Chef's Wok - 1821 Webster Street, Alameda, CA 94501 – (510) 337-9388

March 10, 2013 – Chef’s Wok is one of the early adopters on the MASC program. They are recycling 83%, which is awesome! That translates into 41 tons diverted from landfills every year and over 44 metric tons of carbon emissions reduced each year. Chef’s Wok is a very popular dim sum restaurant. We went on a Sunday, but they serve dim sum from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day.

We love the food at Chef’s Wok and in answer to the question, “Would you rather have two trips to Chef’s Wok or one trip to Disneyland?” Greta says that she would select Chef’s Wok!

We had all of our favorite dim sum specialties:

§  Har gow (shrimp dumplings with a translucent wheat flour wrapper) – We had both shrimp and spinach har gow. Jen says, “They make an excellent har gow here. They were both really tasty.”

§  Shaomai (small steamed dumplings with prawns inside a thin wheat flour wrapper - topped off with crab roe and mushroom) – Jen likes these, “They are like little muffins.”

§  Pork bau (steamed fluffy buns made from wheat flour filled with sweet pork) - Greta (the pescatarian) says, “I had to make an exception (and eat pork) because they looked so delicious.” Linnea had thirds.

§  Lo mai gai (sticky rice with lotus leaf wrap) – Warm and sticky. Vera tried to eat the lotus leaf and found it not to her liking.  We told her to just eat the rice, which she liked.

§  Rice noodle with shrimp (and yummy sauce) – Vera says, “It was awesome!” This was everyone’s favorite.

§  Jin deui (chewy dough filled with red bean paste, rolled in sesame seeds, and deep fried) – We requested them specially because they are Greta’s favorite. The manager, Steven, brought us some on the house. THANKS!

Plus, we tried some new things:

§  Crispy pork belly – Served chilled. Very crispy.

§  Chinese doughnut – Big, fluffy and deep fried.

§  Fried shrimp dumplings – Folks in our party raved about it.

§  Fried rice – Different from standard fried rice, this one had seafood and peanuts.

Compost Report -- Chef’s Wok doing an awesome job at recycling and composting and they have one of the highest recycling rates in Alameda. We talked with Steven, the manager, and thanked him for composting. He said that the owner, Rick, is also considering getting solar!