Went there based on your recommendation last weekend. Had these lunch specials: green beans, sweet/sour pork, pan-fried noodles, and shrimp and greens. Didn't disappoint 🙌. Delicious and inexpensive. A new favorite after Ping Pang Pong. Thanks!
Moving to Vegas in 10 days, and found myself searching for great Chinese spots. After watching this I intend to make this my first Chinese meal out! :)
I just happened upon your video and love the delicious food you showcase. I live in the Bay Area and wish there was an affordable and mouthwatering restaurant here like SK. Unfortunately, with inflation/shrinkflation, the quality and quantity goes down and the prices go up.
Yes, it's very sad to see. We have some of that here as well so when we find a place like SK or BBQ King (another Chinese restaurant we review with excellent deals on Lunch Specials and the food is very good) we jump all over it!! Thanks for watching, 😁😁
I have never been to this restuarant before, but whenever I go to Las Vegas I always go to Sam Woo on Spring Mountain road and the last time I was there I ordered the Roasted pig on rice and my brother in law ordered the Beef chow fun and we went there twice and had the same dishes!!!. We used to go to Cathay House for Dim Sum but it has since closed down....:( Their dishes were not as good but the Dim sum was pretty good....:) Will try this restaurant the next time we go. Thanks!!!
Thanks for the info on Sam Woo. We'll check them out. You will definitely enjoy SK Seafood. As for Dim Sum, we have a few videos on Dim Sum places. You should watch them as both places we reviewed were excellent! Thanks for watching, 😁😁
I have never ventured off The Strip when I used to visit once a year. If I ever go back to Vegas again, I will definitely go to Chinatown to try this place. BTW, how many people were in your party to eat so many dishes? May I suggest showing the bill/receipt at the end? I know it will be time specific and may not be as relevant for future viewings, but I find the prices per dish captured in time to be one of my favorite things to look for in these food videos. I also collect takeout menus for nostalgic reasons.
There were just two of us, and you're not the first person to comment on the volume of food consumed, lol. But, it's not as bad as it seems as we almost always go to a place twice when producing a video. And, interesting comment about the bill/receipt. I almost always record that but always end up leaving it out of the video as prices change too frequently (especially these days) and so didn't want to get people mad if they go to the restaurant with an incorrect expectation of the cost. But, maybe we'll include it with a disclaimer? Thanks for watching!!
Thank you for another excellent review. Looking at everything you ordered brings me back to my childhood days in New York City when my dad was in the restaurant business. Salt and Pepper anything is awesome. Singapore Mai Fun is still one of my favorite dishes. So is the pan fried noodles with beef or better yet with seafood. Flat rice noodles with a thick sauce is delicious. I do have a question though. Recently, I have heard the word UMAMi thrown around quite a bit. What exactly is UMAMi? Is it an ingredient? Is it a taste? How is it that there is an Umami taste in chicken and beef? Or is it just a fancy term that everyone has decided to use now?I thought it was only in seafood. I am a bit confused..
Thanks for watching and excellent comments! New York Chinatown is fantastic. Do you still live in that area? As for term 'Umami', it was originally coined by a Japanese Chemist, Ikeda, in 1908. It means "sweet savory taste". But, it has become prevalently used in the last 10 years. It was believed that there was a 5th taste (the savory taste) that we can pick up on our tongues. It has since been proven to be true. We have taste buds to pick up the 'savory' taste. Umami is naturally found in many foods such as beef, chicken, and seafood, but also in cheeses, tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, and many others. It's also what MSG brings to the table. MSG was first patented back in the early 19 hundreds by Ikeda, who was trying to figure out what made his wife's soup so appealing. He felt there was another taste going on beyond the known 4 (sweet, sour, bitter, salty). He eventually figured out how to make an additive to achieve this savory 'flavor' and called it monosodium glutamate. He started a company in 1909, Ajinomoto, which mass produced MSG. When we first started our restaurant in LA there was another place just opening called Umami Burger. Their 'hook' was the use of a number of ingredients high in Umami in their burgers. A lot of people noted one could make an equally satisfying (and much less expensive) burger if they simply sprinkled a bit of MSG (Accent) onto their burgers, lol. OK, hope that helps, 😁
@@LetsEatVegas My dad got out of the restaurant business in the mid 1980s. In the 1990s to mid 2000s my aunt and uncle ran a huge dim sum restaurant called Harmony Palace. Seated about 800 people! It was packed for dim sum everyday. All the carts rolling around with all the classic dim sum. In the evenings, there would be wedding banquets and local business and Association dinners. Not too many big Asian restaurants like that left these days. I left New York City in 2009. I currently live in Houston which has become quite a foodie city now. Fortunately for me, I am in the hospitality business as an Executive Concierge. Many restaurants would roll out the red carpet for me to try out their food in hopes of me referring business to them. Over the years I have posted close to 200 reviews on Trip Advisor of restaurants mostly in Houston but there are some from my trips to Las Vegas, New York City, and Chicago. My handle is mjbbg572 if you want to take a look. I have considered starting my own RUclips channel but I am lazy! I do not want to deal with all the editing and posting guidelines. Yes, I can hire someone to do all the work while I just eat. But I also sense that there are too many reviewers on RUclips so I likely will not stand out enough. But I am still considering it.
Wow, quite the history! An 800 seat dim sum place...with all those carts it must seem like a race track, lol. As for reviewing on YT, yes, the editing and posting is a pain and the money isn't much to speak of, but, it's fun to put a real review out there rather than the usual 'cheerleading' you see from most channels. I'll be sure to check out your TripAdvisor page. When we had our restaurant in LA we always found TripAdvisor to be better than Yelp. It seemed that those doing the reviews were more knowledgeable!
HA! Yes, that was one of the first things we noted when we walked in. In fact, in all the times we've been there, we could probably add up on two hands the number of Westerners we've seen there.
wow 15 dishes!? you must be a family of 4 or 5 there? all looked great when i go alone hard to get more then 2 dishes at a time at these places not just for the amount of food but how much i would spend if i got 3 or 4 for just me thats why vegas is great with the buffets the quality still not bad for all you can eat there it really is amazing vegas has all this to offer for the prices why do you think vegas is so different with the food part then other cities? cause most people have no idea about the food there that only visit the strip area they think its so expensive which it is there but off strip you just can't compare to other cities esp big cities
I completely agree. The strip has gotten insane but there are so many reasonably priced options just off strip. And this is one of them! We have another video on another Chinese place, BBQ King, they also have very good food and their lunch specials are low in price and large in the amount of food they serve! Enjoy, 😋😁
Tried SK last night for dinner. Not impressed. The service from the asian waitress's was horrible. But, the kid behind the counter was very polite and helpful. When after 10 minutes, I literally had to get from my table and ask him to please bring my wife and I some ice water, Chile oil, white pepper and soy sauce. I asked 2 different waitresses to please bring us those items and was ignored. The food was bland and subpar IMO. The Beef Chowfun had a great wok cook but without flavor. The Sweet and sour pork was more sweet than sour, and the batter on the pork was very mushy. About the only half decent dish was the braised pork. Even that was barely passable. Any where else would have been better. That was my first experience with SK. I like trying new places to eat at and Asian cuisine is one of my all time favorites. Most of the times, the food is at least decent. SK was a huge let down. 😐
Sorry to hear you had a bad experience. While I've found the service at SK to be less than wonderful (until you've been there enough that they know you), with over 20 visits to SK I've never had a bad food experience. Yes, I've ordered a few things which I didn't like, such as the honey walnut shrimp we discuss in the video, but the food has been remarkably consistent and high quality. I know first impressions are hard to shake, but maybe a second visit is in order? Well, thanks for watching and the feedback. It's much appreciated!
Yes, I would agree that the servers can be rude. It's definitely the least friendly Chinese restaurant we visit. But the food is good so we overlook this. We're releasing a video this Friday about another local Chinese restaurant and they have both excellent food and very friendly service...stay tuned, 😁Thanks for the comment!
Truer words were never spoken! Food is everything to me and I've been so happy here with so many fantastic options with such varied cuisines. I'm loving it!
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I really appreciate the historical details about food origins; it adds a lot to the knowledgeable descriptions of the dishes.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching, 😁
Really like this video with restaurants , foods look so good.
Love the narration. History and you sharing memories. WELL done. So informative and interesting.
Thank you so much! It's great to get positive feedback as many reviewers on YT don't do this type of thing. More to come, 😁😁
Great information thank you keep making your videos I enjoy watching them
Thank you so much! We're so glad you enjoy them...many more to come.
Went there based on your recommendation last weekend. Had these lunch specials: green beans, sweet/sour pork, pan-fried noodles, and shrimp and greens. Didn't disappoint 🙌. Delicious and inexpensive. A new favorite after Ping Pang Pong. Thanks!
That is awesome! So glad you found a new place to get great Chinese food! Thanks for watching and commenting, 😁😁
Good looking food! Another restaurant to put on my list on next visit.
You should! You won't be disappointed, 😋😋
Moving to Vegas in 10 days, and found myself searching for great Chinese spots. After watching this I intend to make this my first Chinese meal out! :)
Glad to hear you are joining us in Vegas! I hope our channel can help you find the best restaurants, 😋😋😁😁
Loved these dishes. Yum. Thanks for a great vid. Karla in Cali.
Thank you Karla! So glad you liked the video. You would LOVE this restaurant, 😁😋😋
Making it very hard for me to narrow down my list of places to eat when I visit Vegas. Great video highlighting some amazing dishes.
Guess you'll just have to stay longer! Thanks for watching and commenting, 😁
Whooooooooooooaaaa delish!!!!❤
Yeeeeeessssssssssss! Thanks for watching, 😁
Dang, my mouth is watering soooo much.
You make me soooo hungry 😋
OMG! My mouth is watering! I guess I'll have to hit this place up when I visit my brother in Vegas!
YES! Don't miss this place, 😋😋
I just happened upon your video and love the delicious food you showcase. I live in the Bay Area and wish there was an affordable and mouthwatering restaurant here like SK. Unfortunately, with inflation/shrinkflation, the quality and quantity goes down and the prices go up.
Yes, it's very sad to see. We have some of that here as well so when we find a place like SK or BBQ King (another Chinese restaurant we review with excellent deals on Lunch Specials and the food is very good) we jump all over it!! Thanks for watching, 😁😁
I have never been to this restuarant before, but whenever I go to Las Vegas I always go to Sam Woo on Spring Mountain road and the last time I was there I ordered the Roasted pig on rice and my brother in law ordered the Beef chow fun and we went there twice and had the same dishes!!!. We used to go to Cathay House for Dim Sum but it has since closed down....:( Their dishes were not as good but the Dim sum was pretty good....:) Will try this restaurant the next time we go. Thanks!!!
Thanks for the info on Sam Woo. We'll check them out. You will definitely enjoy SK Seafood. As for Dim Sum, we have a few videos on Dim Sum places. You should watch them as both places we reviewed were excellent! Thanks for watching, 😁😁
Love your reviews. Please review Ping Pang Pong.
Thank you so much! They are on our list, 😁😁
I have never ventured off The Strip when I used to visit once a year. If I ever go back to Vegas again, I will definitely go to Chinatown to try this place.
BTW, how many people were in your party to eat so many dishes?
May I suggest showing the bill/receipt at the end? I know it will be time specific and may not be as relevant for future viewings, but I find the prices per dish captured in time to be one of my favorite things to look for in these food videos. I also collect takeout menus for nostalgic reasons.
There were just two of us, and you're not the first person to comment on the volume of food consumed, lol. But, it's not as bad as it seems as we almost always go to a place twice when producing a video.
And, interesting comment about the bill/receipt. I almost always record that but always end up leaving it out of the video as prices change too frequently (especially these days) and so didn't want to get people mad if they go to the restaurant with an incorrect expectation of the cost. But, maybe we'll include it with a disclaimer?
Thanks for watching!!
Is Madam Wu still open in LA? Where is it at?
Sadly, no. When LA's fickle tastes shifted in the late 90s she closed her restaurant. She recently passed away, 2022, at the age of 106!
Thank you for another excellent review. Looking at everything you ordered brings me back to my childhood days in New York City when my dad was in the restaurant business. Salt and Pepper anything is awesome. Singapore Mai Fun is still one of my favorite dishes. So is the pan fried noodles with beef or better yet with seafood. Flat rice noodles with a thick sauce is delicious. I do have a question though. Recently, I have heard the word UMAMi thrown around quite a bit. What exactly is UMAMi? Is it an ingredient? Is it a taste? How is it that there is an Umami taste in chicken and beef? Or is it just a fancy term that everyone has decided to use now?I thought it was only in seafood. I am a bit confused..
Thanks for watching and excellent comments! New York Chinatown is fantastic. Do you still live in that area?
As for term 'Umami', it was originally coined by a Japanese Chemist, Ikeda, in 1908. It means "sweet savory taste". But, it has become prevalently used in the last 10 years. It was believed that there was a 5th taste (the savory taste) that we can pick up on our tongues. It has since been proven to be true. We have taste buds to pick up the 'savory' taste. Umami is naturally found in many foods such as beef, chicken, and seafood, but also in cheeses, tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, and many others. It's also what MSG brings to the table. MSG was first patented back in the early 19 hundreds by Ikeda, who was trying to figure out what made his wife's soup so appealing. He felt there was another taste going on beyond the known 4 (sweet, sour, bitter, salty). He eventually figured out how to make an additive to achieve this savory 'flavor' and called it monosodium glutamate. He started a company in 1909, Ajinomoto, which mass produced MSG. When we first started our restaurant in LA there was another place just opening called Umami Burger. Their 'hook' was the use of a number of ingredients high in Umami in their burgers. A lot of people noted one could make an equally satisfying (and much less expensive) burger if they simply sprinkled a bit of MSG (Accent) onto their burgers, lol. OK, hope that helps, 😁
@@LetsEatVegas Thanks for the info on Umami!!!
@@LetsEatVegas My dad got out of the restaurant business in the mid 1980s. In the 1990s to mid 2000s my aunt and uncle ran a huge dim sum restaurant called Harmony Palace. Seated about 800 people! It was packed for dim sum everyday. All the carts rolling around with all the classic dim sum. In the evenings, there would be wedding banquets and local business and Association dinners. Not too many big Asian restaurants like that left these days. I left New York City in 2009. I currently live in Houston which has become quite a foodie city now. Fortunately for me, I am in the hospitality business as an Executive Concierge. Many restaurants would roll out the red carpet for me to try out their food in hopes of me referring business to them. Over the years I have posted close to 200 reviews on Trip Advisor of restaurants mostly in Houston but there are some from my trips to Las Vegas, New York City, and Chicago. My handle is mjbbg572 if you want to take a look. I have considered starting my own RUclips channel but I am lazy! I do not want to deal with all the editing and posting guidelines. Yes, I can hire someone to do all the work while I just eat. But I also sense that there are too many reviewers on RUclips so I likely will not stand out enough. But I am still considering it.
Wow, quite the history! An 800 seat dim sum place...with all those carts it must seem like a race track, lol. As for reviewing on YT, yes, the editing and posting is a pain and the money isn't much to speak of, but, it's fun to put a real review out there rather than the usual 'cheerleading' you see from most channels. I'll be sure to check out your TripAdvisor page. When we had our restaurant in LA we always found TripAdvisor to be better than Yelp. It seemed that those doing the reviews were more knowledgeable!
Poet laureate of Vegas!
Thank you! Glad you are enjoying our reviews, 😁😁
Americans are going to be so disappointed once they go to China and realize dishes like orange chicken and Peking beef are nowhere to be found🤷♂️😆
LOL. Not going to China for the food. The Chinese food in America is wonderful.
@@michaelchin3550 How is it Chinese food if Chinese don't eat it lol
Is Italian food not Italian if Italians don't eat it? @@andyg0711
Looks like a lot of Asians eating at this place. That's a good sign for authenticity. And I'm Asian!
HA! Yes, that was one of the first things we noted when we walked in. In fact, in all the times we've been there, we could probably add up on two hands the number of Westerners we've seen there.
Can u do a best Viet shop on spring Mountin.. Thx
🤔 Do you mean Vietnamese food?
@@LetsEatVegas yes viet food! best bun bo hue please! some viet shops are NOT owned by true viets..those are the worst lol
Their website doesn't exist, the URL is for sale.
Hmmm, I got that from Google Maps. I'll check it out and fix it or remove it. thanks for letting us know!!
I’m soooo hungry. Vegas
Mission Accomplished! lol
wow 15 dishes!? you must be a family of 4 or 5 there? all looked great when i go alone hard to get more then 2 dishes at a time at these places not just for the amount of food but how much i would spend if i got 3 or 4 for just me thats why vegas is great with the buffets the quality still not bad for all you can eat there it really is amazing vegas has all this to offer for the prices why do you think vegas is so different with the food part then other cities? cause most people have no idea about the food there that only visit the strip area they think its so expensive which it is there but off strip you just can't compare to other cities esp big cities
I completely agree. The strip has gotten insane but there are so many reasonably priced options just off strip. And this is one of them! We have another video on another Chinese place, BBQ King, they also have very good food and their lunch specials are low in price and large in the amount of food they serve! Enjoy, 😋😁
Another great video and reviews!!! Please follow his channel y'all!!!
You're the best! Thanks for watching and spreading the word, 😁😁
I'm not a fan of green peppers, red yes, but not green. Btw, I love the Asian cuisine. Your video is very delicious.
Thank you, and thanks for commenting, 😁
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Thank you!!
Love stk!
Thanks for watching! Many more to come, 😋
Heads up, the link in the description goes to a parked domain that is for sale.
Yes, so I heard from a few now. I'll check it out!!
Tried SK last night for dinner. Not impressed. The service from the asian waitress's was horrible. But, the kid behind the counter was very polite and helpful. When after 10 minutes, I literally had to get from my table and ask him to please bring my wife and I some ice water, Chile oil, white pepper and soy sauce. I asked 2 different waitresses to please bring us those items and was ignored. The food was bland and subpar IMO. The Beef Chowfun had a great wok cook but without flavor. The Sweet and sour pork was more sweet than sour, and the batter on the pork was very mushy. About the only half decent dish was the braised pork. Even that was barely passable. Any where else would have been better. That was my first experience with SK. I like trying new places to eat at and Asian cuisine is one of my all time favorites. Most of the times, the food is at least decent. SK was a huge let down. 😐
Sorry to hear you had a bad experience. While I've found the service at SK to be less than wonderful (until you've been there enough that they know you), with over 20 visits to SK I've never had a bad food experience. Yes, I've ordered a few things which I didn't like, such as the honey walnut shrimp we discuss in the video, but the food has been remarkably consistent and high quality. I know first impressions are hard to shake, but maybe a second visit is in order? Well, thanks for watching and the feedback. It's much appreciated!
Looks pretty generic Cantonese fare but I guess you need be there in person.
Yes...GO!
Hahaha .. it’s American Chinese food bruh 😂😂 looks good tho’ ❤❤
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked the video, 😁😁
Been there many time's but stops going cause the servers are rude
Yes, I would agree that the servers can be rude. It's definitely the least friendly Chinese restaurant we visit. But the food is good so we overlook this. We're releasing a video this Friday about another local Chinese restaurant and they have both excellent food and very friendly service...stay tuned, 😁Thanks for the comment!
Before they had only 1 waiter running around taking orders and bringing food. Has it improved?
Yes, it has greatly improved. Now they have three servers and a few 'runners'. So, the service is MUCH improved, 😁
go to Vegas, no need to move abroad.
Truer words were never spoken! Food is everything to me and I've been so happy here with so many fantastic options with such varied cuisines. I'm loving it!