RESTAURANT REVIEWS: Peking Wok - Cerritos California

You can always go out to a fancy Chinese food restaurant, but some of the best food comes from little small places where the prices are miles apart.

Where this is true most of the time, you get the best of everything at Peking Wok in Cerritos. Peking Wok Cerritos offers excellent Chinese food from the western provinces of Schezwan and Hunan. They have excellent prices, and is a elegant dining experience.

The restaurant has two dining rooms and can seat large parties easily. All dining is casual and parties of two are regularly seated at large booth tables, with bay window views. In 20006 the restaurant went through remodel and now has a beautiful appearance that rivals expensive restaurants.

Servicers and staff members are dressed in formal uniform and polite etiquette is a priority. Our favorite server is "Alice". We are greeted with a bow and a warm “Welcome home.” When you visit ask for Alice, she is adorable.

Now be prepared and come hungry for there are a lot of menu options and food is served family style. Many different varieties of beef, chicken, pork, and duck dishes are offered as well as many vegetable dishes also. It is by far the most extensive menu that I have every ordered from, while still maintaining constant quality on every order.

On this visit we started with the Wor Wonton Soup. It is a chicken stock based soup and had chicken, shrimp, wonton dumplings, broccoli, and carrots. Of every restaurant I have traveled to, this soup is the best I have ever had; 100% perfection every time.

Every meal begins with the restaurants signature “Chinese Nachos.” Basically it is fried wonton strips with three different dipping sauces. This time we added egg rolls and thought it was much food, we knew we would be taking some home.

The entrées we selected were Kung Pow Scallops, Sweet and Sour Chicken, with a side of vegetables. To drink, my wife ordered signature Mai Tia drink, which is a power packing excellently flavored drink; however, Peking Wok has a full bar.

The Kung Pow Scallops are my favorite. The scallops are pan seared and then added to sautéed onions, peanuts, and mushrooms. The sauce is a dark brown gravy and it is served with generous portion chili peppers. The peppers are added so that non-pepper lovers will like the dish also.

The Sweet and Sour Chicken is everything that you want; fresh crisp vegetables, fried chicken meat (not oily), and a perfectly sweet sauce.

No matter what group we come with one person always orders this dish and as it is passed for serving, it is the first to be emptied.

Now the vegetables are happiness in every bite. All the vegetables are steamed and thenserved in a light fish sauce to make an incredible entrée; yes you heard it. These vegetable are a meal themselves.

I think vegetables need to be an important part of every meal and this is a wonderful way to ensure they are enjoyed them..

After dinner, as the check comes and your remaining food is packaged to go; a crisp fortune cookie comes plated with an orange slice, and a fried banana slice with a butterscotch sugar. Yum, Yum, Yum; a perfect ending to a great feast.

The best part is that all this food with the Mai Tai was under $45. It is a bargain and a steal when it comes to the quality and ambiance of the restaurant.

This was a place I would bring clients to for lunch and I never minded picking up the check since entrée lunch prices are under $6.00. Tell me, where can you impress clients for less? It just does not happen. In fact, it is cheaper than eating fast food.

No matter how far you have to drive, come to Peking Wok Cerritos. It is worth every moment.

Rating (1-10)

Food:10

Service:10