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Szechuan Hot Wok
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- None
3 reviews for Szechuan Hot Wok
So here I am fighting a cold, and the best medicine for that is... spicy Chinese food. I hopped over to Szechuan Hot Wok and got the Orange Chicken lunch special (lunch special = entree + [white|fried] rice + [egg roll | soup | soda]). Of course, since I hadn't been here before, I had to try the dumplings.
The dumplings were very good: $4 nets you 8 fried beef-filled dumplings with medium-to-thick skins. Only downside was the 'dumpling sauce' was basically vegetable oil with chilis floating in it, and a touch of soy. Not particularly appetizing.
(Update-- on the second visit, the dumpling sauce was actually dumpling sauce. First time was a fluke)
The Orange Chicken was generously portioned and tasty - dark meat, battered and fried (in a fryolater, not a wok) and then sauced up. Good dish, but a little too heavily sauced.
The hot and sour soup was disappointing - it was gelatinous even when warm, and had very little of either hot or sour flavor. Won't get that again.
The place is tiny & is built for take-out -- the kitchen is easily three times larger than the counter area. The kitchen is alive with activity, and you can see pretty much everything happening. They seem to be fastidious about cleanliness; I saw the cooks constantly wiping down their areas in the midst of the lunch rush.
So, three stars. I will probably eat here again, but I can't go to four stars just yet.
In the midst of crabcake mecca....G & M's...Olive Grove, Snyders Willow Grove...this Chinese take out is across the street from G & M.
Food is good. Not the best but clearly not the worst. Orange beef is a 4 star. Kung pao chicken is 2 stars. Broccoli and beef is four stars....lemon chicken is 3 stars....lo mein is 3 stars....chow mein...2 stars.
Great value for lunch...one entree...side of rice or noodles...and soup or egg roll for $5 out the door....can't beat that.
Solid take out. I had the orange chicken and a side of steamed brocoli. Good stuff.