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Excellent little Vietnamese/Chinese restauarant that could be easily passed over because of it's location. The portions are very generous, especially considering the comparatively low prices.
I've eaten at this restaurant many many times. Their chinese food is among the best that I have had anywhere. Some of the dishes that I have sampled:
Sweet and Sour Pork: This is one of the dishes that I personally use to judge Chinese food by. It's a dish that is excellent when done right, but easy to screw up. An inconsistant batter can leave the chicken tasting soggy and dry, while getting the right flavor and texture out of the sauce can be something of a masterpiece. Hoa My succeeds at creating an excellent dish. The batter is perfect, giving an excellent crisp texture to the chicken, even when covered in the sauce. The sauce has an excellent thickness, neither watery/runny or excessivly thick. It has an excellent balance of sweetness and tartness, with flavorful veggies in the mix. It passes the strict Corey test.
Orange Chicken: This is a personal favorite. The sauce has a wonderfully sweet flavor with a nice hint of spicyness to it. The chicken pieces are a good size, not too small or overly large. The batter remains crisp even down to the last piece. Absolutely excellent. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it.
Pineapple Chicken: Unlike most of my normal favorites, the chicken in this dish isn't deep fried in a batter, but cooked nicely and mixed in with a pineapple sauce that enhances the natural chicken flavor, rather than drown it out. With a good mix of pineapple chunks, the sauce had a great sweet taste to it that seems to compliment the chicken nicely. The sauce also mixes incredibly well with the rice. It's not as thick as the sweet and sour sauce, but works well with the dish.
Sesame Chicken: Another dish that tastes great, but is easy to mess up. As with the other batter fried chicken dishes, the meat is crips and surrounded by an excellent sauce. This one doesn't fall into the trap of being overly salty and overpowering. It is another compliment to the chicken.
Pho: A vietnamese dish that I had to try after seeing it served to a number of other customers. First things first, the bowl it's served in is HUGE. I got the steak pho, and they sure didn't skimp on the meat. The noodles were very tender and were plentiful. The taste was a little different, and not something I'm used to, but that's hardly saying it's bad. There's this brown, thick sauce that is at every table that I've seen people mix into their pho, so I tried that. It added a wonderful dimension to the pho that enhanced all the flavors.
All in all, Hoa My has been incredibly consistant and continuously delicious. Each of the chinese dishes is served with a choice of soup, a generous amount of rice, and an eggroll. Of the soup, the Hot and Sour is excellent while the Egg Drop is kind of bland. The eggroll a disappointment in that it probably comes from the freezer isle at Walmart. It's small and it sucks.
Be warned though, their soda comes in a can and is charged by the can. I tend to drink lots and lots of fluids, so I go for the water because it's free and there are free refills.
Prices are very reasonable. A chinese combo (soup, meat, rice, eggroll) will run about $7 to $9 for a good portion of food. I have yet to finish a meal there and am more than capable of packing down some food. Another nice thing, I stay full for a long time, unlike most chinese food that seems to leave me hungry an hour later.
Where:
Hoa My Restaurant
(512) 339-1688
13000 N I H 35
Austin, TX 78753
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Directions:
Hoa My is relatively easy to get to. Located in North Austin, it is in the Walmart Shopping Plaza on the corner of I35 and Parmer Lane. From the north, exit at Parmer Lane, stay right in the service lane and the Walmart shopping plaza will be on your right past Carmax and Lowes. Hoa My is in the mini shopping area on the south end of Walmart, about two or three doors down from Coldstone Creamery.
From the south, exit at Parmer Lane and head left over the overpass. The Walmart shopping center will be on your right hand side.
Excellent little Vietnamese/Chinese restauarant that could be easily passed over because of it's location. The portions are very generous, especially considering the comparatively low prices.
I've eaten at this restaurant many many times. Their chinese food is among the best that I have had anywhere. Some of the dishes that I have sampled:
Sweet and Sour Pork: This is one of the dishes that I personally use to judge Chinese food by. It's a dish that is excellent when done right, but easy to screw up. An inconsistant batter can leave the chicken tasting soggy and dry, while getting the right flavor and texture out of the sauce can be something of a masterpiece. Hoa My succeeds at creating an excellent dish. The batter is perfect, giving an excellent crisp texture to the chicken, even when covered in the sauce. The sauce has an excellent thickness, neither watery/runny or excessivly thick. It has an excellent balance of sweetness and tartness, with flavorful veggies in the mix. It passes the strict Corey test.
Orange Chicken: This is a personal favorite. The sauce has a wonderfully sweet flavor with a nice hint of spicyness to it. The chicken pieces are a good size, not too small or overly large. The batter remains crisp even down to the last piece. Absolutely excellent. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it.
Pineapple Chicken: Unlike most of my normal favorites, the chicken in this dish isn't deep fried in a batter, but cooked nicely and mixed in with a pineapple sauce that enhances the natural chicken flavor, rather than drown it out. With a good mix of pineapple chunks, the sauce had a great sweet taste to it that seems to compliment the chicken nicely. The sauce also mixes incredibly well with the rice. It's not as thick as the sweet and sour sauce, but works well with the dish.
Sesame Chicken: Another dish that tastes great, but is easy to mess up. As with the other batter fried chicken dishes, the meat is crips and surrounded by an excellent sauce. This one doesn't fall into the trap of being overly salty and overpowering. It is another compliment to the chicken.
Pho: A vietnamese dish that I had to try after seeing it served to a number of other customers. First things first, the bowl it's served in is HUGE. I got the steak pho, and they sure didn't skimp on the meat. The noodles were very tender and were plentiful. The taste was a little different, and not something I'm used to, but that's hardly saying it's bad. There's this brown, thick sauce that is at every table that I've seen people mix into their pho, so I tried that. It added a wonderful dimension to the pho that enhanced all the flavors.
All in all, Hoa My has been incredibly consistant and continuously delicious. Each of the chinese dishes is served with a choice of soup, a generous amount of rice, and an eggroll. Of the soup, the Hot and Sour is excellent while the Egg Drop is kind of bland. The eggroll a disappointment in that it probably comes from the freezer isle at Walmart. It's small and it sucks.
Be warned though, their soda comes in a can and is charged by the can. I tend to drink lots and lots of fluids, so I go for the water because it's free and there are free refills.
Prices are very reasonable. A chinese combo (soup, meat, rice, eggroll) will run about $7 to $9 for a good portion of food. I have yet to finish a meal there and am more than capable of packing down some food. Another nice thing, I stay full for a long time, unlike most chinese food that seems to leave me hungry an hour later.
Where:
Hoa My Restaurant
(512) 339-1688
13000 N I H 35
Austin, TX 78753
Mapquest Map
Directions:
Hoa My is relatively easy to get to. Located in North Austin, it is in the Walmart Shopping Plaza on the corner of I35 and Parmer Lane. From the north, exit at Parmer Lane, stay right in the service lane and the Walmart shopping plaza will be on your right past Carmax and Lowes. Hoa My is in the mini shopping area on the south end of Walmart, about two or three doors down from Coldstone Creamery.
From the south, exit at Parmer Lane and head left over the overpass. The Walmart shopping center will be on your right hand side.
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