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Why Wu Chow Is on Our Top 50 Chinese Outside China
Wu Chow, under Wu Chow team's direction, is ranked #36 on our Top 50 Chinese Restaurants Outside China. The regional Chinese register: Modern Chinese (Sichuan-Cantonese-Shanghainese).
The technique: Wok hei, modern Chinese, dim sum. The signature dish: Peking duck, Sichuan dan dan noodles, dim sum tasting.
The dim sum program: Refined modern dim sum lunch program. The chef lineage: Austin Chinese institution.
The award lineage: Austin modern Chinese flagship.
How to Order at Wu Chow
The booking lead time: 2 to 4 weeks for prime time. Reserve through OpenTable, Resy, or the restaurant's own booking line where applicable; institutional walk-in Chinatown restaurants accept no reservations and run a queue from opening.
Order the regional Chinese signature. The kitchen's strongest expression at Wu Chow is the Peking duck, paired with the institutional regional Chinese tradition the kitchen takes as its starting point.
The dress code: Smart casual. The dinner spend: 60 to 120 USD per person at dinner. The kitchen at Wu Chow is rated 9/10 for food and 9/10 for ambience in our editorial scoring.
Why Wu Chow Is Worth the Pilgrimage
"Austin's modern Chinese flagship. The most consistently family-run multi-region Chinese restaurant in Texas; the Sichuan-Cantonese-Shanghainese tasting and the dim sum program anchor the institutional Austin experience."
Our editorial scoring places the food at 9/10, ambience at 9/10, and value at 9/10. The Modern Chinese (Sichuan-Cantonese-Shanghainese) register is structural; the chef training lineage and the regional Chinese tradition produce the meal that rewards the pilgrimage.
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