Wong's Chinese, OC Staple Since 1972, Closing THIS Wednesday :-(

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • August 30, 2011
If there's a category for restaurants like Wong's in Garden Grove, it's old-school. This is the Americanized Cantonese food that fed the Baby Boomer generation. Think chop suey, egg foo young, and “sweet and sour” everything. Now there's another...
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