Let me preface this by saying there are at least 12 China Wok's in and around Baltimore, and you will go to the wrong one. Trust me its just part of the process. Their phone numbers and addresses are a mystery to figure out. It's alright though because they are all small joints with one table so you know they are going to be prime spots.
Super Bowl Sunday means only one thing when it comes to the dinner menu, Chinese. Nothing says America like a good old fashioned dumpling, and this night's delights were provided by the China Wok on York Road. No, not the one by the circle, the one down a ways by the Little Caesars. After, successfully finding the China Wok, I brought these bad boys home. I will have to say these were probably the best dumplings I have had so far in Maryland. The sauce, nailed it. Filling, nailed it. Dough, nailed it. I was a bit skeptical at first glance seeing how big some of them were. Nothing worse than a disproportionate amount of dough to filling, how wrong I was. China Wok #2 (That's what I'm calling it to keep my dumpling map in order), makes a quality dumpling. I should have known judging by the fading overhead menu, the vertical blinds with every 12th one missing, and the lone corner table with two chairs, one of them piled with a gigantic box of sauce packets.
China Wok
4.65 out of 5
The fact that the Patriots won, is the only thing going against these dumplings. They got a raw deal being influenced by the Pats winning. There's only one thing that could ever possibly ruin a dumpling score, Bill Belichick winning the Lombardi trophy, that's it. What do you know that very thing happened. Thanks a lot Bill for ruining what are so far the best dumpling in North Baltimore.
Well done China Wok
Eric
Are they a franchise, there are way to many of them in such a small space for it not to be, right? Then again, if they are a franchise, they might want to invest a little in a menu that features the right phone numbers, I don't appreciate a scavenger hunt, when i have the itch for dumplings.
