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In short, the food is excellent, but the place could use a some cleaning.
I've ordered take-out from this place dozens of times, and the area in front, while not incredibly clean is pretty passable. After doing some shopping at Greatwall one evening, I finally decided to dine-in.
The dining-area is pretty filthy, dust along crevices, tall ceiling with browned stains of old leaks along the ceiling tiles. If this is where they serve their customers food, I would hate to look at how the kitchen is.
Negativity aside, the food is excellent. Their soup noodle dishes are well-prepared, and the level of consistency here is very high. I would give this place 5-stars if this place was more sanitary, and the fact that I still give them 4-stars regardless is testament to the quality of their food.
after living here for 3 years, i thought i had tried all the nearby "authentic" chinese restaurants. I had heard about this place, but was expecint some sorta fast food.
I had just finished 9 holes at Jefferson and my white fried devon wanted fast chinese food. I figured this would be a good time to try the place. They asked if we wanted the chinese or american menu...i asked for both but ended up ordering off the chinese.
We ended up getting 3 dishes, snow pea tips, cripsy chicken in spicy garlic, and kingdom pork chops. The pork chops were as expected, nice sweet red sauce, crispy meat, all around good. the chicken sauce left a little to be desired, but the size of the chunks were good.
any place that serves snow pea tips that are fresh and with garlic gets a plus from me. my favorite vegetable in the world!
im glad i stopped in, theres plenty of other dishes(check other yelp reviews) that I'd like to try next time as well.
This review is nothing new except to warn others if they have allergic reactions to MSG. As many others have indicated in their reviews, this is indeed the best Chinese food place in town. However, if you have allergic reactions towards MSG, I would stay away from this place.
I have been eating at this place for the last few years and I finally figured out why I would have raging headaches each morning after having a good meal here. Apparently it's the amount of MSG that they place in their food. I used to be okay with MSG (about 7 years ago) but for whatever reason my body does not like it after not eating it for a while.
Does anyone have similar reactions?
Hands down the best water-cooked beef (shui zhu niu) I've ever had. This dish is so spicy it'll make you slap your momma. If you go to this restaurant, this is the dish to order.
This restaurant is now closed.
This is definitely the best and most authentic Chinese food I've had in the DC area. Make sure to order from the Chinese menu insert and ask for translations of the specials they have written on strips of paper on the wall.
My favorite item on the menu is the tea smoked duck. I love all things duck and this is the best duck I've ever had--it's moist, tender, extremely flavorful, and not too greasy. Their spicy Sichuan dishes are also great, especially the noodle dishes, which taste like they could have been dished up by a street vendor in Sichuan. However, their crispy spicy chicken wasn't as crispy as I hoped it would be and their MaPo Tofu is pretty standard.
Bonus: the waitstaff is amazingly attentive for a Chinese restaurant.
Although people might think I'm biased because I have close relations with the restaurant, but on the contrary, I would consider myself knowledgeable of what is good or not.
First, the food is very delicious and very authentic. The Sichuan dishes here are the main staple as the head chef is from Sichuan himself. Their dishes are as good or maybe even better to some than Hong Kong Palace at Seven Corners.
What really puts them over the top is their "dough" selections like, authentic northern style pot stickers, small steamed buns, and others. Again, they went and hired an authentic chef that makes these northern style dim sum dishes so you know that the quality is there.
Always get a chance to order the Spicy Beef Stew dish, the Cheng Mao Pao Tofu, and the Spicy (fried) diced chicken dish when you can. Definite winners :)
4.5 stars
My new favorite thing to do on Saturday morning is to have a traditional Northern Chinese style breakfast at Peking Village and then head to Great Wall Supermarket a few doors down to do my veggie, fruit and seafood shopping.
Peking Village serves very authentic Northern Chinese style breakfast items, complete with large doughy fried bread sticks (you tiao), sweet soymilk for dunking the you tiao in, very large pan-fried chives and meat or chives and eggs pockets (jiu cai he zi), and scallion egg pancakes, which are different than the regular scallion pancakes most people are familiar with - lighter, not as doughy. They also have plain steamed buns (man tou), dumplings filled with red bean paste, soup filled dumplings (bao zi), regular dumplings and lots more. Besides just breakfast items, we also ordered dan dan noodles, which to my disappointment they used ramen noodles rather than the super thin noodles that are supposed to be used. The sauce the noodles came in also wasn't fiery spicy and numbing like they should be. Oh well, that was the only disappointment. The other non-breakfast item we ordered was spicy silken tofu, which was delicious.
All the staff at the restaurant was very friendly, the most friendly I had encountered at any Chinese restaurant. And all the patrons at the restaurant were either Chinese or were brought in by Chinese. Always a good sign!
We ordered so much food that even we who have endless stomachs couldn't finish and had to take some of the you tiao home, which turned out to be just as delicious heated up the next day. Our entire meal cost $23. I can get used to doing this every weekend.
I was there tonight for an early dinner. Overall, its decent and hits the spot if you are craving for some spicy Sichuan food. We ordered pan fried dumplings, stired fried pea sprouts, spicy chili chicken, and water cooked beef. The space was bigger than Hong Kong Palace, but the decor was just as cheesy and outdated.
Pro: The waitress was friendly and knowledgeable. The stir fried pea sprouts was tender and fresh, better than Hong Kong Palace's. For some reason, Hong Kong Palace always do a poor job on just plain stir fried greens (usually ends up being too watery, as if the wok wasn't hot enough). The portions are huge. My order of spicy chili chicken had almost twice as much chicken as the same dish from Hong Kong Palace. The same with the water cooked beef, the bowl was filled to the brim with tender slices of beef. We only finished half of the food we ordered.
Con: The spicy and numbing level had being toned way down. I didn't drink any water during my meal except for some hot tea. China Star and Tempt had the spicest dishes, with Hong Kong Palace being more toned down, and Peking village even milder than Hong Kong Palace. Sichuan cuisine is not just about lip burning spiciness. Overall, Hong Kong Palace has the best balance between heat, flavor, and texture.
This was the most authentic Chinese food I've eaten since leaving Beijing! I have to agree with all the other people who say the authentic dishes and dimsum are the way to go - I always try to stick to things that come more naturally to the cooks. The food is (usually) better that way.
This place is definitely worth the drive :)
After reading the reviews and needing some take out, decided to give this place a try. Just to specify, my standpoint is only of the take out, so no criticizing the wait service.
First thing to note: there're two menus, a Americanized Chinese food menu (for your general tso's) and a Chinese Chinese food menu (your fun dishes, the stuff you should be ordering). Friend and I ordered four dishes in total: Shacha Beef, Cucumber Salad (liangban huanggua), chive dumplings, and crispy garlic chicken. All off the chinese chinese menu.
Overall, the dishes were very good, absolutely no complaints. It was our first time trying eastern cucumber salad (yes! there's a difference) and we were very happy with the taste, but we can't say anything about the authenticity. The Shacha beef was very good however, and I don't even like shacha that much! Chive dumplings were amazing and plentiful, with a good sauce. The not so much of a winner was the crispy garlic chicken, which was very much like general tso's chicken, but a little spicier and with a twang of garlic, interesting, but still good.
The woman taking the order was very nice! She even let me order in Mandarin and was incredibly helpful. I can't wait to come back and try some of the spicier dishes.
I love it when places have that colorful menu filled with huge text and pictures meant for the American clientele. Then if you look closer you see a piece of paper with small black and white print covered in Chinese characters and horrible English translations. This is one of those places.
I ordered a good mix of stuff; the pan fried dumplings, jellyfish with cucumber, szechuan cucumber, and crispy chicken in garlic sauce. The pan fried dumplings were pretty freakin good. The dumpling wrappers were crispy and the meat filling was tangy and delicious. What made the dish work was the soy sauce/vinegar dipping sauce. The jellyfish with cucumber was more like shredded cucumber with a little bit of jellyfish. Don't hold out on the jellyfish. The szechuan cucumber was essentially cucumbers in chili oil but it worked. I was expecting them to be pickled for some reason, but instead, it was a good mix of spicy and cool. The crispy chicken in garlic sauce was basically a spicy General Tso's chicken with no vegetables. It was nothing out of the ordinary.
I got takeout but I took a peek at the seating area and this qualifies as a dive. The inside is pretty grimy. This is one of those places you might expect to find in NY, not saying that's a good thing though. At least the food is good. Prices aren't bad either. They run a lunch buffet, but I don't know, you just might be taking your chances.
I will stick to takeout for this place. If I ever ate here, I would probably have to shower immediately after.
Outstanding, authentic Chinese food.
The Peking duck is cut table-side, and they will cut it as fatty or lean as you desire. Just let them know your preference. They will also save the carcass for you to take home and use as soup base (a traditional practice) if you ask for it. They cook the duck just right, and their pancakes are also excellent. The sauce is a potently sweet, so I just use a little of it.
While it's among the best in the area, don't just go for the duck. Every other dish I have tried here is excellent. They have a second menu primarily in Chinese (for the less Westernized dishes), as well as choices in Chinese only posted on the wall. Several of these latter items are fish dishes.
The kung pao is delicious, and they have a number of truly spicy options.
Service is attentive and friendly, and prices are quite reasonable. The ambience is not fancy, and the clientelle is mostly Chinese. Enjoy!
While I stick to my previous review about this place having huge portions for what you pay for, the quality is so-so. While this place is good for your typical Chinese take-out, the Peking duck my husband got was alright at best. Don't get me wrong - it was cooked nice enough and yummy with the plum sauce, but the carving techniques could use a little more help. I didn't appreciate the duck fat that came with the sliced meat. And the fried wontons my friend ordered also tasted extra-gingery.
I might make an update of the update when I finally get to sample their authentic Chinese menu.
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By far the best Chinese restaurant I've ever visited.
Ask for the "Chinese menu" and order off of that... it's very authentic and wonderful
Spicy Beef Casserole. I give it 5 stars for a tasty, soupy, and spicy mess. I think it should have 10 peppers by it on the menu. However, this place is a total dive and springing for some fancy pepper indicators was not in their budget.
Do not forget to try their fresh made-on-the-premises dumplings (fried or steamed).
I think this place has good Chinese food. For the most part, the only patrons in here are Chinese and they look past the horribly appointed interior.
Go somewhere else for your sweet and saucy dishes. Those dishes are not Chinese food.
We live within their 3 mile delivery radius, so use Peking Village when dinner options are low. But we also eat in if we're craving good, solid comfort fare. The guotie / fried dumplings / potstickers here are excellent. They are concise, crispy, and remind me of street food in Nanjing, which is a high compliment. The Szechuan double cooked pork is authentic and good rice fodder. The Szechuan flavor beef noodle soup is also very good, and soothing in cold weather. One thing to be careful of when you order is that there are non-spicy versions of some dishes, so be sure you get the right one (ask for the "spicy" or "Szechuan-flavor" version). The spiciness here is also of the "ma la" variety, with that numbing feeling more than raw chile power, a taste that even non-spicy food lovers (like me) can appreciate.
For some reason I had a negative impression of this place, so I hadn't tried it in the past several years until someone told me it was pretty good/authentic. Anyhow, I tried it again and was not disappointed.
The first thing I noticed was that we could hear loud/boisterous talking in Chinese as soon as we opened the door. That's a very good thing. The menu had quite a bit of variety. Although the name is Peking (and of course they have Peking Duck), it struck me as having a lot of Sichuan and Taiwanese style dishes. That's fine with me since Sichuan and Taiwan are probably my favorite variations of Chinese.
Anyway, we went a soup, sa-cha beef noodles, and a pork with sour cabbage. All three were very homestyle Chinese and lived up to expectations. At $4.50 the soup was a particularly good deal, since it was big enough to make a meal for one if you wanted it to. The sa-cha was classic sa-cha, and the pork was excellent in all it's sour glory, with no dumbing down for my white palatte. All-in-all, it's very much like what I've had in Taiwan.
Service was surprisingly good. I'm used to being ignored at Chinese places but they were actually polite and friendly, and even refilled the tea and served the first round of soup for us. Small things, I know, but not always the case at Chinese places.
All in all I was impressed. I'll have to go back and try some of their Sichuan offerings, as well as the lunch buffet. I'll tentatively say this place ranks somewhere in my top 5 Chinese places in DC/Nova/Rockville, and I'll be back to decide exactly how high.
I got delivery from here and I thought it was pretty good. We had pan-fried dumplings that were good, although not the best I've ever had, with a larger amount of meat in them than I think is usually in dumplings. We also had Sesame beef ( I assume from the American menu) that was crispy and very sweet, but also tangy, but I thought overall it was very nice with the small pieces of beef as opposed to large fatty pieces. The best part about this restaurant was that I special ordered Szechuan style garlic eggplant which I didn't see on the menu, but they definitely delivered what I wanted. Beautiful soft chinese eggplant in a spicy garlic sauce but not breaded or fried (ick! why ruin eggplant like that?).
Bonus points for making an eggplant lover extremely happy!
As with so many good finds this place is tucked in a shopping center along a busy road. The decor is a bit worn but it is brightly lit and the food is the real deal. The fried dumplings are tasty with the right amount of crispiness topped off with a little dumpling soy sauce. I really enjoyed the sweet and sour crispy whole fish. This tilapia is well presented and very tasty. If you want real chinese food this place is worth a try.
And if you decide at the last minute to pass on chinese there's a Five Guys right next door.
If you order standard American Chinese food here, you deserve what you get; it won't be good. At the very minimum, you need to specify that you're ordering off of the chinese menu. Specifically, the pot stickers and the kung pao chicken are excellent but you have to specify that you want them chinese style. I've heard that the spicy beef casserole is amazing too but haven't tried it yet.
Regarding the decor, if you care about food, this shouldn't bother you. The food speaks for itself, and I've seen worse decor in places with worse food.
the food here is delicious. I've been here for their version of dim sum and i love it. They have this bread called Gio Cha Huay (sp) that is made fresh and it is the best Ive had. Now here is my reasoning for giving this place only 2 stars. My mom was making Congee at home and this bread is made for this congee my mom was making, so i decided to but it from Peking Village. When I got there, I asked the man in the front, (i think he's the owner) how much one bread stick was, he told me $1.16.. so i ordered 20 of them, and he charged me a total of $31.50! He then left for a delivery. So I asked his wife how much they were, she said $1.05. I pointed the mistake out to her, she apologized and called her husband to ask again. She then showed us a Chinese (we are NOT Chinese) menu that said it was $1.50 and left it at that. I argued with her a bit about this matter, and also having to have waited an hour to get my takeout. This is completely bad business and I regret that I will never come here again. All in all, try the food.. its great, but check your receipts carefully.
mmm. so i like spicy food. i really like spicy food to the point where spicy tastes sweet and i have basically zero sense of what is a normal level of spices because i'm always dumping hot sauce on everything.
this place does spicy food well. and it should cause it's authentic szechuan. not some crap place that puts szechuan in the restaurant name (orange beef/beef with broccoli is not szechuan). it's not an annoying spicy like a lot of places where spicy just means tasteless crap that will just burn your mouth. nope. this place does spicy with taste...the kind where all the spices play in your mouth like a happy little spice dance. a bit of sour, a bit of sweet, then your mouth tingles and hops and you just want more. the kind where you eat more rice to quench the tingling but you eat more and stuff yourself cause the sauce is so freaking good.
what's good here? i'd recommend the water cooked beef (super tender beef with white cabbage boiled in spicy oil. best served over rice), ma poa tofu, and spicy noodles (but really garlicky so watch out). on the non-spicy side, they make the best pan-fried dumplings i've found in any city. for brunch on weekends (and maybe on weekdays i don't know), they make really good salty soy milk.
the best place i've had szechuan is still yun gui garden in monterey park. but this place is the best place in virginia (in close competition with joe's noodle house in maryland).
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