A while back we noticed one of our few staples for Chinese
food Wok N Fire was no longer in Addison. It was a sad day for us since PF
Changs is a bit of a cluster to eat at on the weekends, (It can be an hour +
wait!) and no other places that offer gluten free Chinese food really. Wok N
Fire was now Bok Choy Asian Kitchen, which my fiancé felt was an odd name, since he finds it
to be a disgusting, dismissive vegetable. :D I emailed them 3-4 times asking
if they had gluten free options, with no response. Then out of the blue 4
months later I got an email “Yes we have gluten free options.” I wasn’t sold on
their poor customer service so we skipped it. We finally gave in and decided to
give it a try. My fiancé pulled up their online menu. It now lists gluten free
options. So we opted to give it a try.
First off it was a Sunday night, not busy, no one at the
hostess stand…. We got seated the host took us thru the whole place to find us
a seat. The décor has not changed at all since the name change, a year ago. The
server was a bit flaky but seemed to understand gluten free. We got a bowl of
Edamame which is our favorite. Over all we were disappointed that the menu was
Mostly Sushi, and some entrees off on 1 page. They had a whole page of mixed
drinks and barely any non-alcoholic options. Wok N Fire had amazing ginger ales
and lemonades, not at Bok Choy. We opted to try a couple things so we split the
Teriyaki Chicken with Gluten free Fried Rice, and the Pad Thai. I Love Pad
Thai, always have. Personally with steak is my favorite. So we ordered steak
pad Thai. When our food showed up the server made sure to announce – “Both
these dishes are made gluten free.” Great! Then as I stared at it I asked my
fiancé, “What did he bring me?” My dish was most certainly not steak. It was
chicken and tofu. He told us he rang it in correctly but the kitchen made
whatever. (WHAT?!) Once I had him re-confirm that it was gluten free, I told
him we’ll just eat it, no big deal. Next time I’ll have them re-make it. I Was
NOT a fan of the tofu, the chicken was only OK. The Teriyaki Chicken w/fried
rice was a LOT better.
 |
| Not Steak... Not a Fan of Tofu! |
We can say we’ve eaten here, if I’m out with my sushi loving
friends I might make a stop here again, but most likely not with my fiancé,
there was so little on the menu that was worth having for a meal unless you
want sushi. Which was sad, the fried rice was good. But I don’t think I can
justify going to a place just for fried rice, unless it’s a really bad stress
craving, and then we’d probably do carryout and get food elsewhere. The fact
the kitchen made “whatever they wanted” annoyed me. Personally not a fan of tofu, so I kept shoving it aside and just at the noodles, which lacked a lot of the usual Pad Thai flavor. It was hard to tell some of the chicken from the tofu, which was odd to me. I give them 3 dragonflies, while they have options, the kitchen isn’t attentive, and their menu is lacking from what it used to be. Plus our server seemed annoyed that I wasn't just happy with the fact he brought me "A" gluten free dish..
No comments:
Post a Comment