Dirt Cheap Eats 2007: New Big Wong

New Big Wong

610 H St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202.628.0491

Cuisines:
Chinese

Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes

Nearby Metro Stops:
Gallery Place-Chinatown

Price Range:
Inexpensive

Dress:
Informal

Noise Level:
Chatty

Reservations:
Not needed

Special Features:
Late Night, Kid Friendly

Best Dishes
Hong Kong shrimp dumpling soup; roast duck; Chur Chur Chicken; lobster with bean thread in pot; House Kan Shaw Yee Mein; XO Sauce Short Ribs; stir-fried baby bok choy with oyster sauce.


Late Night Eats

This subterranean Chinatown kitchen stays open till 4 am daily—it’s a favorite postwork hangout for Penn Quarter chefs including Café Atlántico’s Katsuya Fukushima and others. Skip the dull American-friendly dishes in favor of anything labeled “Hong Kong–style” or “house special.”

You’ll find steaming bowls of noodle soup ($5.95) with plump shrimp won­tons and bok choy; quarter ($5.95) or half ($9.95) portions of crispy roasted duck, juicier and cheaper than the traditional Peking; and Chinese hot pots ($10.95 to $13.95), loaded with chicken, jumbo shrimp, pork, or fish fresh from a tank up front. Everything is eminently sharable.