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    The China Express

    3.8 (85 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:30 pm

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    Quiet
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    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Roasted pork fried rice
    Melissa M.

    My go to is extra extra spicy bbq pork fried rice and everytime they make it perfect! Those who keep up with my reviews know how much of a burning spice heat I like in my food so this is the perfect amt of spice that makes you sweat a lil!

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    Rachel D.

    This is the only place in DFW I drive to to get Chinese food. I always get shrimp & broccoli w/ garlics sauce and spicy. The owner knows who I am and is the nicest guy ever. I think he does everything on his own. Really nice guy! Really nice small place.

    Wings with Shrimp Fried Rice

    The food that I ordered was wonderful. I was looking for wings and shrimp fried rice because I haven't had any worth eating since I moved here. The service and worker was great and he was very friendly. I've never had wings the way they were fixed and the flavor was amazing. Will definitely be back in the future...

    Chicken wings
    Ronnie B.

    The rice was over cooked and dry. The chicken egg roll bland, but the chicken wings Chillllle let me tell ya.... SEASONED TO THE BONE. I'll definitely order the wings again.

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    The food is delicious and friendly service! This is our go-to place for Chinese food.

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    4 months ago

    Super friendly service. Go-to hot & sour soup on those days when I just need it to be reliably good.

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    I ordered the egg foo young. It was unlike any egg foo young I have ever had. I didn't enjoy it. However, the egg rolls are delicious

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    3 years ago

    Great and awesome food! Would 100% come back . Food was so delicious and affordable. Can't go wrong choosing this spot

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    5 years ago

    We really enjoy ordering from here! It's consistently good and the portion sizes are perfect. The customer service is also great.

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    Very nice people. Quality food and it was relatively quick for how busy they seemed. Will definitely be going back

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    Good food, generous serving sizes and reasonable prices. Convenient location by Tom Thumb.

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    Ordered to go and it was ready when I got there. Didn't charge extra for fried rice instead of steamed rice.

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    7 years ago

    This place is always fresh and has the biggest shrimp :) love it me and my husband order here at least 1 time a week. Definitely our go to

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    First Emperor Chinese Restaurant

    First Emperor Chinese Restaurant

    4.2
    (319 reviews)
    1.3 mi
    $$

    Great food. Good authentic chinese restaurant run by chinese owners. Keep it up! Cooking the best!read more

    This restaurant has existed for as long as I can remember over the past 30 years. It was one of my…read morefavorite restaurants growing up, so when I recently visited home in DFW, I had to go back. And wow, the taste is the exact same. The decor is the exact same. The people are the exact same. It was truly a feeling of nostalgia that's hard to describe. My favorite dish has always been, and still is, the bamboo shoots with pork. It is so fragrant, umami, and simply delicious. The west lake soup is also a classic done so well - pro tip to add white pepper to give it a little kick. The steamed pork belly was okay - sauce is flavorful (a touch salty) along with the preserved greens but the pork wasn't as tender as I had remembered it. The fish filets are fried to perfection, full of salt/pepper flavor, and pairs well with the jalapeños. If you don't like fish, you can get the same flavor with the pork version of this dish, which I also really like. The service can be a little slow because it's just 1 chef and 1 waitress who own the restaurant - same people that have run the show since I first came here probably almost 30 years ago! Incredible to see them still working so hard and serving delicious food. They'll never know how much their restaurant and food means to me!

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    Awesome 五餅二魚

    Awesome 五餅二魚

    4.6
    (169 reviews)
    4.0 mi

    Saw this place on Yelp and immediately thought, "There's no way this is good." The name doesn't…read moresound remotely Chinese. But the reviews were suspiciously glowing, so curiosity (and hunger) won. We pulled up and I took one look at the building: older, unremarkable, zero curb appeal. Classic "meh." Inside, several large round tables with lazy Susans, red tablecloths, and Chinese lanterns. They first sat us in a booth but I requested later on to be moved to a large round table since we ordered A LOT. But back to when we first sat in the booth - As a Chinese woman, the second I spotted the older seats with ripped upholstery, it hit me like a culinary prophecy: this place was going to serve me some incredible, authentic Chinese food. I don't know what it is, but there's an inverse law of Chinese restaurants: the less fancy the exterior (and the more the booth looks like it's survived several natural disasters), the better the food. Apparently they skip Instagram-worthy renovations and put the budget where it belongs--on the plate! This is now hands down in my top 3 favorite Chinese restaurant in North Dallas - I can even say it's on the very top. I haven't forgotten about the staff. They deserve 10 stars. Super nice!

    This place is getting 5 stars for food and service! I would say from the looks of it, you aren't…read moretalking fine dining, but, the meal said otherwise! We ate egg rolls, crab Rangoon, and soup, followed up by orange beef and beef fried rice. The crab Rangoon could have used more stuffings, but what was there was good. I thoroughly enjoyed the orange beef. The tenderness of the beef and the taste of the sauce was on point. Definitely don't pass on this one if you are craving Chinese food. Note: they do serve peanuts before the meal, so watch for that with allergies!

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    Chef Sun's Noodle & Dumpling

    Chef Sun's Noodle & Dumpling

    4.3
    (149 reviews)
    5.5 mi
    $$

    My friend and I got the House Special Soup Dumplings, green beans, Three Flavor Pepper Chicken, and…read morethe Beef Biangbiang Noodles. All the food had amazing flavors so I would recommend everything. My only note was the beef in the noodles was slightly chewy so I would suggest another protein option. The service was great. Our server was patient with us while answering our questions on the menu and knowing the menu well enough to recommend us things that suited our palettes. The restaurant is spacious with many tables to accommodate different size parties so it did not take long for us to get seated.

    My wife wanted to try this for our lunch today, especially since our GOTO for Chinese changed…read moreownership/service/flavor... We ordered: Cumin Lamb (side: fried rice); Singapore Noodle Combination (chicken/shrimp/beef); Eggplant w/ Garlic Sauce (side: steamed rice); Okra w/ Giant Oyster Mushroom (side: steamed rice); and Xao Long Bao (6 pcs). WOW! The braised okra with giant oyster mushroom positively SURPRISED and leap frogged to the top of my preferred vegetable GOTOs...The cumin lamb was SO tender and VERY flavorful. One of the best preparations yet. The Singapore noodle combo and Xao Long Bao did not disappoint... More importantly, the service we received was attentive, courteous, knowledgeable, and prompt. Sadly, the eggplant with garlic sauce is the ONLY reason a star is withheld for this review...it detracted from traditional Chinese style; notes of garlic eviscerated by the chef's sweetening to satisfy an American palette...Why fix something that's unbroken?...I get it. The restaurant has to cater to its customers who populate this mix use (business/lease residential) area at the NW corner of Alma and Hwy 121, but doesn't that limit its draw? Guess we'll just have to head either further south on Central (HWY 75) to the Legacy & Spring Creek areas or further west to the Preston and Warren Pkwy Frisco TX area to satisfy our authentic Chinese cuisine food cravings.

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    Royal Kitchen

    Royal Kitchen

    4.4
    (252 reviews)
    5.3 mi

    Well. ... once again I was blown away with the Duck .. but we also…read moreSesame beef ... which outstanding!!! Love this place ... !

    My friend and I were craving Peking duck, so we decided to try it out. The reviews were promising,…read moreand I had heard that they carve the duck tableside. We arrived on a Wednesday evening around 7 p.m., and surprisingly, we were the only customers there, considering it was peak dinner time. We also discovered that we needed to pre-order the duck in advance. Luckily, the lady informed us that there was one available for us, but it would take about 30 minutes. We ordered the crispy cucumber salad, xiao long bao, and the dry-fried string beans. The dry-fried string beans were my favorite. The string beans had a delightful crisp texture and a flavorful taste. The cucumber salad was also good, but some parts were a bit soggy. The XLB skin was too thick and chewy, and it didn't taste like the usual soup dumplings, which was disappointing. I was excited for the duck, but I was honestly disappointed when it arrived. The portions were quite small, considering it was a whole duck. It wasn't carved tableside, which was a letdown. Some parts of the duck were dry, and the skin wasn't crispy enough. To add to the disappointment, they charge extra for almost everything. If you want more pancakes or their homemade duck sauce (which tasted like black bean sauce), you'll have to pay an additional $5. Another thing to note is that they are BYOB, so you can bring your own alcohol. However, the menu pictures on Yelp are outdated, and they only offer whole Peking duck, not half orders. Overall, the food was just okay, and I'll probably try a different spot when I'm in the mood for duck again.

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    Peking duck table service.

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    Peking duck table service.
    Bamboo House

    Bamboo House

    3.9
    (137 reviews)
    5.3 mi
    $$

    Love bamboo house! This is one of my favorite places to come whenever I'm craving Peking Duck. Not…read moreonly do you get the duck with the perfectly done crispy skin in a cute dish shaped like a duck, but you also get the rest of the duck in a bone broth soup. It's so much better than chicken soup with the tenderness and flavor. They give you plenty of the pancakes and veggies. David is the absolute best everrr! He always takes care of us and knows just what to recommend. Pretty sure he sees us and just puts in the duck order at this point. Anyways, the pea shoots are basically one of the only vegetables I love to eat and I'm always so happy to see it on the menu here. All of the dishes are great and you really can't go wrong. Come with a small group for family style while enjoying the intimate environment and good food! There's always plenty of parking and it's perfectly located right off the freeway.

    Of course we were here for the Peking Duck. Usually the half duck comes with 10 pieces of skins but…read morethis time we only got 8. It's possible that we may have had a couple stick together. But regardless, we didn't have enough skin so asked if we can get 2 more skins, even if we had to pay for them. The waitress barked at us that it comes in 10-pks and that she can't get us just 2 pieces. Fine, but there's no need to be annoyed and roll your eyes at us. The service was much to be desired. We ordered the A-Choy vegetable and it was awful, old and yellow and not cooked well. It's like they didn't sauté it in a hot enough wok so it wasn't crispy. So disappointing this time. Don't get me wrong, the Peking Duck and the soup that comes with it were still pretty good. Thus the second star.

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    Bamboo House
    Bamboo House

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