Wok Hei is a primarily takeout/delivery “Chinese” food restaurant. When I say Chinese, I mean American Chinese food. Whenever you see stuff like Moo Goo Gai Pan (蘑菇雞片) listed on the menu, you know it’s not authentic Chinese food. Sometimes that’s okay. My boss and I used to go to Pei Wei all the time for lunch. Pei Wei is owned by P.F. Chang’s, where P.F. stands for Paul Fleming. Anyway, I’ve order from there a few times before. I was going to get a 2-dish family meal but I remember my dad not liking their food so I ended up getting one dish, plus used some points to get some fried egg rolls.
I ended up getting something called Wok Tossed NY ($10.95) which has beef, mushrooms, carrots, scallions, and lots of garlic in a sweet sauce. When they say “sweet”, they really mean it. There was a lot of tender beef slices but it was way too sweet. It came with a small container of white rice, which I finished quickly since I needed something bland to mix with the overpowering sweetness of the sauce. I only ate about half of the dish; I guess I can cook some rice and finish it for dinner. It’s not bad but not really good. I’d probably give it 3/5 stars if I had to grade it. It was the same for the other two times I ordered from there: okay but not really memorable.
Incidentally, they used to have two locations: Villa Park and Tustin. I used to go to the Villa Park location since it was closer. That location shut down several months ago so I had to go to the other location for pick up after dialysis. I think we’re just outside their delivery area.
Life with chronic diseases 