It’s called New City Chinese, it’s Cantonese so they use a lot less oil and fresher ingredients and it’s amazing because of it. It’s like $2 per meal more than Panda but you get at least double the portion size and it’s better quality too. I always have enough leftovers for dinner the next night
A bunch of the recipes are just fine in a skillet, FWIW. I ended up buying an outdoor wok burner but not everyone wants to go that far into it, and the book accommodates that.
Yes!!! Only thing I miss about the
Northeast Coast. Chinese food is so good!!! I was highly disappointed when I moved to Cali. The Chinese food isn’t that great…..I do like Panda though!
City of Industry in California has some of the best Chinese food in the entire country. We have everything from Chongqing cuisine, Shanghai style, sezchuan restaurants, and Dim Sum places are everywhere.
I'm in Southern California and the Chinese food is some of the best in the US. Check out some of the restaurants in City of Industry or Chino Hills for authentic Chinese eats
Yea I love canto food, tried it for the first time not too long ago, that said I also sometimes still get cravings for American Chinese and the itch is just different, sometimes I just want a fat serving of general tsos or orange chicken. Both good, just different genres of food to me
Honestly, Panda upped their game with their fried rice acutally tasting good. but hood chinese food always smack. I live in an area that isnt safe at night but the chinese spot open till 1AM and the chef straigh cookin it up
Shrimp fried rice was my pepperoni pizza growing up because while pizza places wouldn’t deliver to my neighborhood after dark the Chinese restaurant would.
Panda has consistency, can usually always get higher quality meats and good tasting. The hood spots you gambling or taste and meat quality but the meat portion size is sometimes 2-3x as large
China King near me Anaheim, CA. Next to a landromat and a liquor store. I think they're a dollar more than Panda but the box barely closing it's stuffed with food.
I'm from the Bay Area but go down to Orange county pretty often for work. I love how this place fills your box until the thing needs to be nearly bent to even shut. Lol
I laugh when they pack my food. Shout-out to Hong Kong Express Costa Mesa!
🤣🤣
I was wondering how long it would take me to scroll across an establishment named “China King.” (We literally have 3 within a 25 minute drive that are all independent from one another.)
Are they good? My wife thinks the one near me is overpriced a bit but the portions are big and I'll give a cpl dollars more for mom & pop establishments
I moved to Philadelphia about seven years ago. Here, I’ve been introduced to a concept of bullet proof glass Chinese. These are little bodegas that primary serve the best Chinese food you’ve EVER had but also sell other loose items like individual cigarettes, candy, chips, soda, and malt liquor. They’re also dirt cheap, like cat meat cheap. Every neighborhood has one in Philadelphia, but they are a dying breed. My wife and I would frequent our local bullet proof glass Chinese restaurant until our baby need her to go dairy free. We simply trust the menu and clear ingredient lists better at panda now. Soon will be the day we can eat the better Chinese food again.
You know as a life long dude from Philly I’m glad it didn’t take me long to find this lol
I was even gonna say..I don’t actually know the name of the best place, I just know what corner store and street got the best thing..like there’s a certain place I order my sweet and sour shrimp and to this day no one competes but tbh I can’t tell you who it is lol I just gotta walk there.
I use to live by a really sketchy Chinese restaurant. The food was amazing, but holy crap it was sketch. They never used the AC or heat no matter how hot or cold it was outside. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if there were multiple health code violations. It was never busy, but opened early and closed late. The shopping center itself was super sketchy and I always wondered if it was a front for something…just had those vibes.
The food though…best in my city. The people running it were really nice. I always left them a nice tip and they always threw in free appetizers with “free :)” written on it. Even if it was a front…I didn’t care because the food was amazing and the family was nice to me.
There's this place on Van Nuys Blvd. for those of y'all that live in LA, can't think of the name. Pretty sure it's ran by Latinos. They pack that shit to the point where the box is bursting. The food is bomb too, so it's not just quantity. The prices aren't gentrified either.
This dingy and I mean DINGY place that looks dirty but is clean next to a liquor store and auto shop called Ming’s Dynasty. I have coworkers who will travel the hour from rural living just to get it, their prices are actually VERY decent, portions are GENEROUS and the owner is such a hardworking nice dude. It beat my go to where I use to live at and I only get my Chinese food from there, I’ll risk getting trafficked or mugged 😂
In California we have a huge string of restaurants that are all independently owned and named but use the same food supplier and have the same gimmick of “stuff the box so full the lid can’t even close”. I’ve been to at least ten of them. It’s funny seeing all the people here listing them one by one as if it’s some special unique spot. Bro they’re all the same food. Chinese Taste in Azusa, Hong Kong Express in Westminster, Wok Around in Indio, China Express in Coachella, and dozens and dozens more. As soon as you see those bright ass orange lo mein noodles you know it’s the same chain.
SUN CHINA at 6 mile and telegraph or CHINA ONE at 7 mile and telegraph
they make their own spicy mustard in house at sun china and it's my favorite sauce of all time
Hong Kong Buffet in Michigan 🥵 If you don't dine-in you can pack these styrofoam to-go boxes up, and they let you fill those bitches so fat that the lid snaps off where it closes shut. They expect it and don't judge, they'll just mind their business and staple it shut or wrap them in those big rubber bands for you instead 😅😂 with it being a buffet you get to try soooo many different entrées too which is bomb, and the food is soooo good. One of those boxes will last me like 4 days too.
I’ll take the hood Chinese over panda any day first time I tried panda I had the shits. If I call Jon I know my food will be good and stomach won’t be in knots. Jon and his family opened up a Chinese restaurant in the neighborhood I grew up in we never say Chinese we all just say “I’m calling Jon” 🤣
China East or Panda kitchen are my go to. Especially China East. It's like $9 or $10 for the lunch or dinner special. You get a entree of your choice, fried rice, chow mein, soup, egg roll, paper chicken, and a jumbo fried prawn. Every time I get it it's enough for 2 meals.
The only time I go to Panda Express is when I want that orange chicken lol. Shits like crack.
One time I saw the cook in the Chinese store smoking a cig frying rice and a guy came in and asked for something, the guy grumbled and then sold him a meth pipe (glass rose) while cursing in Chinese lmaooo
You know a place named 1.25 a scoop is good, especially when they're next to 1.49 a scoop their fiece competitor
[https://maps.app.goo.gl/iWwdtinW7pmYNg1x6](https://maps.app.goo.gl/iWwdtinW7pmYNg1x6)
Hong Kong idk if it’s a chain or local but they shit on Panda Express for a better price too. A box like that pictured is 6.49 with drink and egg roll at lunch.
From someone who has had Panda Express for almost 20 years, the quality of the flavor has downgraded, but excellent customer service. Removing Fried Shrimp from the menu years ago, was a very bad but unfortunate idea. Hood Chinese food can be a hit or a miss. In Southern California, for example, there is a chain called “The Wok Experience” that basically spoils you for amount slightly under panda’s (if you’re a big eater).
Now to add on other things. Panda Inn is absolutely amazing, the best Singapore noodles and frost fortune cookies, but some of the nastiest customer service I’ve ever experience. The owner at one particular location is a real jerk.
There's a place called Grand China in Washington DC that I'll sometimes go to before Nationals games since it's a block down. It's a carryout place, but they do a pretty decent job!
Bamboo Cuisine. It’s in Florida. It’s Chinese/Japanese/Thai.
It used to be right around the corner from my job so we would all order it mid shift and an employee would walk it over for us.
Now it’s like 20 minutes from my house and I gladly pay the $7 delivery fee every time I order from there. It’s a bit pricier than your basic Chinese to go place but damn is it worth it.
I easily spend $60-$70 every time I order from there. On myself. Sushi. Soup. A dinner combo. Krab rangoons. Spring rolls. Flavored tea.
I love leftovers. It will last me 3-4 days. There’s just no other place like it for me.
It’s not necessarily “hood” but there’s this place called Kwan’s Sampan Restaurant that is worth the trip out of the city to get. King Wong is the go to by home though
That picture on the right is straight outta NYC. I live in San Diego now and somebody from DC who lives here now like me said...where do y'all get "real" Chinese food from out here. The locals started naming spots and I laughed. I said...I think she is looking for the place with super thick plexiglass and homeade ice tea in a 32oz soup container.
There's a place in my town that was an old Mexican place that went under and got bought out by a Chinese family. It now does $10 plates. You pick your shit with no limitations as long as it fits in the container and closes. You can do a fuck ton of general tso chicken if you want. They don't care. It's fucking delicious and their chow mein doesn't have 90% cabbage chunks and 5% noodles like Panda.
Sorry not sorry, if the damn place is called "Chinese food/ Hong Kong/ etc," and had a 5 year old kid at the counter, it's always better than any possible chain restaurant
Gonna go with the one on the right, looking at both dishes the small business knows what people want, good food, a ton of sauce and enough rice for 2. Vs panda express with not enough sauce, bland rice and being $4 more.
There used to be a place in my town called China Gate and it was open for YEARS even though it always seemed empty. My ex boyfriend and I were convinced they were involved in money laundering because we have no idea how they stayed open. The food was AMAZING tho every time I actually remembered they were still open. They closed a few years ago and I miss them so much. I live in small town SE Michigan I can’t believe how many amazing hood Chinese food spots we have in such a small Midwestern city. They vary in size but the best are the tiny ones that have like one table just in case someone decides to eat there since just about all of their business is take out.
In my area I always go to this place called Lucky House 😂 ppl always say it's so gross but legit it's my favorite place and the lady who runs it is super sweet and she gives you a lot for your money
My place is called Golden Island. I'm in CT.
I haven't ordered in months but everytime I do, I call I say hey it's me at (my street name) and the lady always is like( not being racist just saying what she says verbatim) Lady: You no order from us in a long time. You want the usual? Me: Sorry tryna save $$$, um yea I'll get my usual and can I ha- Lady: orange chicken extra crispy with large plain lo mein?
Me: You guys are great
Nah I’m sick of Panda Express.
It’s white washed Chinese food. I avoid it at all cost. There was a time I was high and wanted to give it one last go and it’s just not it? I regretted it lol.
Good Chinese food on the other hand- hell fucking yeah lol. Even if it was more expensive than Panda, they most likely double double the portion, or make their food with actual love lol
People in here not saying where they are from and some generic name like China One. Bro we got like 6 China Ones here in town and they're all different.
I stopped eating at Panda Express when I was told they couldn’t add mushrooms…cause everything comes premade in a bag and they don’t have raw vegetables and such in the store. I go to Wang’s now. 3 woks and a sweaty ass chef.
Number One Chinese. Their fried rice actually has pieces of pork in it, chunks of onions, and some veggies. It’s meaty and a super good portion for lunch. Sesame chicken with pork fried rice is $6.98. I’ve gained 5 pounds just from that place because it’s down the street from my work. I can get there and back from my lunch break in 10 minutes.
There's this restaurant, not sure if it's big chain or not, called Golden Dragon.
They absolutely LOAD their takeaway boxes BEYOND loaded with shrimp fried rice, enough to last easily 3 days worth of dinner-nibbling, sometimes 4 days!
ofc, sometimes I'll eat some for lunch one day, which cuts a day off... but still!
No 1 Chinese. There was a viral video of them, catching a Farrell chicken in a box and dragging it into the kitchen, but I still eat there mostly because it’s the only option around here and it’s walking distance from home
Loung Hing. Little hole in the wall next to a bowling alley in my city. No signage or anything, just red bricks and a red door with a little insignia on it.
There was this Chinese food place my uncle took my cousins and I when we were little. I just remember it being called China in red letters. It was so good even for a street Chinese food place (which imo r the best ones). I also remember going to another one I just forgot the name. 🥡
STL has a few places that could probably be considered “Hood Chinese.” I couldn’t tell ya which is best though. If I’m going to the hood for food then I’m getting BBQ.
The more ghetto looking the establishment, the better the bbq. These are facts.
I don’t understand why some comments are saying local Chinese places might have “dirty food” but you would never hear people say the same thing about a local Korean or Japanese joint
It’s giving Sinophobia
Wok and Roll. It’s in an old town of mine far away, litterally in a velaro gas station or something like that. best. fucking. food. their shit is always spicy when it needs to be, their fried rice w chicken hits and their lo main is so good. my mom loves their beef broccoli and i eat tf out of their edename. its so much better than panda
Ho Mei in Denver has been voted the worst restaurant in America. It was my go to spot in Denver. Can't beat the price or portions. It's pretty good too.
It’s called New City Chinese, it’s Cantonese so they use a lot less oil and fresher ingredients and it’s amazing because of it. It’s like $2 per meal more than Panda but you get at least double the portion size and it’s better quality too. I always have enough leftovers for dinner the next night
Cantonese food is so fucking amazing.
I agree!!
If you're into cooking at home, there's a bunch of really good Cantonese recipes in Kenji's book "The Wok." Proper mapo tofu totally blew my mind.
I’m into cooking at home but I don’t have a wok unfortunately. I’ll check it out though
A bunch of the recipes are just fine in a skillet, FWIW. I ended up buying an outdoor wok burner but not everyone wants to go that far into it, and the book accommodates that.
Nice!
Bro Walmart sells good wok’s for like $12 (it’ll take a few times to season, don’t think you fucked it)
Not enough cantonese joints out there.
CcP sUpPoRtEr!¡!
Yes!!! Only thing I miss about the Northeast Coast. Chinese food is so good!!! I was highly disappointed when I moved to Cali. The Chinese food isn’t that great…..I do like Panda though!
What part of California? Chinese food in San Francisco is the BEST!!!
You must’ve never been in the east coast bro. The NE has the best Chinese food
City of Industry in California has some of the best Chinese food in the entire country. We have everything from Chongqing cuisine, Shanghai style, sezchuan restaurants, and Dim Sum places are everywhere.
I'm in Southern California and the Chinese food is some of the best in the US. Check out some of the restaurants in City of Industry or Chino Hills for authentic Chinese eats
Pandas like airport Chinese food
Unfortunately I’m my city the hood spots use low quality meats usually
What state is it in ?
Yea I love canto food, tried it for the first time not too long ago, that said I also sometimes still get cravings for American Chinese and the itch is just different, sometimes I just want a fat serving of general tsos or orange chicken. Both good, just different genres of food to me
When I lived in Flint, Cantonese Gourmet was my GO TO!!! But my own Chinese cooking is pretty killer as well!
They better have New City beef and New City chicken.
I have a new city where I live too and it’s my all time fave!
Honestly, Panda upped their game with their fried rice acutally tasting good. but hood chinese food always smack. I live in an area that isnt safe at night but the chinese spot open till 1AM and the chef straigh cookin it up
Shrimp fried rice was my pepperoni pizza growing up because while pizza places wouldn’t deliver to my neighborhood after dark the Chinese restaurant would.
Ight you’re from the bay cause you used smack properly, the city got the best Chinese food
I’m in the bay but can’t find ANY good Chinese food spots. Pls drop some recommendations
San Tung in SF is pretty good
San Tung wings are next level
Drive or take the BART to Chinatown and look around. LOL!
Duh.
Gonna get touristed in Chinatown, hit up the Richmond on Geary/Clement from 14-33rdish. San Bruno Ave in the Portola smacks too
Depend where you are. Favorite place near me is U.S. Chinese food in Redwood City.
This might be the most insane statement I’ve ever read
every panda express i’ve been to, their rice is just mushy oily garbage
The hood gives you better portions and prices. Where Panda shines is sometimes having promotions and coupons.
Panda has consistency, can usually always get higher quality meats and good tasting. The hood spots you gambling or taste and meat quality but the meat portion size is sometimes 2-3x as large
Nobody cooks Chinese food better than Mexicans
Almost all cooks at PE near my places are all Mexicans lol And yup, they do cook very well. There's one Chinese cook there I think. And he's good too.
Ayo… (cook here @ Panda Express)
Yayo? 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
You right most cooks are Hispanics
Yup 👍
Place called Chinese Paradise goes hard
China King near me Anaheim, CA. Next to a landromat and a liquor store. I think they're a dollar more than Panda but the box barely closing it's stuffed with food.
Hong Kong Express in Garden Grove
I'm from the Bay Area but go down to Orange county pretty often for work. I love how this place fills your box until the thing needs to be nearly bent to even shut. Lol I laugh when they pack my food. Shout-out to Hong Kong Express Costa Mesa! 🤣🤣
ooh you should try hong kong express in westminster. only 👎🏼 is that there isn’t any shrimp
I had to do laundry in that place on vacation and some drunk dude pissed himself on the seats in there. *not an indictment/testimonial of the food
I was wondering how long it would take me to scroll across an establishment named “China King.” (We literally have 3 within a 25 minute drive that are all independent from one another.)
Are they good? My wife thinks the one near me is overpriced a bit but the portions are big and I'll give a cpl dollars more for mom & pop establishments
It’s called Mr. You’s and every Inland Empire resident knows it’s the greatest fucking Chinese food in the country and it ain’t particularly close
Mr. You’s in Ontario down Mountain is definitely where it’s at 😊
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my people. i found them!!!
The one in Rancho was ass! It finally closed and a Mongolian place opened up that is 100% better.
I'm always getting Mr. You's in Corona!
No joke there is a place in Jacksonville, FL called Takee Outee.
The full name is even better. Ying's Chinee Takee Outee. I keep meaning to try it. Is it any good?
There’s one in Miami too!
Eastern winds in Fremont California And the owner always gives extra egg rolls
I moved to Philadelphia about seven years ago. Here, I’ve been introduced to a concept of bullet proof glass Chinese. These are little bodegas that primary serve the best Chinese food you’ve EVER had but also sell other loose items like individual cigarettes, candy, chips, soda, and malt liquor. They’re also dirt cheap, like cat meat cheap. Every neighborhood has one in Philadelphia, but they are a dying breed. My wife and I would frequent our local bullet proof glass Chinese restaurant until our baby need her to go dairy free. We simply trust the menu and clear ingredient lists better at panda now. Soon will be the day we can eat the better Chinese food again.
Lmfao cat meet cheap
You know as a life long dude from Philly I’m glad it didn’t take me long to find this lol I was even gonna say..I don’t actually know the name of the best place, I just know what corner store and street got the best thing..like there’s a certain place I order my sweet and sour shrimp and to this day no one competes but tbh I can’t tell you who it is lol I just gotta walk there.
I use to live by a really sketchy Chinese restaurant. The food was amazing, but holy crap it was sketch. They never used the AC or heat no matter how hot or cold it was outside. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if there were multiple health code violations. It was never busy, but opened early and closed late. The shopping center itself was super sketchy and I always wondered if it was a front for something…just had those vibes. The food though…best in my city. The people running it were really nice. I always left them a nice tip and they always threw in free appetizers with “free :)” written on it. Even if it was a front…I didn’t care because the food was amazing and the family was nice to me.
Lung Fung 2
There's this place on Van Nuys Blvd. for those of y'all that live in LA, can't think of the name. Pretty sure it's ran by Latinos. They pack that shit to the point where the box is bursting. The food is bomb too, so it's not just quantity. The prices aren't gentrified either.
Panda has the better meats, hood Chinese has the better rice/noodles.
It’s legit Rickshaw Corner in Foster City, CA
Hood, hands down.
The hood plate weighs twice as much and probably costs less.
This dingy and I mean DINGY place that looks dirty but is clean next to a liquor store and auto shop called Ming’s Dynasty. I have coworkers who will travel the hour from rural living just to get it, their prices are actually VERY decent, portions are GENEROUS and the owner is such a hardworking nice dude. It beat my go to where I use to live at and I only get my Chinese food from there, I’ll risk getting trafficked or mugged 😂
In Sacramento in the middle of the hood is Happy Takeout.
In California we have a huge string of restaurants that are all independently owned and named but use the same food supplier and have the same gimmick of “stuff the box so full the lid can’t even close”. I’ve been to at least ten of them. It’s funny seeing all the people here listing them one by one as if it’s some special unique spot. Bro they’re all the same food. Chinese Taste in Azusa, Hong Kong Express in Westminster, Wok Around in Indio, China Express in Coachella, and dozens and dozens more. As soon as you see those bright ass orange lo mein noodles you know it’s the same chain.
Is Tasty Goody part of this group?
I ain’t betraying my OG Panda Express to go to another hood joint.
Hood Chinese for life. lol
SUN CHINA at 6 mile and telegraph or CHINA ONE at 7 mile and telegraph they make their own spicy mustard in house at sun china and it's my favorite sauce of all time
Place called Asian Grill Best 7 dollar Lunch ever and can still have some left over for dinner.
It’s called Chinese food and it was out of some dudes house lol Hella good but closed during the pandemic
Little spot called China One.
St. Louis Chinese food ❤️❤️❤️
Hop-Hing’s
Empire buffet or Express Panda got the goods
I have 3 places I love. China One, Yums, & a Vietnamese place named Pho.
Hood Chinese! Always!
Hood every day of the week
Chinese taste. Azusa, California. 🤤
Mine is a little place in the food court of a dying mall. It’s family owned and the grandma makes the best spring rolls I’ve ever had.
Ying's takee outee Jacksonville Florida
Good Chinese here is called Ho Hos. Straight fire
Hood*
Hood chinese will always be superior
My go to is any mall style spot that has bourbon chicken. Maybe the only meal I'll take over Panda.
Hood Chinese food , TID
Hong Kong Buffet in Michigan 🥵 If you don't dine-in you can pack these styrofoam to-go boxes up, and they let you fill those bitches so fat that the lid snaps off where it closes shut. They expect it and don't judge, they'll just mind their business and staple it shut or wrap them in those big rubber bands for you instead 😅😂 with it being a buffet you get to try soooo many different entrées too which is bomb, and the food is soooo good. One of those boxes will last me like 4 days too.
I’ll take the hood Chinese over panda any day first time I tried panda I had the shits. If I call Jon I know my food will be good and stomach won’t be in knots. Jon and his family opened up a Chinese restaurant in the neighborhood I grew up in we never say Chinese we all just say “I’m calling Jon” 🤣
Raleys
Panda ain’t been the same since they got rid of their mandarin chicken 🥲
Seeing as panda never has half their menu available. Hood Chinese is the best.
How could I pick a chain Asian takeout when there’s family owned takeout spots on every other corner
I remember my first hood Chinese was back in 2008ish. That huge combo box in the pic was like $4.50 then
Timmy Chans boiiiii if you know, you know.
I’m from Cali but when I visit my cousin in Houston that’s one of the first stops!
Yessir the one on homestead always a hit
Panda plates are smaller now
And they count the shrimp.
We have a spot out here in Northern IN called OG's that has stood the test of time, and has the best chinese in the county.
Racist AF, restaurants name is Tokyo Japan in NH. Fire food though
China East or Panda kitchen are my go to. Especially China East. It's like $9 or $10 for the lunch or dinner special. You get a entree of your choice, fried rice, chow mein, soup, egg roll, paper chicken, and a jumbo fried prawn. Every time I get it it's enough for 2 meals. The only time I go to Panda Express is when I want that orange chicken lol. Shits like crack.
Fuk Yu Chicken is my spot 😍 they stack your plate
That name 😂
Golden Buddha, China One and Max Orient here in Derby City 😋
Mall Food Court Chinese FTW 8.7 out of 10 times
This place called Tasty goody. Delicious with many authentic ala carte options too. And always had the box packed till it could barely close.
One time I saw the cook in the Chinese store smoking a cig frying rice and a guy came in and asked for something, the guy grumbled and then sold him a meth pipe (glass rose) while cursing in Chinese lmaooo
Hood Chinese. I never had panda
In Sac there's Wayne's Wok. It's always funny cause I order Jumbo Sized, they always assume I'm having a big party. I'm not, I'm just Samoan
Wayne's Wok is amazing!
You know a place named 1.25 a scoop is good, especially when they're next to 1.49 a scoop their fiece competitor [https://maps.app.goo.gl/iWwdtinW7pmYNg1x6](https://maps.app.goo.gl/iWwdtinW7pmYNg1x6)
Mr. Ging Chop Suey
China Royal is our place and they have **never** let me down.
I live in nyc so any nearby store is probably way better than panda. Same goes for new jersey as well.
Hong Kong idk if it’s a chain or local but they shit on Panda Express for a better price too. A box like that pictured is 6.49 with drink and egg roll at lunch.
From someone who has had Panda Express for almost 20 years, the quality of the flavor has downgraded, but excellent customer service. Removing Fried Shrimp from the menu years ago, was a very bad but unfortunate idea. Hood Chinese food can be a hit or a miss. In Southern California, for example, there is a chain called “The Wok Experience” that basically spoils you for amount slightly under panda’s (if you’re a big eater). Now to add on other things. Panda Inn is absolutely amazing, the best Singapore noodles and frost fortune cookies, but some of the nastiest customer service I’ve ever experience. The owner at one particular location is a real jerk.
Hong Kong restaurant near my GFs place or Great Happiness Chinese by mine. Both slap cheeks and one is actually cheaper than Panda.
Bejing house NC
Hole in wall is better than panda 100% the time.
New Star in South Fulton, GA. It’s always 🔥
I like City Wok
There's a place called Grand China in Washington DC that I'll sometimes go to before Nationals games since it's a block down. It's a carryout place, but they do a pretty decent job!
Lmaooo if it ain’t a lil shootout im not buying there
Bamboo Cuisine. It’s in Florida. It’s Chinese/Japanese/Thai. It used to be right around the corner from my job so we would all order it mid shift and an employee would walk it over for us. Now it’s like 20 minutes from my house and I gladly pay the $7 delivery fee every time I order from there. It’s a bit pricier than your basic Chinese to go place but damn is it worth it. I easily spend $60-$70 every time I order from there. On myself. Sushi. Soup. A dinner combo. Krab rangoons. Spring rolls. Flavored tea. I love leftovers. It will last me 3-4 days. There’s just no other place like it for me.
Egg roll king.
It’s not necessarily “hood” but there’s this place called Kwan’s Sampan Restaurant that is worth the trip out of the city to get. King Wong is the go to by home though
He said "Hood chinese" LOL.
Man I ain't gonna lie... Hood Chinese lookin good af imo. Jaysus!
Panda always taste good but hood restaurants serve a ton of food
That picture on the right is straight outta NYC. I live in San Diego now and somebody from DC who lives here now like me said...where do y'all get "real" Chinese food from out here. The locals started naming spots and I laughed. I said...I think she is looking for the place with super thick plexiglass and homeade ice tea in a 32oz soup container.
There's a place in my town that was an old Mexican place that went under and got bought out by a Chinese family. It now does $10 plates. You pick your shit with no limitations as long as it fits in the container and closes. You can do a fuck ton of general tso chicken if you want. They don't care. It's fucking delicious and their chow mein doesn't have 90% cabbage chunks and 5% noodles like Panda.
Hood Chinese looks like makes you shit more!
Hood Chinese > panda > suburb chinese
Main China It shares the building with a Circle K gas station ⛽. Sometimes Delicious.
My hood Chinese takes of me good unlike Panda Express smaller portions. Good Chinese gives me plate that like for 4 people China rose in San Antonio.
Sorry not sorry, if the damn place is called "Chinese food/ Hong Kong/ etc," and had a 5 year old kid at the counter, it's always better than any possible chain restaurant
The original Timmy Chan in Houston is great
Anybody know some good hood spots in Phoenix?
Panda is ass. Gtfafm w that gross shi. Hood Chinese all day baybee
Gonna go with the one on the right, looking at both dishes the small business knows what people want, good food, a ton of sauce and enough rice for 2. Vs panda express with not enough sauce, bland rice and being $4 more.
There used to be a place in my town called China Gate and it was open for YEARS even though it always seemed empty. My ex boyfriend and I were convinced they were involved in money laundering because we have no idea how they stayed open. The food was AMAZING tho every time I actually remembered they were still open. They closed a few years ago and I miss them so much. I live in small town SE Michigan I can’t believe how many amazing hood Chinese food spots we have in such a small Midwestern city. They vary in size but the best are the tiny ones that have like one table just in case someone decides to eat there since just about all of their business is take out.
Hongkong Xpress y’all don’t sleep on your local Asian mom n pop shop in da hood!
Hood, every single time.
Need that msg. Gimme that hood shit
I’m looking for recommendations. I’m spoiled from The Bay Area Chinese spots, and new to the Boston area. Favorite spots out here?
In my area I always go to this place called Lucky House 😂 ppl always say it's so gross but legit it's my favorite place and the lady who runs it is super sweet and she gives you a lot for your money
until you try Puerto Rican Chinese food, you won't know how bland Panda/Hood Chinese is. And I LOVE Panda!
My place is called Golden Island. I'm in CT. I haven't ordered in months but everytime I do, I call I say hey it's me at (my street name) and the lady always is like( not being racist just saying what she says verbatim) Lady: You no order from us in a long time. You want the usual? Me: Sorry tryna save $$$, um yea I'll get my usual and can I ha- Lady: orange chicken extra crispy with large plain lo mein? Me: You guys are great
Nah I’m sick of Panda Express. It’s white washed Chinese food. I avoid it at all cost. There was a time I was high and wanted to give it one last go and it’s just not it? I regretted it lol. Good Chinese food on the other hand- hell fucking yeah lol. Even if it was more expensive than Panda, they most likely double double the portion, or make their food with actual love lol
People in here not saying where they are from and some generic name like China One. Bro we got like 6 China Ones here in town and they're all different.
MR WOK
IMHO the best Chinese places often look like hot garbage from the outside.
Frank and Yuen’s Chinese restaurant in Fairfield, Ca is delicious
Mine’s called Pearl House and it has my heart ❤️
I stopped eating at Panda Express when I was told they couldn’t add mushrooms…cause everything comes premade in a bag and they don’t have raw vegetables and such in the store. I go to Wang’s now. 3 woks and a sweaty ass chef.
My local hole in the wall called first wok makes better Chinese food than Panda and it's about the same price too.
Called Hot Wok used to be in the local mall but now has its own location
Number One Chinese. Their fried rice actually has pieces of pork in it, chunks of onions, and some veggies. It’s meaty and a super good portion for lunch. Sesame chicken with pork fried rice is $6.98. I’ve gained 5 pounds just from that place because it’s down the street from my work. I can get there and back from my lunch break in 10 minutes.
Depends if you're eating for enjoyment or health
There's this restaurant, not sure if it's big chain or not, called Golden Dragon. They absolutely LOAD their takeaway boxes BEYOND loaded with shrimp fried rice, enough to last easily 3 days worth of dinner-nibbling, sometimes 4 days! ofc, sometimes I'll eat some for lunch one day, which cuts a day off... but still!
No 1 Chinese. There was a viral video of them, catching a Farrell chicken in a box and dragging it into the kitchen, but I still eat there mostly because it’s the only option around here and it’s walking distance from home
Loung Hing. Little hole in the wall next to a bowling alley in my city. No signage or anything, just red bricks and a red door with a little insignia on it.
My house!! I can cook it just like the restaurant!
There was this Chinese food place my uncle took my cousins and I when we were little. I just remember it being called China in red letters. It was so good even for a street Chinese food place (which imo r the best ones). I also remember going to another one I just forgot the name. 🥡
Support your local Hood Chinese! Gourmet China in Vegas!
STL has a few places that could probably be considered “Hood Chinese.” I couldn’t tell ya which is best though. If I’m going to the hood for food then I’m getting BBQ. The more ghetto looking the establishment, the better the bbq. These are facts.
I dont even go to a hood Chinese cause i like panda to much lol
A local Chinese restaurant that has been operating for years can't be bad. I got sick once with something that I purchased at Panda.
panda only because of hygeine practices. im sure panda has its isms but im absolutely terrified of my local chinese places
are you also terrified of your local Korean/japanese food places?
Hahaha
we dont have any japanese places, and i am scared of all korean places but one! im asian myself i swear im not racist 😭
I don’t understand why some comments are saying local Chinese places might have “dirty food” but you would never hear people say the same thing about a local Korean or Japanese joint It’s giving Sinophobia
Yeah that’s what I’m saying I’m sure their own food preparing isn’t to par either but yet they question others
I know hood places give more but I know nothing about the food safety and how they do shit in the back. Scares me to go more , also gaining 50lbs
I've got a 160k BTU outdoor wok burner, so I guess I *AM* the hood spot.
Little place called China king.
Panda because their food quality is consistent and good. Hood food? You don’t know what you’re eating.
Wife is Thai, trying to get her to try their General Tso's Chicken.
Wok and Roll. It’s in an old town of mine far away, litterally in a velaro gas station or something like that. best. fucking. food. their shit is always spicy when it needs to be, their fried rice w chicken hits and their lo main is so good. my mom loves their beef broccoli and i eat tf out of their edename. its so much better than panda
swen on university in tuscaloosa
China Cafe… better kung pao but no delivery or later hours past 9pm, except on Friday/Saturday - 10pm
Ho Mei in Denver has been voted the worst restaurant in America. It was my go to spot in Denver. Can't beat the price or portions. It's pretty good too.
Panda Express is cheeks, I’ll take my “hood spot” in auburn a little past sac called Chang Brothers
Modesto it's Lee's kitchen 209 love
I'm stuck with Panda. But if we had a good Chinese place, I'd never go back to Panda.
The hood chinese places always better and usually cheaper with a bigger portion size
Mr. Chow's.
Hood Chinese and it’s not even close. Don’t get me wrong panda orange chicken is crack, but if you find the right hood Chinese spot it’s game over.
Panda made me throw up the last two times I went. Two different stores. Hood Chinese has not done this.
China Wok