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    Mak's Restaurant

    3.2 (22 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese
    Open • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Small Smoke - YUM!
    Dee W.

    I stopped by Mak's Chinese in Berkley on 9/27 for a small smoke ( my favorite) and some Yock (757 thing, if you know you know). Mak's is a Norfolk staple, with fresh food, fast service with no frills. Strictly takeout and has very reasonable prices. The smoke was good as always with a really good brown gravy and is served with two soft rolls. The shrimp Yock was ok. I had to take it home and doctor it up a little bit, but for the price, you can't be mad. Plus if you grew up on Yock like I did everybody got their own way of eating it in terms of flavor profile ( spice, sauce, vinegar, egg, etc). If you don't know, get it the know.

    Sam A.

    I came here to try the legendary yock noodles. This dish is unique to Norfolk/Portsmouth, VA and is rapidly disappearing. It a unique hybrid dish created in Chinese restaurants in African-American neighborhoods. The noodles themselves are a soft, simple noodle, similar to a lo mein noodle, but with a different consistency. They are served with a mixture of soy sauce and ketchup, with chopped raw onion, and a choice of meat and boiled egg. I chose the pork option, which had about 5 good-size chunks of roast pork included. They even sell the uncooked yock noodles in bundles on the counter for those who want to cook their own. It is a simple combination, but it works. It was created out of a need for a filling dish for little money, and it meets that need perfectly. It still costs less than $5, for an amount that could easily feed two normal adults. I'll be honest, this isn't a dish I'd seek out again, as it does not have the flavor profiles I normally seek out. That's not the point though. This is a historic dish, a real taste of this community, and I enjoyed experiencing it. It is pretty decent, certainly greater than the sum of its parts. If you're like me, the ingredients certainly don't sound like they'll be good, but I assure you, it is. Give it a try before the last few real Yock places go away.

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    Kaela H.

    Best chinese food in the area. My faves are beef and brocolli and shrimp egg foo young. It's close to my house but I would make the drive if it wasn't. Oh, and you can't beat the prices!!

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    The service is always fast. Food was nice and hot even with a good crowd waiting. Definitely will go back.

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    1 year ago

    Food very bland No seasoning seen in food sausage rice gravy was not good. Driver was pleasant very kind

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    my chicken and broccoli was horrible. the chicken was chicken fat! I will not be back. the food here used to be very good but not now.

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    Best Chinese restaurant in the area! I love their shrimp egg rolls too, and their egg foo young is amazing!

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