Do you like Chinese food? I certainty do. In Sacramento, it used to be that if you want to enjoy really good Chinese food, you need to go to San Francisco. Not anymore, you can find great or even better Chinese food right here in Sacramento. It's probably a well known secret among the Asian population here that New Hong Kong Wok has the best Chinese food in the Capital city. It's funny how I get to know this restaurant. When I heard the news about the possible layoffs at the company I worked, I started planning to move back to Sacramento where I attended college and lived for about 5 years before. Anyway, on a trip to Sacramento, a co-worker told me about this restaurant and I decided to stop by. Now I am a regular customer of the restaurant ever since. They have the best food, that I know of so far and very affordable price. Whenever I have friends wanting to eat out, New Hong Kong Wok is the first on list. In case you still don't know where they are located, here is the address: 5019 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento, CA. Expect to wait in line on weekends.
To be honest, I am not a food critic, but since I got start on this restaurant topic, here is another great Chinese restaurant you might enjoy. The name is New Canton, located on Broadway, between 25th and 26th street. That restaurant has been around for quite sometime, the food there was so-so. But the good news is it is now under new ownership, I just went there yesterday to have dim-sum and tea. I must say that the quality of the food improve dramatically. I was told some of the chefs were brought in from San Francisco.
OK, one more, how about Japanese food? I like the one located on 18th and S street. Its name I believe is Taka. It is small, but the food is great, that's probably why it is packed most the time.
I wish I can tell you more about restaurants in Sacramento, but I am not a really out-going kind of guy, and due to my very flat wallet :-( , I don't know much about other restaurants in the area. But I can assure you that you will like the restaurants I mentioned above. One last thing, this is not a paid advertising, I don't get any commission out of this. However, if you mention my name, some of them might know me and you might be treated a little bit nicer, I hope. :-)