Chowking — Restaurant in Tukwila

I enjoyed the halo halo($8) and pork bao($5). It's pricey for a small portion, but understandable because it's in a poppin place. But I didn't like the chicken bao, walnut shrimp, spicy fried chicken, and pancit canton(aka lo mein). The chicken bao was hard as a rock, I believe they flash steamed it, because I was told I had to wait for the chicken bao. So if you want a bao and they tell you there's a wait, don't get it! The walnut shrimps were tiny and microwave dinner quality. The pancit canton was soggy and I was sad that it wasn't traditional pancit, they should rename it to Lo Mein so noobs like me don't get disappointed. The spicy fried chicken is under seasoned, greasier than Jollibee and has too much msg. I know some people will like it better than Jollibee, but Jollibee is way better. Light, crispy crust, complex balanced seasoning, juicy. There was a long line for Jollibee next door, no line for Chowking. Get the Halo Halo, skip...

I used to like going there for quick Chinese food. But, things have changed now with small portion of combo rice and very bad quality of food. Actually, the worst food I've ever tasted. I ordered Popcorn chicken, Salt/Pepper Pork, and Walnut Shrimp. The chicken and pork were like peanut size, literally not joking. The pork pieces were so oily that i was so close to throw up, like dripping oil. The tiny baby shrimp with tiny walnuts was truly a disappointment. There was no ice in the soda dispenser machine. You would see a homeless person coming in with a plastic bottle to fill it up with free soda. Very disgusting. I asked for soy sauce and chili oil and the old lady with attitude and gave me one package of each. Seriously, i spend $65 and i was offered only one tiny package of soy sauce and tiny package of chili oil. So bad the experience at Chowking, penny pinching...

$9.00 for a skimpy bowl of salty beef soup. We waited and got a table. Asian fast food when you don't have time for anything better. I hope to never return.

Across the parking lot is Manila Sunset with real meals.

UPDATE 9/10/23: It's still "Asian fast food when you don't have time for anything better." I had that beef wonton soup again and was barely able to chew the cabbage. (I have no dental problems.) My wife had "Lauriat", two pieces of chicken, rice and fried noodles. It came with a bite-size puchi dessert, like mochi, sticky rice and red bean deep-fried & sprinkled with sesame seed.

The overhead menu misrepresents the Lumpiang Shanghai as the size of normal egg rolls, but they are bite-size. See the pictures included here. "When you don't have time for anything better," you'll say thank...