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    Sing Lay Chinese Restaurant

    4.0 (36 reviews)
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    Open 11:00 am - 8:30 pm

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    Tiffany J.

    They have some of the best Chinese food that I have tasted. They are not a fancy place, just your neighborhood store with great food! The restaurant is located in the heart of Frayser on the side of a small shopping plaza, so it is really hard to miss if you are not intentionally looking for it. The place is pretty spacious, but they do not have many people to dine in. Most people take out. I had the shrimp fried rice and a shrimp fried egg roll, both were tasty and are filled with an adequate amount of ingredients. So, it's not like on of those places you go and get only a few shrimp. I will be going back...soon!

    Singapore Mein Fun. Was decent but I've had much, much better.
    Brian L.

    It's a nice enough little hole in the wall tucked in behind a cell phone place. You order and pay at the counter though, so it isn't exactly full service. The Singapore noodles were pretty good but they did not blow me away like it has at other places. I especially noticed how cheap they were with the microscopic baby shrimp. Those shrimp look like they weren't even born yet. They were still embryos. The flavor wasn't all there either. Maybe they're conservative with the curry, but to be fair, I failed to ask for spicy. I'm willing to give them another try.

    Dominique W.

    Located in Frayser, I say it's a good spot in the neighborhood to get some good Chinese food. They are affordable and I like that it's always good and fresh. You can dine in if you want, but I can imagine it can get tight when they are busy. The lady at the front is efficient, but not really friendly. I do like that my was out in a timely manner and that it was hot. The restaurant seems clean and the health inspection posted had a score of 95. I had a coupon for a free lemonade when using the yelp app so I was happy about that because a few reviews mentioned their good lemonade and it was actually good. I would eat here again.

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    Best egg fu yung, egg drop, broccoli chicken, heck- it's all good. A little gem hidden in Frayser

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    The food and service is "AMAZING!" being eating here since 1990. I recommend everyone to try Sing Lay.

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    2 years ago

    Best food in town. Real Chinese. Been eating there for years. Good selection and great service.

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    Lang chin is the best fucking place around. We go there a couple times a week. I guess we just can't get enough.

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    Great same tasting Chinese food I've eaten for last 30 years or so. Love chicken fried rice.

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    7 years ago

    Food is too high for what it is. Nothing special. Just hood Chinese food. Mongolian beef is good

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    8 years ago

    Never seen a Chinese restaurant with no chopsticks. Wow! I have nothing more to say.

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    I love this place.. The house fried rice is off the charts!! The egg rolls are huge!!

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    Little Petals Chinese

    Little Petals Chinese

    4.5
    (43 reviews)
    6.9 mi

    Memphis might be on to something! After a 6.5 hour drive from Dallas, we get to Memphis and I am…read morelonging for Chinese food. I haven't had the best of luck with Chinese food in Memphis so I did everything I could to suppress this unwanted craving, however, I just couldn't help myself. Little Petals pops up on Yelp as a possibility. I read the reviews and scrolled through the pictures. After looking at the location, I realized it was only an 8-minute drive from where we were. Why not, right? The restaurant is easy to miss. It sits right on the corner in an old shanty building nestled in the middle of downtown Memphis. The furniture and décor were of a standard Chinese eatery, nothing special; but the employees were warm and welcoming, greeting me with hellos and smiles. I got the black pepper chicken that came with a spring roll. I ordered an extra side of pork egg rolls because that's usually my go to. Everything was fantastic! It gives you the taste of that old school Chinese food you used to have as a kid, but better quality. The chicken was moist, flavorful and peppery. The egg rolls had the perfect amount of crispy crunch---they seemed handmade as well! Pricing is a little higher from when I was a kid, but you still won't break the bank here! As I started to think that great Chinese food was not an option for Memphis, Little Petals showed up at the right time and made me a believer!

    Late lunch, to go. Glad to see a place with pretty exceptional entrees has taken over this…read morelocation...everything else here before was standard 'I feel like Asian food for (meal)', and then I'd settle for this spot (as the Wang's on Main long ago closed doors and became a Dollar General - Memphis being Memphis) leaving underwhelmed and over spent. So, Little Petals, i.e., Petals of a Peony, Jr.: no one was inside. I assume this to be per usual for 2:30pm on a Tuesday. It follows then, that the service was, um, efficient and bespoke. Ordered the pork eggrolls (very good, the sauce that came with it - oddly the perfect amount was given in a little rectangular container - made these delectable) and the General Peony's Chicken. And this was damned good. Pricey for lunch, but I could have made 2 or 3 meals off of it. A satisfying amount of heat from the szcheuan (sp?) peppers; not overly breaded so as to make it a fried dough dish, but rather to carry the sauce on the chicken; the chicken was a quality cut, nicely sized per bite. A new go-to for lunch downtown.

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    Petals of a Peony

    Petals of a Peony

    4.6
    (156 reviews)
    11.1 mi
    $$

    FAVORITE SPICY FOOD OMG I LOVE THIS PLACE…read more I legit am in love with this place. I LOVE how the food had spice but it isn't overwhelming. It adds to the flavor without being the only thing to the food. I just wish I had more people who liked spicy food to come eat here with me. I came back with some friends from out of town and it was still amazing. My fav thing is still on the Lunar New Year Menu: the Sichuan Mala Dry Pot. It had amazing flavor, good spice, and everything in it was just awesome. I've found a similar thing on the regular menu so I won't have withdrawals except for the fact that I genuinely want to eat here every week and can't hahah To try: Mapo Tofu Appetizer: Steamed Chicken with Chili Sauce Edamame Beef Spicy Crispy Chicken Sichuan Style Fried Rice Dandan Noodles Spicy Dry Noodles Loved: - House Special Mala Xiang Guo Dry Pot - Lunar New Year: Sichuan Mala Dry Pot (ABSOLUTE FAV) - Peony Chicken Liked: - Beef and Broccoli - Fried Rice: Yangzhou Style - Lunar New Year: Homestyle Whole Fish - Lo Mein: chicken, shrimp, and extra spice - Twice Cooked Pork Ok: - Tea: Jasmine - Lunar New Year: Garlic Pork Ribs Disliked: - Lunar New Year: Four Happiness Meatball - Traditional Kung Pao Chicken

    Had a great eating experience at Petals! We came to celebrate a couple of birthdays. My friends…read moreordered a bunch if dishes and they enjoyed then. Their duck was very dry. That was the only hiccup, My food was filling and excellent! Service was great. Our server was attentive and nice. The restaurant was clean and quite busy. Food is consistently delicious. I will return to try other dishes. We had an awesome time.

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    Dan Dan Noodles It was yummy , it also had that numbing spice but it wasn't over powering.

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    Dan Dan Noodles It was yummy , it also had that numbing spice but it wasn't over powering.
    Hong Kong Restaurant

    Hong Kong Restaurant

    3.6
    (54 reviews)
    12.9 mi
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    Hong Kong Restaurant of Memphis on Elvis Presley Blvd…read more... You know what, first impressions the Hong Kongnese owners seem like as*holes with that Ronny Chieng "Give me your money and f*ck off vibes.." but hey, you know what, they get a pass.. I totally understand....when you in a neighborhood and you once gave a damn about dining in, then COVID hits, and everything is worn down, carpets need revamping, wallpaper needs proper care, customers *some* are difficult to deal with, as a owner, you say, "f*ckit, if they want our food, they come stand in line and do take out." And so it was at that moment, having driven my rig into the WhiteHaven Plaza, making sure I didn't piss off the patrolling security and walking into this forgotten time capsule that I realized....what is this place ....social security and family help services....a dimly lit lamp of an Asian Pawn Shop owner taking orders at a window with a warm spot light on him, with green hues around...a ton of black people....hear me out, this is culture shock.. I've lived in South Dallas before, I've been around black folk...but to be the only Asian customer in line, and for the entirety of the 1 hours to 2 hours there not seeing any white people....that's a first! Well...come to think of it, living in Los Angeles over the decades...never really venture out to Compton or Crenshaw back in the days to have Chinese food, so if this many Black People all line up and spend their hard earned monies on Hong Kong Restaurant.....must be some DAMN good Chinese food. AND YES!!!!!! After placing my order and getting everything packed in a paper bag, I dug everything out went right in and I said, "Hong Kong Uncle and Auntie....you guys have EVERY RIGHT to be A**holes....Keep serving the community!!!" Food was Grade A in a Grade F environment. The Hong Kong Original Chicken Wings...you know what it reminded me of? You can't really find these in LA...it's like Foil Wrapped Chicken marinaded in Teriyaki, White Pepper, MSG, and Cinnamon, then fried. So much goodness, so much flavor, and having not had anything remotely close to foil wrap chicken since...2017 when I was working in a remote kitchen in bum f*ck nowhere RockSprings Wyoming....this was a piece of heaven! The Hot & Sour Soup...靠!!! 真他媽好喝!! Sorry translation, "so f*cking good!!!" I wanted to light a cigarette up indoors (because this place gives off indoor smoking permitted vibes) and just slowly savor the hot and sour soup packed with so much ingredients, not overwhelmed with bamboo shoots, with decent amounts of mushrooms but not those woodear shroom, this is American Hot & Sour Soup 2.0, the evolved form that fits non-Chinese people palates, and I downed an entire Large Container of it, not a drop wasted! And then I move onto the holy grails....Hong Kong Restaurant House Fried Rice and Kung Pao Chicken! Since I'm a traveling blue collared tourist, and don't really get to experience the dining scene in a town like Memphis unless I'm at a nearby Logistics Hub experiencing some down time and I get to explore town....having not tried any other Chinese restaurant and this being the only other fried rice I've tried between the states of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee....... Hong Kong's House Fried Rice is singlehandedly probably the best Fried Rice I've had since my days back in 2018s working up in Greeley Colorado with a Guangzhou Super Chef and up in Monterey California with another old timer Chinese Chef when they used to make staff meals and you thoroughly enjoyed the fried rice, every overnight grain, coated with msg, soy sauce, scallions. Onions, garlic, thrown into a Wok with High Bursting Flames, charring each grain, giving each grain that solidarity, smoking flavor....ya, this is the type of fried rice you can only experience with true OG Chinese Chefs, or at the very least, the owners need to know the elements that goes into making genuine Cantonese soy sauce fried rice. Absolute chef's kiss. Here in a worn down Chinese restaurant, with owners that really just DGAF, but they kept the soul of the food intact, they look toward retirement, maybe look towards getting out of there, but because they make Good food, and they love money more, and people just keep lining up for takeout here making Panda Express look amateur....I'm gonna say it...Uncle and Auntie are the most low key millionaires...... As for the Kung Pao Chicken, a tad bit too much gravy, but I finished it all in two sittings. Americanized Kung Pao Chicken, way better than Pandas. So to all the tourists on Yelp Questioning this place. This is probably the equivalent of Elvis Presley's Historical Landmark Mansion couple blocks down but for Chinese food in the state of Tennessee..just go..be enlightened.

    0/10 inedible food -…read moresweet and sour pork is a bio hazard that should not be served. A dough ball fried in a pork that has a texture of biting and eating your finger. Hong kong lo mein is no better. Stale crispy noodles on the side that made the slop it had to go in even worse. Looked like a pile of shit. Exactly... Panda express is better than this place. The worst representation of Chinese food ever!!

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    Chop Suey House

    Chop Suey House

    4.3
    (7 reviews)
    9.9 mi
    $

    I really hate to score this restaurant so low. Went here based on prior yelp reviews even trying…read moresimilar dishes suggested. I too have passed this place for over 30 years and never stopped in. The restaurant was very neat and clean on the inside, to go only style but, a few seats available to dine in. The service was prompt and super friendly as well as professional, prices are beyond reasonable. Now the food. I ordered shrimp egg fu young along with wonton soup. Starting with the soup, it lacked flavor, the dumplings were doughy and undercooked however I did enjoy all the veggies and pork pieces in side the soup especially the actual fried wontons. Unfortunately the dumplings were undercooked and I couldn't finish due to the gummy and chewy texture of the dough. Shrimp egg fu young is a dish that I must try at any restaurant when available this was no exception to the rule. The presentation was beautiful mouthwatering but once I bit into the egg foo yong, I got nothing but grease in my mouth. It didn't taste like anything but a bland fluffy grease pocket, and once I spat it out. Nothing but clear grease came out. my mouth was coated with a film of grease in no way could I finish that. I can only share my personal experience and unfortunately it wasn't great. Crazy part is I'm not opposed to giving them another shot with different items it will be a good while if I do decide to return but my initial experience wasn't the best food wise and although cheap it was a waste of money because it all went into the trash

    I live in the Mt Moriah area and drive all the way out here for takeout. So on this visit, we…read moreordered shrimp egg fu young, fried rice add broccoli. Wit 2 egg rolls. The egg fu young patti is a fluffy egg loaded with shrimp and bean sprouts, smothered in thick brown gravy. Fried rice with onions and broccoli florets. Babeee, this meal did not disappoint. We called it in, and left the house to come pickup. It was still hot and moist once we made it back home. And it was under $20.. I'm a repeat customer. I definitely recommend.

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    Wang's Mandarin House

    Wang's Mandarin House

    3.3
    (131 reviews)
    10.6 mi
    $$

    Went in for an early New Year's Eve dinner. This place has been here for years; I see it as an…read moreeast Memphis institution. The inside is eclectic, it's not fancy...though this isn't a bad thing. It's a nice escape from the run-of-the-mill Chinese take-out places (where you can eat inside also), it's not trying to be corporate-flashy. Best I can describe it is authentic to the people who own the joint. And I like it; a couple of fish tanks, some kitsch, the odd neon signs inside (over the bar, on the west wall towards the rear), the unused area to the right of the bar. Somethings work, something's are out of place, but it's a testament to the longevity of the location. So the food: the value is great. The apps were middle-of-the-road (sweet fire shrimp, spicy cucumbers (sans spicy but ponzu), spring rolls. The stand out was the hot and sour soup. Nothing really novel about it, but exactly what I was looking for. As the duck sauce was a bit sweet for the spring rolls to my liking, I found it necessary, and delicious, to dunk the spring rolls in the hot and sour soup. The Scientist had her usual kung-pao chicken. Really good, if not a bit basic (though the slight notch up of heat from the Szechuan peppers was appreciated). I went with the Peking duck. It's the most expensive thing on the menu (as it is everywhere else), but worth it. This is going to feed 2-3 or a big meal there and a healthy portion to take home. The skin crispy, the meat moist. Bones removed, but for the wings and thigh bones...it was appreciated. Served with Chinese pancakes and onions and a delightful hoisin. Highly recommended. The staff was delightful. Efficient (if not a little too efficient; we had two servers ask for our order), attentive, hospitable. We don't really have a go-to for Chinese food. Despite being out in Gtown, this may be our new default for Chinese eat-in or take-out.

    I stopped in after my Doctors appointment since it was on the way and I'd heard so many good things…read moreabout it. The staff were very friendly and the restaurant was nice and clean from my vantage point. They had a buffet but I wasn't in the mood for that. I placed an order for the egg drop soup, 1 egg roll, 1 spring roll and wings. My food was ready pretty quickly and I was on my way. Once I made it home, I tried the spring and egg roll they were both solid nothing special but good. Next, I tried the egg drop soup and I enjoyed it, especially since I was under the weather. The wings were last and they were huge! I wonder how large was that chicken to produce wings that big! I was not a fan of the chicken but I would go back to try other items on the menu and I did enjoy the soup.

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