Wok of Flame

Wok of Flame is a restaurant serving Chinese food located in the El Macero Shopping Center. It was formerly known as the Hong Kong Garden, and came under new ownership 2006-09-20. It has a newly remodeled dining room, restroom, and kitchen. UCD students can show their student ID for a 10% discount.

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2006-10-04 09:12:38   I've had lunch here twice and it's a great improvement over the Chinese restaurant it replaced. The remodel is a success and the place looks really good, with new everything. Service is friendly. I don't feel like I have to drive downtown from South Davis for Chinese food anymore. —SteveGreen

2006-10-15 23:05:35   I went there with my folks last Sunday. Fresh ingredients and great service. The egg foo young was delicious and the honey walnut shrimp is better than Hunan's. I would definitely go back. —AdamFlowers

2006-11-07 14:09:26   Best Chinese restaurant in Davis —TonyGaddis

2006-11-13 18:22:30   I've been eating here for a while, and I love the food. Best Chinese in Davis—KevinMurakoshi

2007-01-07 20:25:13   I'd rate it a 7. Not as good as Ding How or Hometown, maybe a little better than Silver Dragon. Lemon Chicken was great, veggies were overcooked and greasy, noodles were too bland. —GrumpyoldGeek

2007-01-07 23:41:06   Is this the first DavisWiki related discount in town? —ArlenAbraham

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2007-01-09 13:24:25   This is definitally one of my favorite places to eat in Davis now. The food is excellent, the waiters are nice, and the restaurant itself looks great. Highly reccomended by me (of the SWRR). —JohnDudek

2007-02-10 20:37:09   I was impressed by this restaurant. Most Chinese places I go to aren't as clean as this place (the bathroom was clean too! so don't feel bad about going pee here). Food was good too... we got family plan b for a friends bday. recommended. —ArlenKwong

2007-02-28 14:36:19   Probably the best quality ingredients out of the chinese places in Davis. They actually use all white meat for their orange chicken, and it was still quite tender. Overall i think the flavors are average for Davis, but the freshness makes it better than average. I give it a (6.5) whcich ranks it 5th out of the 15 chinese restaurants ive been to in Davis, on my list —MattHh

2007-02-28 17:13:09   I went there a few days ago and the food was good, but not great. I thought the resturant itself looked pretty clean and tidy. I had the weirdest problem with the food though...there was too much garlic, but since it was real garlic I managed to overlook this as I do enjoy it. However the taste of garlic did overwhelm some of the dishes potentially great flavors. I will most likely be back to try out some more dishes. —JamesKrause

2007-03-02 18:21:00   This place was great! I went to a late lunch with my girlfriend. The inside looked far classier and nicer than what we expected (it looked good), especially when I saw the prices. Our server had a great attitude and was nice. The food was very worth it, the beef was tender, the chicken was good too! I forgot about the discount though, but it was still on par with everywhere else with a much nicer presentation. —ES

2007-03-30 12:42:18   The peking style shredded pork is my favorite. The pork is served on crunchy rice noodles, so the dish was crunchy, flavorful, and goddamn, it was good. Their house special noodle dishes (pan fried noodles or chow fun) have generous portions of vegetables and meats. The hot and sour soup is well balanced. The szechuan eggplant was really good and far less greasy than other places in town. The prices were reasonable too. —CraigBrozinsky

2007-06-27 18:49:54   I like this place. Clean and spacious. The quality of their food is good for the price. I've tried the Sesame Chicken and Orange Chicken for their Lunch Specials and found both to be too salty. However, I liked their service and wouldn't mind coming back and trying something else. —at86

2007-06-30 21:39:57   I walk in the door, and there they are: the specials. Asparagus with black bean sauce (choice of meat), eggplant with szechuan sauce (choice of meat) — why go any further? (I haven't managed to, myself). The ingredients here are high quality and the sauces are tasty. I wish it were downtown, but nothing to be done about that. And I wish they had more tofu/veggie dishes — there is something to be done about that! Hope they do it. —CovertProfessor

2007-08-03 13:03:05   VERy Very good food very good service i was surprised how good this food was i am happy will be back at least twice a month —Brians

2007-08-23 16:55:56   This is the best chinese food in Davis by far! Service is always excellent too! Great dishes, great prices, great place! —kdub

2007-08-28 19:05:04   This restaurant is one of my and my fiance's favorites in Davis. The lunch special is an extra good deal (and when we got the special, the waiter gave us a bowl of hot and sour soup when it wasn't even listed on the menu). I get the sesame chicken and the meat's always white, tender, and without the gross veins and tendons that you get at other places using lower quality meat. Also, my fiance is a vegetarian and, while the menu didn't offer as many things as he would've liked, he asked the waiter if they could create some dishes for him and they did! (I think one of them was a tofu and broccoli or cashew thing.) The waitstaff are really on top of things and polite. Highly recommended. —Alexis

2007-08-30 00:34:50   We continued to go regularly since my comment in March. The service has always been perfect, the guys who work there are friendly and fun. The food is still great, and we've yet to ever have a bad experience (typically have gone once every three weeks or so). I haven't ever special ordered a dish, but I have seen others do it, so it seems they're open to attempting dish variations (good for the vegetarians in particular I would guess), which I think is a great thing for such an inexpensive place to do. —EdWins

2007-08-30 10:49:29   I absolutely LOVE this place! We go at least once a week. Sesame chicken is my favorite, along with the hot and sour soup and foil wrapped chicken. The prices are decent and the food as well as service is fantastic. I have even brought friends and now they are hooked. :) —spectragurl1

2007-09-12 10:55:38   the atmosphere and the service are great. Not a lot of vegetarian options, but the ones that are available are always delicious. also has a great lunch deal. recommended. —JillBenciWoodward

2007-09-12 16:42:37   Very Very good food —ColinS

2007-09-27 15:23:33   I'd have to agree with these comments. I'm extremely critcal of restaurants, especially chinese ones, given my years in San Francisco. One of only two chinese restaurants in Davis worth eating at... the other being Hometown. —JustinKudo

2007-10-05 11:06:31   This place is awesome! —GarrettGallegos

2007-10-15 20:35:55   best noodles in town —pebble

2007-10-24 13:05:59   The decor and ambiance of this place is quite nice...especially for their reasonable prices. If you're looking for a good place to bring a date or family, here it is. —YupYup

2007-11-03 20:31:25   i like the decor of this place. the food was fine. —kelvinkay

2007-12-09 17:09:22   This is definitely my favorite Chinese restaurant in town. I was really impressed by the combination of a nice and atypical atmosphere, excellent food, and low prices, especially with the discount. —ColinMcEnroe

2007-12-23 16:31:02   Pretty good food out here. Actually, I think it might have the best lunch specials ($5-$6 combo plates) out of all the chinese restaurants in Davis.

Its tucked out off of Mase, so its usually not that crowded. —DonaldJaye

2007-12-24 20:41:03   I like this restaurant. Service is great, prices are reasonable for the quality of the food. Their fried rice is a little bland for my taste, but again, this is an American speaking. I highly suggest the sesame chicken. —thelonepiper555

2008-05-13 20:25:10   Surprisingly good food. —jakedavis

2008-05-21 18:04:47   I like the chow fun. I get it with gravy and prepared extra spicy, YUM! —AynReyes

2008-06-27 15:33:11   Had a good experience with a group of over 10 people. The place is very clean, no sticky tables or menus. They gave us extra soup on top of that, as well as the discount. —JohnLin

2008-07-30 16:14:42   This and Hometown are the only places I can eat at without getting an MSG headache. I say Hometown has the edge on price, but Wok of Flame has the quality edge. -Chicken is always white meat & delish
-Beef is never weird/gristly (a problem Hometown has sometimes)

I have a question for you chinese food gourmets out there in wiki-land. Could Wok of Flame's amazing flavor come from using a lot of butter? Because I can't get over how good certain dishes are, and they just taste different than traditional chinese restaurant fare.

*Sesame chicken is hit or miss (there's a second style that's spicier and drier that I don't like)
*Orange or general's chicken or honey walnut shrimp is A+++
*Egg foo young (while not so traditional, they put a small amt of sauce on and don't serve it on the side) is a massive amount of food for six bucks. Easily 2 meals worth (or eat it for breakfast the morning after!)
*Don't get combo meals, get full orders and a side of steamed rice. Far healthier for you (eliminates greasy noodles and pork-fried rice, and easily 2 meals worth of food). Or invest in a rice cooker and a sack of brown rice. Orange chicken, brown rice, and a nice wine is my idea of takeout heaven.
*get a LARGE wonton soup. Their wontons are delicious and buttery & leftover broth makes a great fast breakfast (just chug it on your way out the door, the butter and salt will give you a kick in the ass).
*Family dinner is worth it if you like the sides, I believe they give you a little more of the main dish as well.
*They generally give you a little more if you order chicken vs shrimp.

**fun fact. Their special NEVER changes. So if you actually like green beans/eggplant - you can get it anytime.
*Order your date a glass of plum wine, it is also A+ —carnitasPorFavor

2008-08-29 17:58:11   Can you really get a 10% discount just by mentioning Daviswiki.org? It's not in the description... —KellyM

2008-09-01 12:40:31   Wasn't bad, but not great. I don't think you can get good chinese in Davis. —AcMach

2008-10-03 19:17:43   This place is so good. Most places in Davis are gross, but this restaurant has yummy food, and nice staff. ***** —realitycheck

2008-12-31 12:19:17   this is my favorite Chinese restaurant by far. I go here at least once a week for lunch with my co-workers, dinner, or to kill my hangover with their spicy hunan tofu. yummmm —JuliaRoseFurman

2009-03-15 19:49:59   The food here is wonderful! My favorites are the Hot and Sour Soup (very smooth flavor with lots of vegetables) and the Chicken with Eggplant in Szechuan Sauce (I don't know what they put into it but it is mighty tasty)! Best Chinese food I've found in the general Sacramento area. —emckechnie

2009-04-07 15:30:48   Just as an aside, the menu prices are currently about $1-1.50 more expensive than the scanned menu available on the wiki; at least the lunch specials anyway. —EvanWyatt

2009-07-20 23:37:07   you can't honestly get "traditional" chinese fare here in davis, afterall they cook to the american taste buds, but i've go to say their egg drop soup is super yummy and it's super hot (temperature wise)

having tried pretty much EVERY chinese restaurant here in davis, i'd say wok of flame beats all of them

regarding MSG, MSG is merely a psychological problem, i've cooked foods with just salt and some with MSG, and MSG is basically just salt and flavoring and it adds more flavor to dishes and it usually tastes better than just salt, if you were blind folded given a plate with a food infused with just salt you would still mentally think you were given MSG, MSG is generally not harmful at all, just like salt it must be consumed in moderation, looking back at the history of MSG and how it affected the public, it was only a stupid doctor's article that claimed MSG was to blame for headaches and tummy aches, a study that only he participated in, and after this article was released to the public back back backkkk in the day, these gullible people believed him and since caused this mental issue with MSG

so, in the end, MSG is not harmful, if it was then every canned food should be the cause of your headaches and tummy aches especially with the mix of preservatives

huge amounts of any food always causes a headache or two and/ or tummy aches so MSG is not entirely to blame...

MSG is our friend...don't HATE lol

p.s. the young asian waiter at woke of flame is super cute —TriPpy

2009-09-03 16:52:29   This place is my favorite to go to in davis, way better than silver dragon. —jdavis

2009-10-19 15:09:36   I love this restaurant. This is the best Chinese food in Davis. The food is always good and the service is always friendly. In addition, the owners are active in the community and often participate in fund-raisers for Pioneer Elementary. —rlester