New Golden Empire — Restaurant in New York

Menu is dangerously untruthful. I ordered the fried wontons as takeout because the menu said the inside was just cream cheese. Luckily, my partner took a bite before I did and said it tasted a little like crab. I am VERY allergic to shellfish, so I called the restaurant and this is how the conversation went:

Me: “Hi, I was wondering if there was shellfish in the fried wontons”

Her: “you want fried wontons?”

Me: “no, Im asking a question about them. What’s in the fried wontons?”

Her: “ wontons can have meat if you like.”

Me: “no. what is in the regular fried wontons?”

Her: “oh regular fried wontons? Just cream cheese.”

Me: “okay so there’s NO crab in the fried wontons?”

Her: “oh…yes, crab in the wontons”

Me: “there IS crab in the wontons?”

Her: “yes crab and cream cheese.”

Then I hung up. Are you KIDDING me lmao?? First, the menu doesn’t say anything about it. Then the restaurant isnt truthful until pressed on it. If i had taken the first bite instead of my partner, i’d be having a severe allergic reaction. We normally love this place and just wanted to try something new, but this was...

Excellent.for.the price. I ordered the "special meal", which is two entrees with fried rice for about $7. Boneless ribs and chicken & broccoli. The ribs were tender and cooked perfectly, where most takeout the ribs are overcooked. And.they weren't drowning in sauce. A refreshing and welcomed change from other takeout spots in the area. The broccoli was fresh, although was a tad overcooked for my taste, but I like very crisp broccoli. The egg rolls were homemade instead of the usual mass-produced egg roll at most Chinese takeout. Overall pretty good. I took off one star because the delivery guy didn't have enogh change (i gave him a 20 for an $11 meal. He only had 5 singles), and the rice in my fried rice was slightly UNDER-COOKED. The "fried sweet donut" is really good (from a prior order). It's basically cheap can store biscuits deep fried and rolled in sugar, but OH SOOOO GOOD :-D

I would DEFINITELY order...

Polite and straightforward on the phone. I am a major foodie and my boyfriend and I wanted to try a new Chinese restaurant in the area. The pork and shrimp egg rolls tasted as though they had been dipped in the fryer one too many times and they didn't come with the spicy mustard (which we didn't request and obviously should have). The vegetable fried rice was the tastiest part of our meal. Had a great flavor but not too salty. The general tso's chicken and sesame chicken were the main courses and we requested white meat only. Wow were they both disappointments. The sesame sauce was tangy, sweet, the way it should be; but what it covered was mainly breading followed by the tiniest bit of the white meat chicken. That is also how the generals was prepared and served as well. I guess my quest for finding good Chinese food...