Asian Wok Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Star

I have driven by this place a handful of times and today was the day I decided I needed to check it out. Chinese food, good Chinese food is hard to find in the valley. Maybe cause I grew up in the industry and I lived in Chinatown but I have yet to find a Chinese restaurant in this area that completely blows my socks off. So, coming here I was going to be optimistic.

Walking in, this venue is tiny. There are a handful of tables. There's back stock of boxes in the windows of the restaurant. It's pretty congested for a tiny dining area. We were instantly greeted by the sweet little girl that was working, she had to be in her teens. She reminded me of being stuck at my family's restaurant working in the summer. She told us to pick out a table so my daughter and I sat at a booth.

As usual, I checked out the online menu. My daughter took a minute to breeze over the menu. We figured out what we wanted and got orders squared away. I got pork and seeds with hot and sour soup. My daughter got the Mongolian beef dinner combo.

My pork and seeds came out first. I appreciate how thick and big the slices were. The hot mustard was extra hot today, it burned so good, it did a great job cursing clearing out my nasal passages. My hot and sour soup came out shortly. My bowl is pipping hot! I have had piping hot but this bowl was out of the wok hot. I took my first bite and realized my soup was made to order cause I burned my mouth on that first bite. It wasn't sitting in a heated pot ready to be served, it was fresh! The soup was thick and it had nice ribbons of egg. There were also chunks of tofu, bamboo and chicken. It was very flavorful with a little kick. Honestly, if it just had a few more bamboo shoots and a hint more vinegar, it would have been perfect! But for my first time, it was pretty tasty! The only thing I tried off my daughter's plate was the egg roll. It was a thick egg roll with a good amount of filling in the middle. I appreciate how big the egg roll was. It's been embarrassing eating egg rolls in the area and the egg rolls are so skinny. There was substance to this egg roll! I love pairing the egg roll with the sweet and sour sauce. Sweet and savory is my favorite combo.

This joint isn't the prettiest or the neatest. It's your basic mom and pop shop. But if you're looking for decent Chinese food in the Star area, Asian Wok is your joint. They are about a 20 minute drive from my place and I'm happy to drive it. Everything closer to me hasn't really made me want to go back but I'll head back to this joint. The little server was sweet and they push out decent food. I look forward to going back and trying other goodies...

My wife and I recently moved to Star. This evening, we tried Asian Wok for the first time.

Located just west of Plummer on the north side of the 44, it is just right next door to Sea Salt Ice Cream. We came on a Saturday night, and, though small inside, with mostly booths, there was only one other party eating. They seem to do a good take-out business.

The decor is dated and in need of a facelift, if only paint. There were two women working the front. They were both mostly all business, no smiles, but toward the end, our server became a little warm and smiled.

They have a nice dinner special, entree plus chow mein, pork fried rice, and egg roll, for $11.25. The portions are ample; you won't leave hungry. We waited a bit for a server, but then, once we ordered, our food was delivered pretty quickly.

My wife had the Mongolian Beef and i got the Cashew Chicken. Hers had too many onions for her taste and mine had a lot of celery and carrots, which I didn't mind. We didn't think the dishes to be that flavorful. I liked the texture and tast of the chow mein, and the egg roll was good.

We really wanted to like this restaurant, because it is so conveniently located to our home in Star. Unfortunately, this will not be our go-to restaurant for Chinese food. The search continues. However, it would be OK in a pinch if we were feeling like take-out and didn't want...

This was the absolute WORST Chinese food I've ever had. We recently moved to Middleton and were in search of a new Chinese place. This is NOT it, don't waste your money. We should have known, considering that there was only 1 table inside eating dinner on a Friday night. The waitress greeted us with a rude statement regarding my appearance. We should have walked out after that, but decided to try the food anyway. We ordered a variety of food. The beef and broccoli tasted like brown gravy with sesame oil and the beef was gelatinous. The mandarin chicken was also gelatinous and VERY greasy with a strong garlic taste (not normal). There were chopped pieces of lettuce (serving no purpose, aside from being a space filler) in between and under the mandarin chicken. The egg rolls tasted like spoiled cabbage in a greasy wrapper and the "crab rangoons" tasted like carrots and cream cheese in a greasy won-ton wrapper, no trace of "crab." The pork fried rice was tasteless. The best part of the meal was the pork and seeds (can't do much to screw that up), and even the pork looked questionable (not sure how old it was, but there was a grey hint to it). We were pretty certain we'd have food poisoning after that. If it were possible, I'd mark this ZERO STARS. This place should be shut down. Go to Golden Palace in Caldwell. It's...