Wok Du Chef

Ma place favorite ou j’aime me faire livrer des bons plats asiatiques le dimanche soir quand je n’ai aucune envie de sortir de chez moi et d’enlever mon pyjama mou. Nous commandons très régulièrement. Je n’ai jamais été déçue d’un plat. J’ai un faible pour le poulet général Tao et le riz frit au poulet! Les quantités sont très correct (j’en ai généralement pour deux repas) la livraison plutôt rapide et les prix né sont pas abusifs. Seul bémol, ils né mettent ni napkins, ni baguettes dans les sacs de livraison… Dommage. (Heureusement j’ai personnellement un stock de baguettes que je garde jalousement caché dans un tiroir!)
Je n’ai mangé qu’une seule fois sur place et le service était plutôt correct.

There are now 3 – 4 Asian restaurants on this block at the time I’m writing, but this was the first, as if it matters. As a local, I’ve always appreciated their service and their dishes and the fact that they speak French (and English). Most often, I pick up for take out and have never had to wait or had a surprise (minus a missing fortune cookie here or there). Portions are perfect, price and noise level are right, and just a nice place to sit with all its windows on the corner. I should also add that it’s viable for vegetarians/​vegans in case, like me, you have a few in your network.

Ordered for delivery. Took almost 1:30 to arrive and food was lukewarm at best.
General tao is supposed to come with rice but it was not included. Batter was way overcooked and the portion was kind of small for the price (especially sans rice).
The satay rice noodles were kinda gross and slimy. Kind of like overcooked/​boiled, unrinsed rice noodles thrown into a container with some starchy sauce or something. I had to add more seasoning as it tasted like nothing. I specified no bell peppers and there were lots in the noodles. Not very impressed and will not be eating here again.

Came in here on a Sunday evening, and the place was mostly empty, with 5 – 6 tables occupied. The ambiance was great until a family with a screaming babe entered the place. The toddler calmed down later on when given an iphone to play with, but their presence lingered for the rest of the evening, with the kid shouting and the parents shooshing. The acoustics of the place is not favourable for these conditions. On the other hand, the service and the food were great. I had the shanghai noodles, and my friend had the tofu with vegetables. For desert we both got the fried bananas — and we each received four battered banana filled balls and a small bowl of honey. Our water glasses were constantly filled, and the dishes were well made and quickly served. This place has a big menu and I’m curious to try more items.

Had fried tofu, fried pork, peanut butter dumplings and eggplant. The fried foods were dry and tough. Pretty much every dish here can be found in a much better version elsewhere in Montréal. Only try this if you’re desperate for Chinese. (The pickings are admittedly slim in this neighbourhood.)

Oubliez la facture habituelle du «restaurant chinois «de votre coin. Malgré son air très sobre et sa devanture blanche sans grande ambition, ce restaurant vous servira de l’excellente nourriture aux plusieurs horizons asiatiques; vietnamien, thaïlandais, japonais et bien-​sûr chinois. Vous êtes au paradis des nouilles, riz et soupes en tous genre. À ma dernière visite, mes nouilles Singapour avaient juste la bonne quantité d’épices et crevettes, exactement comme celles que j’avais mangé en Orient, ce qui fit de moi un client très satisfait. Les soupes ont le bon bouillon, le thé aux bulles est suffisamment bon aussi loin à l’Est du quartier chinois de Montréal, la salle à manger, bien que fréquentée par des visages moins asiatiques qu’originaires du Plateau Mont-​Royal, est plutôt occupée aux heures d’achalandage.
Une caractéristique qui me semble intéressante, les propriétaires semblent être non pas la famille d’une typique entreprise familiale, mais un groupe d’amis ayant décidé de se partir en affaire. La décoration intérieure, un brin trop sobre, bien qu’agrémentée de plantes, né tente pas, pour une fois, de vous vendre une image asiatique guindée et épuisée, du genre de ce que l’on retrouve partout dans ce type d’établissement, ce qui donne étonnamment un courant d’air frais d’authenticité. Concentrez vous donc plutôt sur les plats!
Points plus:
–Espace et tolérance plus que suffisants pour venir en famille. J’y suis venu avec poussette (il faut lever la poussette pour entrer);
–Tout peut-​être commandé pour emporter;
–Stationnement possible et plutôt facile dans les rues avoisinantes (attention aux panneaux);
–Palais satisfait!
Malus :
–pour les puristes de la nourriture asiatique, ce n’est pas l’endroit pour avoir tout exactement comme dans un restaurant spécialisé. Il s’agit plutôt d’un restaurant «généraliste «, pour ainsi dire. Mais qui n’en est pas moins excellent.

I considered giving 1 star to this restaurant based on the food, but to be fair, the service was good and the setting looked pretty nice and clean, hence the two stars. I ordered the pork dumpling as a starter, which came covered with sweet peanut sauce. I had never seen that before! Still, we tried it, but did not like it and we put the plate aside. The waiter asked if there was something wrong, and when we said we simply did not like it, he offered rolls instead. No more spring rolls, so we had the fried imperial rolls. I felt like I had to eat it all because he was nice enough to change the starter we did not like, but in other circumstances, I would not have eaten all of it because it was too greasy for my taste. My main course was chicken with peanut sauce and crispy spinach. Too sweet, too heavy… did not finish my plate. Too bad. I’m not going back.

Arrived there with a bunch of 7 peoples. Eventough the restaurant was crowded, they have been able to accomodate us with a table fast. The service have been fast, the food tasty for everyone. What surprized me in my dish (Spicy thai beef). The beef wasn’t overcooked and the vegetables were still crunchy, which is often a sign of quality.

Take out was fast! Great food and awesome fried banana for dessert.

Dropped in there with some family who live in the area. We had 4 young kids in tow AND a new born. We were seated promptly, got our orders in and the food started arriving shortly there after. Any parent knows that getting kids fed early in the dinning experience is a must. The Vietnamese Spring Rolls (cold) and Fried Wontons kept us satisfied till the main courses arrived.
The Chinese style dishes were better than the Thai ones but all in all quite good. Spicy dishes were not too spicy but the flavour was nice.
Had the Fried banana’s and Apples for Dessert. The bananas were the best and our three year old ate almost the whole order.

A weird and unusual craving happened last night… one that I haven’t experienced in years… for chinese food.
We phoned Wok du chef and ordered: spicy peanut noodles with chicken, wonton soup, egg rolls and sesame beef.
The spicy peanut noodles were not even close to spicy and the chicken was rubbery. Same consistency for the beef. Wontons were fine but the broth was way too condensed. Egg rolls were good.
And
the delivery person was really rude even though we were waiting for him and gave a good tip.
Not cool for the food.