Nichole K.
Yelp
I grew up in this neighborhood and still travel all the way back there just to get Chinese from Sun Wah. They don't skimp on the meat like other take outs and they routinely throw in freebies for regular customers or large orders.
My favorite type of Chinese food, one that's normally only found in Baltimore and Philly, is called "yat gaw mein" (thick, long noodles covered in brown gravy-ish sauce with onions, meat, if desired and a hard boiled egg). But Sun Wah has produced something different - "yat gaw mein with chicken and broccoli" which as you probably guessed, is a hybrid of two dishes, but they take it a step further... it's different from your run of the mill yat gaw mein in that it is spicy (think Szechuan) and sweet with a hint of brown sugar and no egg. It's one of the least expensive items on the menu, and in my many unsuccessful years of searching for a substitute have decided this dish is completely unique to this restaurant and cannot be replicated. If you ever go to Sun Wah, it would be an absolute TRAGEDY if you missed out on trying this dish.
I should also mention their shrimp toast is on POINT!! It's not those pre-cut triangular wedges you usually see. It's 2 full slices of bread with shrimp pieces on top, fried hard. And they NEVER BURN IT!! It's the best shrimp toast you will ever have and as far as I've seen the only take out place that actually makes their own shrimp toast rather than just throwing some frozen crap into a fryer.
Their fried rice is always soft, dark brown, rich and flavorful and doesn't have any peas as added filler.
The parking can suck if it's a busy time of the day and they only take cash (no debit or credit cards). The General Tso's (and other similar items like orange chicken) are pretty mediocre and run of the mill, though.