Chou's Kitchen

I went there with my brother last night for the first time, after reading some recommendations online, and I was pleasantly surprised to find out they had pork intestines on the menu! I haven't had them since Taste of Qin, which sadly shut down, so I was enthused about trying them here. Between the two of us, we got four dishes each, and had plenty left over. The staff were polite, and one of them accidentally undercharged my brother when the bill came, but we informed them of it, and the mistake was corrected right away. Good food, good service, but the lighting was too bright for my eyes, but I also work the graveyard shift so that's just a me-problem. I definitely would enjoy going back again to try their other dishes.

We have been eating here for years. We have tried many different items on the menu and have never been disappointed. We have our favorites, I ordered the Szechuan Spicy Chicken made with the Szechuan pepper which is very delicious. My partner ordered the Chicken Stir-Fried Noodle which was cooked to perfection and very delicious. We always get great customer service. The restaurant is clean as were the restrooms. We will return again as the food is so delicious.

They offer authentic Chinese food AND if you are polite and they're not super busy... you can request certain dishes to be Gluten Free. 😃 The wait staff are kind and patient when ordering special diet items in English. Be patient with whoever is in the back cooking. If they can make your order to your diet specification on that dish then cool. If not, move on. They have PLENTY of different options and their vegetable dishes are to die for. I go with coworkers who introduced me and I'd love to bring my hubby for a date night. The food is good no matter what you order and it ain't no American style orange here, son. Good portions, decent prices and you can't beat the flavor. We're finally becoming regulars.

The food had really good taste, but I ordered the house special noodles which I was told had shrimp. My order came with absolutely no shrimp. But other than that my takeout order was very filling and I had enough for lunch the next day. The lady behind the counter was a little crazy, but had a big smile and a great attitude. I went on a Friday evening and the place was packed.

Everything was great. The hot and sour soup probably the best ever. The dumplings we had were very good. My eggplant garlic with pork was awesome. My wife had the pan fried noodles with seafood and that was just okay. But the floor was a bit dirty and the condiments were a little sticky. Wish they had just tidied up a little bit better. We do really like this place but it has gone down a bit since we first started going here 4 or 5 years ago.

Overall: 10/10. Food is incredible, better than my mother's cooking (please don't tell her), and GET THE SOUP DUMPLINGS. Ambience: 10/10. Not too crowded, tables with sticky-note number labeling, clean and homey. It's every Chinese restaurant ever, with red leather booths, framed clippings with ratings, awards, magazine covers, and a splash of random art. It's perfect. Food: 12/10. Impeccable soup dumplings/Xiao Long Bao/小笼包/Steamed Juicy Pork Dumplings, you absolutely have to try them. If you've never had them before-- wait for them to cool a bit, place one into a large soup spoon, nibble a hole and drink the soup from the spoon, or eat it in a single gulp and burn your entire mouth with hot broth. Either way is fine and deeply satisfying. They're made by chilling broth into gelatinized cubes and incorporating that into the filling, which means that once steamed, the broth becomes a delicious liquid inside the dumpling. If you don't pick it up delicately enough, you may tear it and lose some soup, so if you can't quite get chopsticks to work, just use a hand to pick it up and put it into a spoon. We also had mapo tofu (which has the numbing Szechuan peppercorns-- so it isn't really spicy), eggplant, potsticker dumplings, skewered toothpick lamb, and scallion pancakes (across two occasions). Everything was excellent, no complaints, but of course, the soup dumplings are the stand-outs here. The best part was how cheap it all was-- came out to around $15/person. 10 soup dumplings were only $10.98! An absolute STEAL for the amount of work that goes into them and how delicious they are. They also have an incredible chili oil (more finely ground than 老干妈/Laoganma chili oil) at each table. Service: 10/10. Service isn't overwhelming (they do not come by every five minutes to check on you), but they are attentive enough to notice when you're finished, and are quick with the check. If you're shy about your Mandarin, you can order off the menu in English or with the menu numbers. Facilities: 9/10. Bathroom is located in the back, adjacent to the kitchens; the area in the back looks a bit dodgy and dark overall, but I was pleasantly surprised by the bathroom. It was clean, smelled nice, and had a hand dryer that actually dried my hands (a bit like a jet engine, but effective, with a UV light as well). No paper towels, unfortunately. Overall: I've been here twice now, and it's going to become part of my monthly routine to stop in, particularly for soup dumplings. They are an absolute show-stopper. I think about them at least twice a day and the next time I'll be able to get them. GET THE SOUP DUMPLINGS!