Chowking — Restaurant in Vallejo

To start off, I'm only reviewing their taho dessert offering and nothing else. The reason is, I hardly ever eat fast food.

However, this place serves taho, a quintessentially Filipino dessert, a uniquely delicious sweet treat from the Philippines made with silken tofu and chewy tapioca pearls mixed with a rich brown sugar syrup. It's a classic. I don't know too many places where it's served, but it's a standard item on the menu and I go there just for the taho.

I didn't grow up in the Philippines, but in the five years of childhood living there, it's one of the few things I remember from the motherland, especially visual of the taho man balancing a bar on his shoulder with two large containers of the ingredients while barking in the streets. I suppose it isn't just the treat I remember fondly and crave, but also of a warm cultural reminiscence.

And so, Chowking serves this deliciousness with remarkable consistency in quality as I've had it over the years. I'm grateful to have a go-to...

This is terrible I remember the original people that worked there 2016 to 2017 and the staff now is terrible maybe not all of them but I just called today and phone got picked up , I was able to listen to a who I think was a lead workers conversation, so then I hung up to call back because I was asking about a item that they sale that is Dough and has meat inside , so they pick up I said exactly that I’m looking for the name of the item they sale in the front and the lady hung up in my face , that’s rude and unprofessional as hell and the fact that I used to protect the whole Filipino side of that plaza and for you to be rude when I’m asking about a product you have for sale is real terrible and she should be actually fired because I’m person with someone in person she could have a problem . She is a bad look for chow king she don’t know if I was corporation or...

I came in on a Friday afternoon specifically to purchase some siopao (asado), taho and black jelly drink, but saw they offer popcorn chicken (spicy) now, so I decided to try it out too. Prices of food is starting to get expensive and portions are shrinking. There wasn’t many people eating here around lunchtime, so it could be due to the prices and small portion size. I was the most disappointed by the popcorn chicken as it was only 9 pieces (McD sized chicken nuggets) of chicken which came in a big container (noodle soup/rice bowl container) which made it look like very small portions. I do like their food, but I minimize eating at a Chow King now due to price and portion size. Personally, I like their siopao and taho, so that is what I mainly come Chow King...