This is a follow-up to my lamenting over many awful Chinese delivery experiences. I had several helpful comments and decided last night on Wing Hoe. My aunt lives across the street on Sheridan and shares the love. As we were fairly hungry we just went with the plain old dinner for two. Mongolian beef, empress chicken, egg rolls, steamed rice, spare ribs, fried shrimp... it was enough food even as we subbed the steamed rice in for the pork fried. They let you subsititute as well which is awesome so I'll give it another shot soon with dishes that I tend to like more. It was good. The egg rolls actually were great.
As everyone knows the leftovers reheated were even better. Tossing an eggroll into the toaster oven rather than the microwave works so well it's like having a fancy appliance. I get giddy. And now I can reheat pizza slices too... Yeah, I've been living without a toaster. If you can call that living.
The Mongolian beef needed a little spicy chili paste but the meat was very good. The empress chicken was all white meat, no fatty parts. The breading was nice. It's that gummy/crispy texture that is singular to chinese restaurants. Gluteny-crispiness? The ribs were a bit dry but no complaints. You get a half order – two ribs and a fractional order of the fried shrimp as well – two shrimp from a regular order of five... that would be two-fifths (proud of myself)!
I am somewhat relieved because now I know where my next Northside Chinese Food Delivery will come from.
Wing Hoe
5356 N. Sheridan Rd.
773-275-4550
I tried wing hoe after reading the comments from your original post, but was still disappointed. We ordered potstickers, hot and sour soup, chicken lo mein, and mongolian beef. The best part of the meal by far was the potstickers. They were actually quite delish. The dipping sauce was perfect and the potstickers were nice and doughy. I found the mongolian beef to be VERY bland (it didn't even taste like mongolian beef to me), but I agree, the quality of the meat was very good. The lo mein was not very good either. For some reason it had this ever-present "grilled" flavor, which seems totally out of character for lo mein! Sadly, I am still looking for my chinese fix. The best mongolian beef that I have found so far is at Shine on Armitage, but not too convenient from Edgewater!
Posted by: groundhog23 | February 25, 2008 at 07:01 PM
One nice thing about Wing Hoe is that they'll go the extra mile to take care of you if you perhaps find something amiss. Just speak nicely to them and they'll do everything they can to accommodate you. It's a family type of operation. They're all very nice. I haven't been there lately, but I've always enjoyed it when I and my friends have dined there.
Posted by: Just Some Guy | December 30, 2008 at 05:44 AM