B287 installment 1: Colorado Wok

We have moved on to the Baseline and 287 subproject now that we have almost completed the A95RP. We still have one more A95RP restaurant left, but we saved it for a special occasion this weekend because I know I like the desserts there. If you have been paying really obsessive attention, you might know which restaurant I mean. But there is no reason that the subprojects can't overlap!

So … Colorado Wok. We used to go here occasionally, but we stopped going several years ago after a couple of poor service experiences. Thus, to be honest, our expectations were low. But this time, the service was excellent, the server was very pleasant, and the food was good. We both ordered the dinner combination from the last page of the menu, so we each got soup (egg drop for both of us), an egg roll and a fried wonton, and an entrée. G's entrée was sesame chicken, which he rated as "hot and tasty," and mine was beef with broccoli. I appreciated that the egg roll was crisp but not swimming in grease, the beef was tasty, and the broccoli was cooked just right.

We visited the restaurant on Sunday night, and it was very quiet, which we have found to be typical of most restaurants on Sunday night. There were only a few other occupied tables (the people at one table near us were obviously regulars because they and the server seemed to know each other well) and, of course, a steady takeout business. We liked the cozy booth by the window where were seated, and G said he though the wall art was not bad (he appreciates bad restaurant/hotel art, so this might actually be a drawback).

We have now visited every Chinese restaurant in Lafayette, and I will tell you my (not expert) opinion: they are all good! Some people will disagree because I've noticed that some of you have strong opinions about your favorite Chinese places, and you will even go far afield to visit particular ones. But as a relatively nonpicky eater, I'd go back to any of these.

Egg-drop soup and fried wonton strips

G's sesame chicken with egg roll, vegetable fried rice, and fried wontons

I had the beef and broccoli with steamed rice, an egg roll, and fried wontons

Quiet on a Sunday. This photo doesn't show the booths along two walls.