Take-out: Yes Good for Kids: Yes Good for Groups: Yes Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
3 reviews
Shawana Stalcup
You don't really know it but sometimes you just need a good bowl of wonton mien.
Wu Chinese formerly Dragontown serves up some good basic cantonese fare. This place makes me reminiscent of many nights spent on Mott street in Chinatown shooting the breeze over dinner before making the rounds at the local watering holes. Although Flushing is a different type of locale Wu Chinese is a similar type of chinese restaurant on a row of many where you can get a cheap no frills chinese meal or a lunch box to go.
My main stays here have been the wonton noodle soup or the young chow fried rice or the beef with green peas over rice. they have bbq items over rice- your standard char siu, roast pig or soy sauce chicken over rice or a combo of three treasure rice. The sam bo fan that comes with an egg. They also have family style meals/dishes if you choose to eat leisurely.
More often than not I come here for that consistent bowl of handmade wonton noodles made by the same staff of the old Dragontown but with the lack of photos and the addition of a proficient, efficient and svelte boy manning the register. I enjoy their curly yellow noodles always al dente and the fresh handmade wontons. Also the bright green choy sum that they add to it if you are tired of that baby bok choy business like i sometimes am. I enjoy the freshly cut char siu I can add to my soup or the beef tendon wonton noodle which gives the broth a richer flavor.
The staff is always nice and I never feel hurried dining here and there is a good mix of non-asian and asian families here enjoying their meals.
These noodles are a special ritual for me to remind me of those days of summer in Chinatown but Wu Chinese is as good a place as any to make new memories over a bowl of noodles.
Old-style Cantonese food for good prices is very easy to get in Flushing, but GOOD Cantonese food is rare.
Food: we ordered a fish, a tofu and pork pot, vegetables and duck. The roast duck here was the star of the show. At $7, that plate was priced precisely right. The flavors were close to Big Wong King in Manhattan's Chinatown, but the duck itself wasn't as meaty.
Service: not that responsive. The server took a long time to put take our orders and bring us a check. But that's unfortunately not atypical.
Decor: very small.
There were patrons who sat behind me that look like they were from the original underground Cantonese gang that took over parts of Manhattan Chinatown in the 1990's. Those tattoos, tight shirts and jeans now look horrible in retirement.
I've probably been passing by this place for years just looking at the roast ducks, chickens & pigs hanging in the window like I'm used to in any other borough's Chinatown. I'm not sure why I stopped in the other day, but I looked at the menu, saw $2.95 for 1000 yr egg & pork congee and said "Hey, this could be good" and it was. It was so good that we decided to stop in for dinner because other reviewers' pictures made everything look so tasty. I've been looking for a go-to Cantonese rice shop in Flushing for years and it was right under my nose. These types of places are way fewer these days than 20 years ago when they dotted the landscape. Wu (nee Dragon Town) is a lot larger than it looks on the inside and could easily seat 40 people.
We stopped in on a Sunday evening with the restaurant about 3/4 full and seated at one of the round tables. We ordered one of the inclusive meals for 4 ($53.95), which included a house seaweed soup, rice & dessert. The main dishes were half a salt-baked chicken, lobster Cantonese style, mustard greens in broth and the biggest grey sole (lung lay=dragon's tongue) I've seen in a long time. Everything tasted great and we could have had the sole either pan-fried or steamed, so we opted for steamed with scallion & ginger and that fish was cooked to perfection. I usually debone & serve the fish myself and when the meat just comes off the bone, it's an amazing thing. Plus the fish was full of roe, my favorite part! Feel those tiny fish eggs pop when you bite into them. Sorry little fishies!
Another throwback to the old days is that they serve a seriously big bowl of rice! Not those dainty teacup sized bowls. Back in the day when rice was cheaper than dirt, it was complimentary with your meal. I don't remember when they started charging $0.50 and then $1. The meal was finished off traditionally with a dessert of tapioca & peanut soup & orange slices. Given such a hearty dinner, we can't help but come back again!
You don't really know it but sometimes you just need a good bowl of wonton mien.
Wu Chinese formerly Dragontown serves up some good basic cantonese fare. This place makes me reminiscent of many nights spent on Mott street in Chinatown shooting the breeze over dinner before making the rounds at the local watering holes. Although Flushing is a different type of locale Wu Chinese is a similar type of chinese restaurant on a row of many where you can get a cheap no frills chinese meal or a lunch box to go.
My main stays here have been the wonton noodle soup or the young chow fried rice or the beef with green peas over rice. they have bbq items over rice- your standard char siu, roast pig or soy sauce chicken over rice or a combo of three treasure rice. The sam bo fan that comes with an egg. They also have family style meals/dishes if you choose to eat leisurely.
More often than not I come here for that consistent bowl of handmade wonton noodles made by the same staff of the old Dragontown but with the lack of photos and the addition of a proficient, efficient and svelte boy manning the register. I enjoy their curly yellow noodles always al dente and the fresh handmade wontons. Also the bright green choy sum that they add to it if you are tired of that baby bok choy business like i sometimes am. I enjoy the freshly cut char siu I can add to my soup or the beef tendon wonton noodle which gives the broth a richer flavor.
The staff is always nice and I never feel hurried dining here and there is a good mix of non-asian and asian families here enjoying their meals.
These noodles are a special ritual for me to remind me of those days of summer in Chinatown but Wu Chinese is as good a place as any to make new memories over a bowl of noodles.
Old-style Cantonese food for good prices is very easy to get in Flushing, but GOOD Cantonese food is rare.
Food: we ordered a fish, a tofu and pork pot, vegetables and duck. The roast duck here was the star of the show. At $7, that plate was priced precisely right. The flavors were close to Big Wong King in Manhattan's Chinatown, but the duck itself wasn't as meaty.
Service: not that responsive. The server took a long time to put take our orders and bring us a check. But that's unfortunately not atypical.
Decor: very small.
There were patrons who sat behind me that look like they were from the original underground Cantonese gang that took over parts of Manhattan Chinatown in the 1990's. Those tattoos, tight shirts and jeans now look horrible in retirement.
I've probably been passing by this place for years just looking at the roast ducks, chickens & pigs hanging in the window like I'm used to in any other borough's Chinatown. I'm not sure why I stopped in the other day, but I looked at the menu, saw $2.95 for 1000 yr egg & pork congee and said "Hey, this could be good" and it was. It was so good that we decided to stop in for dinner because other reviewers' pictures made everything look so tasty. I've been looking for a go-to Cantonese rice shop in Flushing for years and it was right under my nose. These types of places are way fewer these days than 20 years ago when they dotted the landscape. Wu (nee Dragon Town) is a lot larger than it looks on the inside and could easily seat 40 people.
We stopped in on a Sunday evening with the restaurant about 3/4 full and seated at one of the round tables. We ordered one of the inclusive meals for 4 ($53.95), which included a house seaweed soup, rice & dessert. The main dishes were half a salt-baked chicken, lobster Cantonese style, mustard greens in broth and the biggest grey sole (lung lay=dragon's tongue) I've seen in a long time. Everything tasted great and we could have had the sole either pan-fried or steamed, so we opted for steamed with scallion & ginger and that fish was cooked to perfection. I usually debone & serve the fish myself and when the meat just comes off the bone, it's an amazing thing. Plus the fish was full of roe, my favorite part! Feel those tiny fish eggs pop when you bite into them. Sorry little fishies!
Another throwback to the old days is that they serve a seriously big bowl of rice! Not those dainty teacup sized bowls. Back in the day when rice was cheaper than dirt, it was complimentary with your meal. I don't remember when they started charging $0.50 and then $1. The meal was finished off traditionally with a dessert of tapioca & peanut soup & orange slices. Given such a hearty dinner, we can't help but come back again!