East Wall Chinese Cuisine — Restaurant in Plano

Ordered: Jade Minced Beef Soup, Beef Flat Noodles, Clay pot Rice with BBQ meat, Peking Duck & Guifei Chicken (Steamed Chicken). First off, honestly the worst service I've ever gotten at any kind of Chinese restaurant. The worst. We arrived on time for our reservation and waiting at the front for almost 10 minutes, waiting for someone, anyone to greet us or even take us to our table. The waitress and another worker both saw us at the door area, but neither thought to come to us or greet any one of us. We had to go them to ask where our reserved table was and seated ourselves. The restaurant wasn't that busy, there was only 2 other tables occupied at the time. Also, the waitress wasn't the most attentive to our table and we had multiple empty dishes on our table that weren't getting picked up. A member in my group asked for hot chili sauce, and when the waitress gave it, about 5 minutes later she tried to take it away, but my group mate told her they were still using it and she was surprised, as if we wouldn't use hot chili sauce multiple times, and she verbally said "what you still need it?!". Overall, food was good, but also pretty average for a Cantonese restaurant. The best dish was the Jade Minced Beef Soup. We had 5 people in our group, and there was literally only enough soup for 5 small bowls, but it's understandable since it was also the cheapest/least expensive item. Quantity felt a little on the smaller end. It felt like we weren't getting the fullest serving for certain dishes like the Peking Duck and Guifei Chicken. Also, this was the most expensive Peking Duck ($50) and Guifei Chicken ($40) I've had, and I must admit it was only adequately okay, but not the absolute best. It's weird cause on their black boards that they wrote the duck was $45, but I was told when I reserved the table and pre-ordered our meals, that it cost $50, which was what I was charged for. The Beef Flat Noodles were good, and for the price the quantity is adequate, but I wish it was a little more for the price. Clay pot rice was okay. It was definitely interesting to eat and the first time I've ever tried this dish. I like the crispiness at the edges and the Chinese sausage with 臘肉 (which is a kind of Chinese bacon/cured bacon meat), was good. They did provide free red bean sesame balls for dessert which was nice. They were delicious. In the end, I don't think we'll be trying this place again. It was good as a first experience, but for the pricing, I feel like I'd rather spend my money elsewhere. The food is good, but not extraordinary, but it's always nice to support Asian restaurants and try something new.

Separate to go order date: got black pepper beef, yang zhou fried rice and XO sauce seafood. I have attached 3 pictures of each dish. All were good, but I do wish the fried rice was a larger quantity instead of this small circular container. The sauce for the black pepper beef was perfect. The XO sauce seafood, the quantity was so much the lid could barely close ~ my kind of desired dish quantity 😉 these 3 dishes were good and I think worth picking over the Peking duck or...

Texas 2024 Destination #10: East Wall Chinese Cuisine

Yes! I finally got to see Chef Charlie perform his hand-pulled noodle skill again after almost 20 years. (He doesn't speak or understand English so he has to use his phone to translate what I say to him.)

I do really like the Peking Duck, Xiao Long Bao, and the chewy bouncy texture of the fresh made hand-pulled noodles at this restaurant.

Review of the items I have tasted: Peking duck served with hot steamed bao, scallions, cilantro, shredded cucumbers and hoisin sauce - the duck meat is meaty, moist, tender, deboned, and flavorful. Although the skin is more fatty compared to other Peking Duck I have tried. I would still order this again next time.

Xiao Long Bao - juicy meat fillings with medium thin skin. There's only one kind of xiao long bao here. They don't offer different meat fillings like at other restaurants that specialize in assorted Xiao Long Bao variations.

Pan fried dumpling - meat filling is moist and flavorful. Bread layer is a bit thick.

Langzhou noodle soup - I like the bouncy chew noodle texture but the broth tasted just like plain water cooked with vegetable, lots of salt, and black pepper. It lacks flavor beside it being salty for my preference. The thinly sliced beef tripe is tender.

The wide noodle dish I ordered is cooked with pork belly. The soup flavor has the aroma and taste of phá lấu herbal spices.

Some kind of clay pot my friend ordered that appeared to be rice, steamed vegetables, with fried lập xưởng (Chinese sausage but made with duck instead of the typical pork). That was too casual for me.

Há cảo (steamed shrimp dumpling) - my little man was so disappointed. The skin was too thick and the shrimp filling was a mixture of lots of cornstarch with perhaps bamboo shott bits. I will avoid ordering this next time. My kids and I only enjoy it if it's 100% shrimp filling. There's way too much fillers with this version.

Scallion Pancakes - This place DEEP FRIED it, so of course it is drenched and saturated with oil. I prefer places that pan fried or air fried the scallion pancakes instead.

Coconut shrimp with walnut - I didn't get rid taste this. The kids devoured it quick. 😂

Overall, it was a fun experience taking my kids here to let them watch Chef Charlie perform his noodle show. At least I know what I would like to order again and what to...

My family and I have been looking for our new favorite Chinese place. Many of the older places have dipped in quality, so it was a pleasant surprise that East Wall popped up in the Chinese newspaper ads very recently.

First impressions of the place: Looking at some old Google maps pictures, this place used to be some old seafood restaurant. It appears that much of the decor from back then was kept so that the current owners didn't have to gut it out, and they've really made it work. Stepping inside you'll see some large murals, dozens of posters featuring some of their dishes, and bright neon beer signs. You'll also see more traditional Chinese restaurant decor sich as a lucky coin and a kitchen window featuring their roast ducks, pork, and chicken.

Food: You can expect a no frills Chinese family lunch/dinner. Portions are pretty generous (see the pictures I've previously uploaded), and you will very likely have leftovers to take home. The wait was just a little longer than average, but the quality is well worth the wait. All of the food came out hot and fresh, and the flavor wasn't overpowering or too bland like many of the older Chinese places.

Staff: All very friendly and courteous. It's clear that they're working very hard to paint a good image since this place had opened pretty recently.

Overall: Very impressed with my first visit. It's definitely my new favorite...