Ding How Restaurant — Restaurant in Davis

There’s some variation in food quality on a day to day, but if you catch them on a good day, you won’t be able to get a better Chinese takeout meal in Davis. As someone who has lived in Hong Kong and whose family is from there, this is my favorite Cantonese-style American Chinese restaurant in Davis. Their chow mein is such a comfort with good wok hei. I also love their orange chicken with real mandarin peel in the sauce. Like any restaurant, if you go in ordering the wrong stuff, you won’t get the most out of your meal. Sweet and sour pork lunch special is solid — more moist and flavorful that the chicken counterpart. The lunch specials in general are such a great deal. I love that we can dine-in again because I enjoy getting a hot & sour soup with my meal. Skip their mapo tofu and west lake soup if you’re looking for something more traditional (they’re not done correctly here). Get to know which chef you like and try to order on the days that they’re working. For the dishes that are tasty, there isn’t a better place in Davis for them. Service is stern, but good. That’s how a classic Asian restaurant operates. I don’t pay money for warm and fuzzy vibes; I pay for the food. That being said, I enjoy dining in. The restaurant interior is calm and relaxing. Bonus: They have an EXTENSIVE vegan menu that includes a plethora of imitation meats (similar to the kind you often find in Asian Buddhist monasteries). It’s a hidden...

I love to support small family owned restaurants and was in the neighborhood with my daughter and needed to grab some food. We stopped by between lunch and dinner. The atmosphere reminded me of stepping back to 1999. We were the only ones in the restaurant and the service was very slow. We enjoyed watching YouTube shorts on the dining room t.v. with the employee's children who were watching t.v. and in the restaurant during summer break. That did not bother us at all. However, the food was disappointing. The hot and sour soup was good but the friend rice was the worse I have ever had. It smelled burned and spoiled. My daughter and I tasted it and could not continue eating it. The honey walnut shrimp was delicious. I am not sure if the rice was leftover and they tried to re-cook it or if the wok they cooked it in was burned already. If they improve their food, I would give them a...

Interesting Chinese cuisine situated in a strip-mall. I guess this place has been around forever. The menu has some of your typical Chinese restaurant items, but has a "house specialty" section with some dishes I've never heard of before. They also have a good selection of vegetarian options with that funny soy-based fake meat stuff. Had such a strange texture but tasted okay. We ordered "Bird's Next Club" or something like that. It came in a edible bowl made of fried shoestring potatoes and had a bunch of vegetables, seafood and beef in it. It was quite tasty. The restaurant looked old, but that only added to the charm. The ornate Chinese chandeliers had so much dust on them it was distracting. The wait staff was helpful and friendly. I would go back...