San Tung Restaurant

Seafood fried rice and chicken wings

In the evenings there's at least a 30-minute wait for a table at the San Tung restaurant (on Irving, between 11th and 12th). We piggy-backed off of a parking space from a nearby errand and stopped by for a late lunch. There was a small line, and we were seated in less than 10 minutes.

San Tung's signature dish is the fried chicken wings. I'd tried them before and thought they were over-rated. On that occasion the line was out the door, the kitchen was chaotic, and the wings were good but far from special. Now the coating was crisp, the chicken was moist, and the sweet-hot garlicky gingery sauce made me wish that the lunch menu ($9) had more than six wings.

Next time I won't wait a year before coming here again.