China Wok

As with most Americans I have a very big spot in my heart and even bigger spot in my stomach for Chinese food. Even though I have not had the privilege of going to Asia to experience the different styles of authentic Asian cuisine, American-Chinese food is okay by me till I actually get to Asia. When it comes to the delivery/carry out or dine-in/#1 China spots, I am a fan, along with many Americans I have my favorite spots, but for the most part it is hard to find a bad one, until now. With all the #1 China type spots in the area it is for sure a cut throat business and every little thing to make the meal better from being faster than the next guy to having better togo containers than the next guy. But most importantly your food needs to be better than the next guy especially since all of the spots pretty much have the same menu.
I have had more than a handful of people recommend China Wok(729 First Colonial Rd. VA . Beach, VA. 23454 757-422-8207) as a place to check out when it comes to good Chinese food. During one of our recent "winter storms" when most of VA Beach including my wife and I were stuck in our homes I had the craving for Chinese food and our regular spot was closed as was the case with most restaurants in the area that weekend. Then my wife reminded me that her cousin recommended China Wok as a good spot, so I called and to my surprise they were open and delivering (bonus since it was during the "winter storm"). Usually it was a $10 minimum for delivery but due to the weather it was upped to $20, no biggie to me as that meant left overs. So after deciding what we wanted, Sesame chicken, Hunan chicken, egg roll, and lumpia. I made the call and was greeted by a very happy-go-lucky guy that was super eager to take my order and advised me that due to the weather it was an hour wait and since i was tuck in the house and not going any where for a while decided 1 hour wasn't a big deal. After a couple more beers and about a half hour later there was a knock at the door. Now if the food was as tasty as the delivery guys attire was fashionable then I wouldn't be talking so badly about this place. I answered the door to a mid20's guy with old school thick rim glasses, rocking pajama pants with sweat shorts over top and white patten leather dress shoes. I will say the food looked excellent, but once I took the first bite of the Hunan chicken my wife ordered it was over. It tasted like it had been boiled for days, it was very slimy, and lacked the flavor and heat you look for in Hunan chicken. The lumpia poured grease out once bitten into as did my egg roll, there was no flavor in either the lumpia or egg roll either. My sesame chicken wasn't horrible but it wasn't great either, it had a slight crispness to it and just a little bit of flavor. The fried rice that accompanied our food was even worse than the Hunan Chicken, one of my more important rules to live by is if a Chinese restaurant can't make rice properly then they shouldn't be in business. Needless to say with all the #1 China type spots in the area & my already well established favorite spots usually open we won't be going back to this one.

Kid friendly, if you want to expose your kids to food as bad as this

I would rather eat ramen noodles than this garbage