle wins this time.
I have to give Fat Wong's credit for their beef noodle. The beef is really tasty with the right texture and flavor. However, it is not oily at all. That is a four-star.
The Chinese donut is below average. The SF Chinatown's donut is much better tasting and authentic and fresh.
Note: Tile flooring with soup all around the restaurant... be careful... I almost felt down once. The floor can be slippery.
The won ton noodles are the thinnest I've ever found. We ordered the beef brisket, braised won ton noodles. It was done in perfection. The noodles are springyness as you chew. We had the bitter melon/chicken rice roll. The bitter melon was not bitter. It came with the sesame sauce, just like you were in a Hong Kong street stall, but cleaner. We happened to be the first ones at 11:00a.m. on a Sunday. The place packed so quickly. The food came so quickly, since we were the first to order. There was efficiency and the wait staff were very friendly. Now, I have a craving to go back and try more. This place can be addicting.
Fat Wong is a nice restaurant for dinner or lunch but beware you may have to wait. the food is very good and service as well, pretty authentic
Chinese food the place is kinda of small but they have some big tables. The curry beef over rice was very good as their fried rice...
parking is easy.
===WARNING=== they do not take credit card
I used to hate coming here because I felt that the restaurant was a little too small, and there was always a really big crowd of people. The first time I came here, I had to wait for a long time, maybe up to 45 minutes, but the waiting gradually diminished as I started to go more regularly, once or twice a month at non-peak hours.
It's a little small, but that makes Fat Wong cozy, and it allows the servers to be more attentive so the service is really good.
The drinks like Red Bean Drink, Lemon Tea, and Grass Jelly are cheap (~$1.75), yet still good. They put a lot of grass jelly though, and not as much condensed milk so sometimes you're just left with the grass jelly... but I like grass jelly, so it's no problem for me! Their Red Bean Drink tastes yummy - very rich.
Their food is good - nothing phenomenal. Just like one of your typical Chinese restaurants, but a little better. I really like their shrimp with scrambled eggs on top of rice and their shrimp fun. Their beef brisket was tasty, but there was quite a bit of fat so I had to eat around that.
Their parking lot is tiny, but if you don't go at peak hours, then there'll be free spaces.
We tried to get Xiao Lung Bao for dinner at Sunny Shanghai, but they were closed :( So, we Yelp'ed for a place nearby with jook and found Fat Wong's not far away.
Boy, am I glad we stopped by here on a random Tuesday night for dinner! We arrived and it was jam packed at around 7ish. We got the last table and ordered the Cheen Mien (Pan Fried Noodles) with chicken and bok choy. YUM! Crispy noodles galore with yummy gravy.
Peter got the Jook, and that wasn't so awesome. It was bland and uneventful. According to my friend, the noodles with BBQ Pork and Duck was "pretty good."
The Ja Lurn --- Chinese Doughnut wrapped with rice roll was very good. The doughnut was crispy, and not soggy, which is a big plus. It was served with two sauces - a hoisin based sauce, and a mouthwatering sesame sauce.
I'm excited I finally found a decent HK'ish food place near my house! I'll definitely be going back to try more goodness to fill my tummy :)
This place is good. Been here twice now and the food is tasty, prices are cheap.
But, I have to withhold a star or two for the lack of service. It's weird that there's usually at least two waiters standing in the back facing the dining area, and yet, they don't seem to notice the lack of tea until you wave at them. And the last time we were there, it might have been a manager who asked us to leave the table because other customers were waiting.
Will I be back? Yes. It's good, cheap food!
Will I expect better service? Nope. And I'm ok with that....
Normally, when I think of Chinese food, I think grease and lots of MSG. Fat Wong is nothing like that. Well, sure they use oil but it's not excessive like plenty of places I've been to. I highly recommend the braised beef noodle soup (). They use good meat, not the typical stuff you see in restaurants. Their fried rice and "zhong" ( is excellent.
Be prepared to wait especially on a weekend as all the Chinese families are out and about.
CASH ONLY. You have been warned.
My bf and I have been here 3 times and felt that this place would be a regular spot as it stays open late. We thoroughly enjoyed the egg noodle soup with wontons; i will miss you noodle. I will miss you broth. We always ordered the eggplant with minced pork clay pot. The eggplant is seasoned tastefully and we were always happy until this last time. They gave us ONE tablespoon worth of pork. When we mentioned it, the waiter said that the amount of pork is always the same and if we wanted more pork, to order the pork chop eggplant dish. That's it! No, "excuse us, here's more pork" or some other appropriate customer service. My bf collected the whole tbsp of pork and placed it carefully on top of our money.No tip for you.
The same goes for the seafood vegetable dish. All you can eat celery and 2 tablespoons worth of seafood. If you like alot of garnish with no protein, this is the place for you.
My boyfriend loves this place. I never get why until recently when I started coming here for late dinner after my dance class.
It is one of a few Chinese restaurant that opens until 11:30 PM around this area. They have a great selections of Chinese food. Their price is very decent. Their drinks are great. I like the Grass Jelly w/ Condense Milk. I believe it's $1.50 or $1.75. Service is quick. They usually have seating, though the restaurant is a bit petite.
It seems like whatever I get from here, I'm actually pretty satisfied with it. They seem to have great chef. I would just recommend anything on the menu.
I gave them a second chance but they didn't even have take out chopsticks! Their chow fun noodle was raw and inedible, and bland to boot, their won tons were huge but kind of chewy and hard to eat and their noodles were good but the broth needed a touch more salt. Oh well.
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This place is known for their porridge. My friend took me here and I have to say, their porridge is pretty darn good! Love their Chinese donut! Parking is a bit of a problem though, it's very compact.
If you're craving for some porridge, this is the place to go.
I'm surprised that this place is well known by their porridge. I have to disagree. I had better porridge, like T28. We were a group of 6 adults and a child. We ordered a little of this and that, to try for the first time. Ok, I admit they do have varieties of the rice noodle roll. Their noodles were ok, no surprise. The place was too small, so waiting time was horrible.
I can't really be 100% how good or bad they are, since I only tried it once. I need to visit them again. But for now, they deserve 2 stars :(
Nothing very interesting to say about this place, but if you want porridge or noodles for cheap, then you should give this place a try. I'm not a big porridge fan myself but my dad (whose lived in HK, Taiwan, and China) approves of the food here, so that's a testament to the quality. Personally I like their beef brisket noodles. It's a pretty simple dish with beef brisket, noodles, and some vegetables, but they do a good job extracing all the flavor our of the simple ingredients! The chinese donuts are also worth trying a try, especially if you order the porridge.
On another note the owner here is pretty nice and the service is quick, which is why I am giving it a 5-star rating. We ordered the wrong thing and he was more than happy to change it for us. Little things like that show he's looking out for his customers.
A positive impression first visit. Great rice roll dishes and authentic HK food. Will have to come back .
I start going this place. It is always busy in lunch time.
The braised beef turnip soup is my 1st love. The fish porridge is good also. The "ja leung" which is fried crisp inside wrapped with soft rice noodle is very interesting food.
You need bring cash and find a parking.
My favorite thing to get at dim sum is cheung fun (rice noodle rolls), & Fat Wong's has a wide assortment of them, but whenever I come here, I ALWAYS get the one with the Chinese donut inside of it, it's heavenly especially when dipped with the hoisin sauce!
As my main dish I usually get the shrimp dumpling noodle soup..yummy! The jook is good too. I have gotten the cha siu gin mein (bbq pork pan fried noodle) before & the cha siu was very tough.
I usually try to avoid this place on weekends for lunch as others have mentioned the long wait & the small parking lot. Cheap food (chinese donut rice noodle rolls!!), fast service, & a clean restaurant for some good Canto food; Fat Wong's is pretty much the only reason why you'll see me in San Breezy...I mean San Bruno *cough cough* !
3.5 stars
This was the place to come for a taste of HK for all Chinese (especially those from HK) when they first opened up. They have all the dishes one remembers from the HK neighborhood cafes. The look, feel, service...all are pretty standard fare like one will find in HK - good or bad, you can be the judge.
Food is solid but nothing exceptional. The portion is smaller than typical Chinese restaurants but that's standard size in HK. This will explain why alot of people in HK are so damn tiny!
It's great that they open late but be aware that your favorite items may be sold out but beggars can't be choosers.
While this place has plenty of food on their menu to chose from... I stick to their Porriage, Ja leung (Chinese donut wrapped in rice noodle) and their Singapore rice noodle.
Their porridge is always smooth and tasty, not like other places where the different ingredients are just being tossed into the bowl with the plain porridge. The fish slice porridge was very good and fresh, no fishy taste or smell at all. You do have to watch out for the small pieces of bone. If you're not careful, you might just choke on a few without knowing!
Their seafood porridge was also very good.... the pieces of the octopus were clear and chewy, but yet soft. It's not like other places where they get all hard and takes you 10 minutes to chew it up. They also have a few homemade pork balls. Also very good.... nice texture, where it's not just a ball of mush.
The Singapore rice noodle is the best. I'm usually not a fan of this dish, but it's super tasty here. The noodles don't stick together, and there's plenty of curry taste to it. Some places where this is served are bland as hell, but the noodles here gives you a small kick of curry in every bite, without it being spicy (if you're not a fan of spicy food).
Yummy Ja leung with a side of peanut sauce and hoisin sauce for dipping. The rice noodle they wrap the donut in is always very smooth, and thin.
Great place, but be warned that they accept cash only.
Best Hong Kong style food I've had in the bay area.
I love the claypot chicken even though it takes about 30 minutes to whip up and beef brisket with wontons and noodles..... porridge of course and fried tofu and rice noodle rolls. Actually, everything here is good. I don't think I've ever left unhappy. Usually chinese food is really heavy, but this place isn't overly greasy and the food is good.
Decent sized/portion of jook/porridge. In Chinese, the restaurant name means "beautiful porridge" or something like that. The jooks here range from $5.50-$5.75. The sampan (mixed seafood) and preserved egg/pork was pretty good.
The rice rolls (cherng fun) are okay. The skin can be thinner.
Nice place to come if you don't want to be pay overpriced food in Millbrae.
Staff is fairly friendly and responsive.
I Heart Fat Wongs (I call this the chinese taco bell converted to a HK cafe dig the concept.)
Top 3 reasons to Heart Fat Wong:
1. They serve cheung fun (rice noodle rolls) all day long in various fillings. You can watch the cook make the rolls from the clear window
2. The have Jook from the time they are open until they close
3. The Ja Leung is made here and tastes the best in the peninsula. Eat them alone, dip it in Jook or hot soy bean drink, or have them roll it in a rice roll. (Make sure you get it before they run out for the day cause when they're out it's gone)
Things to know before you go...
1. Prices are cheap but they only take cash.. but then all you need is $5-$10 and you're good to go
2. Drop someone off to get a number while you look for parking... limited parking but there's a fast turnover in the restaurant so you should be able to find a spot within minutes of making your 1-2 loop
This place should be called "PHAT WONGS", cause their food is pretty hot and tempting!
Fat Wong's is the most "fair" priced of the HK cafe style Chinese restaurants between the general San Bruno and Millbrae area. Places like Broadway Bistro in Millbrae close early and are a rip-off!
If you're an ancient San Bruno local like me, you might remember this place first as a Taco Bell and then later... a Thai restaurant? You can definitely tell from the interior that it used to be a Taco Bell haha
Anyway the parking lot is substandard and cannot be entered from El Camino, you'll have to turn right into the street before parking the parking lot (but it's mainly for staff, so you'll have to most of the time park on the street). Usually I come here 'late night' past the dinner hour and park at the dry cleaning place across the street.
The menu has a wide variety of good foods. I mainly come here for the chow fun dishes, singapore style chow fun, fried donut, the different porridges (Bei Dan Jok [Canto]/Pi Dan Zhou [Mandarin]), and probably the "fried flower crisp" on the menu which has nothing to do with flowers. I think they meant "flour" but it's a typo on the menu. It's basically a Chinese fried donut wrapped with rice noodle sheets with a little soy sauce. They bring those out cut into small pieces with two different kinds of dipping sauce. It's about $4 or $5, but it's a really delicious appetizer I always seem to get here.
The Hong Kong milk tea is a fair $1.95 last time I was here (I believe). They give you SLIGHTLY more if you get it cold on ice than hot because the glasses are bigger.
The wait and the lines are kind of ridiculous during the prime weekend times, but I usually just come here for a late night bite to eat or dinner (it's not sad bad then). Sometimes during the late hours they run out of certain items, but my favorite dishes are usually always in stock (they've only run out of the fried donuts/flour crisp stuff for the most part, and porridge ONCE. You're safe for most items).
The portions are moderate. I'm a big 6'1 guy, and usually the appetizer plus a dish is filling enough for me. I came here with my ex-girlfriend quite a bit, and the bill always ended up being around $20 give or take a few dollars... not bad for appetizer, two dishes, and drinks!
I always make it a point to come here once when I'm home from college since it's so close by my house.
I will agree the service is totally lacking when the place is busy. You'll sometimes have to remind them if a certain dish is taking a long time (they forget).
Another thing I don't like is they stop refilling your complimentary hot tea after a while... They don't like during busier moments people lagging and hanging too much. I went here once with a co-worker in the past and he knew the owner a bit, and they kind of semi-rudely asked us to leave. The conversation went like...
"We are happy to see you guys come so often here, but we make money by turning over tables as many times as possible in a night so...."
And he basically you know gave us the nudge and wink to get the hell out of there. I was pretty pissed for a while, but I eventually came back.... it's a family business and the waiters haven't changed for years (probably because they're family) so I forgave the owner guy. He's usually in the kitchen with the Chairman Mao style communist hat, lol.
If I have time and the urge to drive.... I usually drive to ABC Cafe in the Sunset which has been opening pretty late in recent years and is cheaper.
Remember to bring cash. They're CASH ONLY.
3.5 but rounding it up to 4 just for being open until 11:30 pm everyday.
I believe this place used to be a Taco Bell. Food here is good (but not outstanding) and prices are reasonable. The service was great and our food came out pretty fast (it seemed like there was only one chef though). So far, I've only eaten here during dinner but I've been wanting to try the shrimp rice rolls which are only available during lunch.
Dishes I've tried: Soy Sauce Chow Mien (good); Squid & Fish Ball Curry (okay - just a lil bland); Shrimp Wonton Noodle Soup (good - shrimp wontons are huge); Pan Fried Noodles (good); Vegetables with Chicken (good flavor); Pork Ribs with the Sweet & Sour Sauce (my fav.).
FYI: Cash Only!!
On my recent trip to visit the 'rents, I both started and ended my trip here. Started because it was the only place close to SFO that a) had good food (even though I didn't know it yet) and b) was open on a weekday night after my flight landed. They're open til 11:30pm. Awesome.
My arrival meal was very satisfying indeed. I was happy my Dad brought me here (both by default and choice). We shared a fish porridge (delicious, savory but not overly salty) which was super satisfying since it was pouring rain out and I hadn't had good porridge in a while. Their roasted items (choose two, I picked pork and duck) were superb for the price.
My departure meal here was completely unplanned. I showed up for my red-eye back to NYC and found out there was a THREE HOUR DELAY. (It was so long I actually managed to eat and then take a nap back at my mom's house.) So the nice JetBlue guy at the counter said my Dad could take me out to snack as long as I was back by 1am (TSA shuts down the security checkpoint then - the more you know!)
I had a red bean ice (always yummy) and picked off my Dad's spicy stir-fried rice noodle rolls and beef noodles. I tried the double-boiled milk dessert (with bird's nest, supposedly), but I thought it smelled too hard-boiled eggy and the bird's nest was either fake or hastily prepared.
Mmm. Red bean ice. I think my favorite part is going to a place called Fat Wong's, though, I don't think he's particularly fat.
HELLO WORLD!
I was eating lunch and decided that I want to share my thoughts with everyone else... So here I am with my very first review!
You go to Fat Wong's because you want good Chinese food for your money! Think of it as "more bang for your buck!" Generally, you will be seated within 5-10 minutes unless you're hitting the lunch hour rush. The waiters are not the friendliest but keep in mind the restaurant is small so the need people in and out. The food here is excellent compared to most other Chinese restaurants of the same stature. Always cooked to perfection and full of flavor. I tend to stick with pan fried chow fun w/ beef (eating it as we speak), or the house chow fun (with gravy/sauce), Porridge (thousand year old egg or fish), Chinese donut wrapped in fun (noodle), beef brisket w/ egg noodles, and if you're in the daring mood... pigs knuckles w/ egg noodles!! Feel free to try other dishes I'm pretty sure you won't be disappointed.
5 Stars because I love efficiency, this place gets you in and out with a full stomach and with your pockets full too!
Came here again recently... Two stars... barely.
No more Ho Fun. This must have been around 7pm'ish... how do you run out of Ho Fun at the start of the dinner service?
House special pan fried noodle or whatever, (Jiew Pai Jeen Mien) is basically seafood pan fried noodle with BBQ pork, chicken or pork (don't recall), and the usual seafood. the chicken/pork meat was bland as expected, but the BBQ pork was interesting. I think it's home made as it has this very strong anise taste too it. A very strong 5 spice taste that I've never encountered in BBQ pork (the bright red meat).
The noodles (where pan fried) was like eating uncooked instant ramen. The sauce was very bland, and the noodles that were in the sauce was quite soggy... Bad Bad and more bad. Surprising as this dish is quite common among Chinese restaurants.
To top it off, the Ja Leung (white rice noodle sheet wrapped around the fried dough fritter) wasn't very good. the dough fritter was very narrow, making for small pieces, it wasn't very crispy, and overall was quite forgetful. Disappointing since I've had that a long time ago at this establishment and enjoyed it quite a bit.
Oh, and that Tripe dish? What happened? From lots of organ meats, big big pieces of tripe, and a few turnips at the bottom... to a big bowl of turnips, with a few THIN slices of tripe etc on top.. It's almost as though they ran out of tripe and just cut the few remaining pieces in half, hoping I wouldn't be able to tell the difference. That, and it wasn't as flavorful as before either.
Considering past experience, you could not believe how disappointed I was with all 3 dishes.
Also, remember remember remember, this joint is cash only. Plastic holds no sway here.
Not sure if it's an off night, but I am discouraged from coming to this place based on this nights meal. Not sure how long it will be before I am back.
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I usually come with my family if we're in the area.
I LOVE THEIR NOODLE SOUPS.
The only thing is that all the damn msg catches up to me later and you'll see me sprawled in the backseat of my parents' car either 1) induced in an msged inflected food coma or 2) moaning that my head hurts like there's accounts cranking numbers in my brain and I want to smash my head against the window.
other than that, the food is goooood. it's like my grandpa's cookin (minus all the msg) and one last thing to remember here is:
DON'T DRINK THE TAP WATER.
adios!
This place is known for its porridge. Love the egg/pork porridge with the deep fried pastry on the side. Huge servings of porridge enough for 2.
The other dishes, like the noodles and stuff are small and just okay. Would stick to the porridge here.
Maybe it's 3 1/2 stars but closer to 4 stars.
Fat Wong's is a HK Style of restaurants that serves up noodle soups, porridge, rice dishes, rice dishes, and HK style drinks. If you've been to HK before, you'll know what I am talking about. Majority of the stuff are decent and my favorite is the beef lo-mein. The only con about this place is no credit card and long waits on the weekend. Great place if you're in the area looking for some decent HK style grubs.
It is a great little restaurant, the owner was the head chef of hong kong flower louge restaurant, so u basically spend much less money for much higher quality food. very reasonable price
you can't expect a french restaurant's service level when u only paying so little money, also, chinese style service doesn't really go to keep asking the customers "how's everything?", personally i hate someone keep asking me this stupid question, specially when i am chatting with friends.
Have you ever got out the SFO airport at night, craving for something good to fill your
tummy? OK, I meant aside from your mom's cooking.
If your response is affirmative, then your next layover is FAT WONG.
FAT actually is a Cantonese homonym for "prosperous." The street cred
vernacular should be PHAT WONG.
A short drive away is the destination for authentic Cantonese / HK style
cooking, like wonton and dumpling noodle soup. I usually get the House
Pan Fried Noodle and "Gai Lan" vegetable dish with side orders of
"Cha Siu", rice noodle rolls with shrimp, and Singapore-style fried noodle.
Came here with BGFE, but bumped into Yelpers Tiff and Cary, who just
got out of an evening class.
Pluses:
+ Minimal MSG
+ Opens late night.
+ Parking lot
+ Efficient and quick service
Minuses:
- Cash only
- Atmosphere is fast-paced
- Semi-clean
- Some waiting on a busy night
- No reservations
Tips:
* Try the preserved duck egg porridge if you are recovering from jet lag.
* Try the "Ja Leung" - rice noodles wrapped in fried dough.
Dip it with hoisin sauce.
* Try the salt and peppa chicken wings
* You may want to try Broadway Bistro if you can't wait.
At home and about to devour my Fu gua pai gwut fan, I think about what to write on my essay that describes my Chinese heritage.
Now, who in their right mind would enjoy eating this knobby, grotesque, green, bitter fruit rolled in tiny black beans over a bowl of rice? ME! Though some Chinese Americans would disagree by refusing to order it, throwing this stuff against the wall, or purposely dropping it on the floor, I ask you not to hate until you've tried.
Now, after trying and convinced you truly dislike the awesomely pungent bitter melon taste, I must say that you are in fact, an American.
I embrace my Chinese heritage. Yes, I eat all the guts. Yes, I eat the organs Americans are known to throw away. Yes, I will eat my bitter melon. And if you throw it on the floor, waste not, want not! 5-second rule! I might eat that too!
I like it here!
Service is as expected from a Chinese restaurant.
Food is good, especially since it's…
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Fat Wong's is good and cheap.
I don't find anything very special about this place, except the fact that they make their rice-wrappers fresh ( you can watch the guy make them through the window).
Good for a bowl of noodle soup.
Good for a clay pot.
Hit's the spot.
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