Oriental Express — Restaurant in Maryland

Memory lane. My old friend used to get food from here and share it with me. I didn't know that and didn't understand why she braved through the hood for this place until I left the DMV area. It's worth it. This was the first place that I was introduced to Chinese carryout food and mumbo sauce. Check this out: Mumbo sauce is a DIP for fried chicken wings and not a wet rub. The correct and best way is to dip your fried chicken wings in the mumbo sauce (like you dip your wings in ranch dressing). If you want to smother your wings in mumbo sauce, then that is your personal preference, but anyone or any place serving the wings to you already smothered in mumbo sauce is wrong. Mumbo sauce is pink and is supposed to come in a condiment cup (just like ranch dressing). Another thing: The wings here taste good on their own and better with mumbo sauce. Best wings in the DMV. Best mumbo sauce in the DMV. Best wings & mumbo sauce pairing in the DMV. I said it. I left the DMV years ago and there is no American Chinese carryout that compares to this place in my travels. Trust me, only NYC Chinese carryouts can dare compete. I only took off a star because of my ordering experience years ago. I brought my brother here to order carryout because I am not brave enough to go to the hood by myself, and the lady who took my order was rude, not nice, unfriendly, unwelcoming, the worst. It's as if I wasn't a human being. If I wasn't determined to have my brother taste the food (he agreed that it tasted really good), then I would have turned around and...

these people are crazy ..i have ordered food from them in the past and tonight will be my last time supporting these people. we ordered food tonight with my boyfriends card and when the driver arrived my boyfriend went outside to get the food. the driver asked him to go get his card and ID and when he cameback out to show it to her and sign the receipt ..the driver pulled off with my boyfriends card and ID. We called the store and asked them nicely to give his card back. the were very rude and were not cooperating told him to wait until tomorrow..i called the number the driver called from and the phone rang she never answered it. DO NOT SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE..THEY DO NOT LIKE BLACK PEOPLE AND THOUGHT MY BOYFRIEND WAS TRYING TO STEAL OR NOT PAY FOR OUR FOOD. THIS LADY DROVE OFF WITH HIS LIVELYHOOD AND TOLD HIM TO COME BACK TOMORROW. DO NOT SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE. THEY ARE RACIST. THEY WILL NEVER GET A DIME OF MY MONEY EVER...

First off, the staff are welcoming and they cook the food quickly. The location is pretty much right in the hood. No problem for me. No gun shots or bums roaming by the restaurant. So i’m from NY and I love good Chinese food. Now that I live in Montgomery County, good chinese food is hard to find. I believe this place has the best Chinese food in the DMV area so I drove a whole hour to get it! The price is right and the flavor is outstanding! The Chicken Wings with French fries and General Tso Chicken with Shrimp Friend Rice is my go to. I’m sitting in my car and eating outside of the restaurant right...