China Wok

Living in Midtown for 1.5 years allowed me to frequent restaurants and shops that I had long since been going to from my college days.  I knew many places in that part of town and had no problem keeping my eating out diverse.

Well last July my wife and I moved to the Eastern part of Memphis.  It's not quite Memphis, but it's not quite Cordova or Bartlett either.  Since I rarely did much out in these parts I had to reacquaint myself with the area.  Something that took me a while to do was to find a new favorite Chinese restaurant.

I love Chinese and I often eat it (not only at restaurants, but my wife cooks some great Chinese too).  Since moving we hadn't gone out for Chinese in a long time so I decided it was time we hunted about.  We first tried China Moon, a place located on Stage and Elmore.  It wasn't even worth a negative review.  We then tried China Wok over on Dexter near Germantown Pkwy (around the corner from the Kroger there).

First off, the service was great.  The guy behind the counter was friendly and courteous.  He made polite chit chat and gave some good recommendations.  He also gave me a free two litre of soft drink since I spent more than $30.  The other staff members I interacted with were also very nice and polite.  The speed of this place was great.  I was in the restaurant for maybe 10 minutes.  My order was taken and my food was in my hand in a blink of an eye.  I have never had such speedy service.

Having such quick service meant that my food was piping hot when I got it and still extremely hot when I got home a few minutes later.  Not only was it hot, but it was very tasty (although the General Tso's could be a little spicier).  I have absolutely no complaints about this place.  It's all around great.  Something else I liked was that if you have a large order they will give you a cardboard box for it.

If you look for prices online you will find cheaper, outdated prices.  Don't get mad with the staff though.  It's not their website that has the old prices and the new prices aren't that more expensive.