I'm getting hungry just thinking about it!

So New York is supposed to be the melting pot of America where many different cultures reside and stuff, a prominent one being Asian cultures because of Chinatown, etc.

Well El Paso may not be as diverse in culture as New York, there does seem to be one culture's food that is well loved by us Mexicans. When I was doing my research for my cultural project for English, I found an article that said that the Mexicans in El Paso really loved Chinese food so there are an abundance of Chinese restaurants here.

When I moved to New York I was genuinely expecting the food to be amazingly better than the Chinese food I'd had in El Paso. Surprisingly though, I found myself thoroughly dissapointed each time I ordered from a different Chinese restaurant over there. They might've offered a little more variety in dishes with tofu, but somehow it just didn't make up for their lackluster flavor of my favorite dish.

I've been a vegetarian for well over 6 years (and no I haven't regretted it since, I'm not missing out, etc) so it's a little harder for me to find dishes I can eat at restaurants, so normally there's only one or two to choose from and I stick to those.

Anyway, none of the Chinese food i tried in NY compared to El Paso's China Wok. It is exclusively in El Paso, only one location in fact, on Lee Trevino across from Hanks High School, and is run by a cute Chinese family.







The way they cook their tofu is what keeps me coming back. They fry their tofu instead of steam it, which gives it so much more flavor and texture! I remember asking the different Chinese restaurants in NY if they could fry my tofu too but it just wouldn't taste the same. :/

I remember when China Wok used to only be a take out place because they weren't big enough to be a sit-down dinner type of restaurant, but soon enough they got successful enough to buy the building next door and turned it into a place full of tables for customers and now their business is doing great!

There are many other delicious Chinese restaurants to choose from in El Paso (Peking Garden!!) but for a lower price range, or one that isn't an Americanized buffet, China Wok is definitely the choice to go to in El Paso. Their prices are affordable even for the average student and their plethora of dishes are delicious!

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