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    Mom's Kitchen

    4.0 (116 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated a few days ago

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    Casual
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    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating

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    Beef and Tripe in chili sauce
    John L.

    Don't judge a book by its covers. The old adage applies very well to this restaurant. Its location is tucked inside the Fox Run Shopping center. However, it serves perhaps the most authentic Chinese cuisine south of Newark and Wilmington. Owners/Management been changed a few times over the past years. But current owners still maintained a staple of authentic Chinese entrees. You can still find the more common American Chinese dishes like General Tso's Chicken, Orange Beef, and other on the menu though. There are some advantages of dining in, since the food always tastes better fresh from the kitchen instead of take out. However, tables and seating are limited, and offer no atmosphere for dining in. This shows as most of its business is from take out. So if you're in Delaware, and don't want to travel up to Philly Chinatown for authentic Chinese cuisine, you may want to sample some of the authentic entrees here.

    CS4. Fish Fillet with Sour Cabbage
    Han W.

    Nice casual Chinese restaurant that seems to generate a lot of takeout business, but dine-in was pretty good (hot tea and good rice included). Seems to capture the authentic flavors that folks like my parents look for. Salt and pepper pork chops and beef scallion pancakes were great. Pancakes were crispy on the outside with the perfect amount of filling inside. Pork chops came in a large serving and tasted great. Would order again but am interested in ordering similar dishes too. I'm neutral on the fish filet with preserved cabbage and the beef chow fun. The fish dish definitely conveyed the taste of preserved cabbage but the fish was a little too salty. The beef chow fun tasted just okay.

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    Jing T.

    Finally they updated their menu! We ordered pickled cabbage fish, chilly chicken with pepper and spicy beef. All tasted good!

    Pork with bamboo shoot
    Kit C.

    My wife and I ordered some take out from them and it was so so. So we went back to try them dining in. Food was definitely better eating there. I ordered the squid with salty cabbage. My wife ordered the spicy fish filet. Both lunch specials. Came with soup and white rice on the side. My hot and sour soup was blend, a bit much on the sesame oil. My wife's wonton soup is alo on the blend side. The main dishes tasted good, a bit on the heavy side to us but that's Sichuan style cooking. The service was good. The place reminded me of typical old style Chinese restaurants. Update: 11/18: Went back today for lunch again. My wife ordered the twice cooked fish and I ordered the beef chow fun. My wife's dish was good but the beef in my dish was not very fresh. I told them and they handled it well. In exchange, I ordered the shredded port with bamboo straps. That was delicious. We'll be back.

    Dry pot wild mountain mushrooms

    I think I have a new favorite Chinese restaurant and it's Mom's Kitchen. I'm a stickler for authenticity in cuisines. I understand that restaurants have to scale back on some ingredients to make it more palatable to the American diners. One look at the specialty menu will tell you this restaurant is willing to cater to those who value the flavors and culture represented. I ordered dry pot wild mountain mushrooms and was quite pleased. A generous serving of 4 different mushrooms, pork belly in a spicy sauce came to the table in a metal bowl over a sterno flame. It contained lots of slices of King mushroom which I don't recall having before. They were meaty and almost crunchy. It had a generous amount of dried chili peppers BUT the Szechuan peppercorns were almost nonexistent. I may have seen 3. A very enjoyable discussion ensued with the Chinese owner about these peppercorns. She even brought out a huge bag of the dried chili peppers. I said the peppercorns make a tingling on your tongue which she didn't understand. But eventually we had a laugh when she looked it up and came up with "numb tongue". Now we understood each other and she said next time she would add more for me. She explained that most customers don't want it. My friend had an eggplant and string bean dish which was very tasty and a generous serving. Mom's is about 30 minutes from my home but I'll be back. It's definitely worth the drive. Give it a try ...if you dare. Oh, it's not a particularly attractive restaurant by any means but that doesn't bother me. It was even nice to see someone making homemade dumplings at one of the tables.

    B1. Taiwan Style Pan Fried Dumplings
    Emily M.

    A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH. There's a reason this place has raving reviews and I always trust yelp to help me pick take out. I'm glad we tried this place. It looks like any other chinese shop but man this place is right out of china town in philly. Very authentic chinese unlike the 15 panda express around here. We ordered chicken and broccoli, Taiwan Style Pan Fried Dumplings, and Singapore Vermicelli Stir Fried. The dumplings were great and we love the seasoned soy sauce that comes with it. My chicken with broccoli was very fresh! I did not try the Stir Fried rice noodles but my boyfriend said it was quite spicy and he liked it. Definitely will be ordering again and if you're considering this place I say do it. If you go to their website you can place an order online, or call and order the old fashion way :)

    Spicy fish fillet
    Julie K.

    I am glad that I found an authentic Chinese restaurant with good price! We tried lunch special menu, spicy fish fillet and shrimp with garlic sauce. Both are a little spicy if you can't handle Chinese spice. Complimentary wanton soup and egg drop soup were good as well. Definitely will try more dishes here!

    Pan Fried Tofu
    Dan C.

    Probably the best REAL Chinese food on the East Coast, prices are reasonable. Definitely a must eat in town.

    Fried dumplings
    Lana S.

    I wanted to try this place out for a while now and so glad I did! I got the braised beef noodle soup and then an order of the fried dumplings. I thought the dumplings pretty pricey for what they were. There are 12 pieces of pretty small dumplings. I also did not like the sauce that came with it (made with more vinegar than soy sauce it seems like). Regardless of appearances the dumplings did have good flavors though ! The beef noodle soup you get a lot for 10$ a huge tub of noodles, beef/veggies and broth. The broth taste pretty good, noodles we're a good consistently and the beef was very tender which is absolutely delicious ! Love the soup and how much you get. I would return and try something else :)

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    Used to be better. Ownership changed hands. Not really sure how they did it, but I ordered sesame chicken and it had practically no flavor.

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    8 months ago

    I am new to moms kitchen . I ordered twice so far and the food was good BUT LAST NIGHT IT TOOK 2 hours for the food to be delivered,

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    The kitchen is very dirty and the chef smokes in the kitchen and I got food poisoning

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    Salt pepper pork chops is one of my favorite dish in this restaurant. Good texture and flavor, fresh. I ordered it many times

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    Pretty authentic food. Of course you can get Americanized food but why would you!? Love the sour fish and spicy fish.

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    Their food is always good. One thing l like is that they are consistent. I always know my food is going to taste the same. Very good.

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    Not my first time, but the prices are increasing while portions are decreasing for average tasting meals.

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    I give this place 5 stars because I consistently order the same food (via an online app) and it is…read moreready when I get there. It is consistently cooked well and consistently delicious. I cannot consistently stress enough how consistently consistent the food and take-out service at this restaurant are. As a newcomer, I was genuinely surprised that the State of Delaware had a decent, no-frills Chinese place. The food at this place rivals a lot of what I've tasted on the best coast. Well done, First State.

    I really don't like to leave negative reviews but enough is enough. I go primarily for the hot and…read moresour soup as it's the best in my immediate area. They never add enough vinegar though so I always add rice vinegar at home, it's fine. What really prompted me to leave this review is that they have become unreasonably cheap and lazy. They don't use Chinese vegetables anymore, it's just broccoli, thick hunks of carrots, onion and celery. There's no bok choy, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, shiitake, or wood ear mushrooms. Unless you order a dish that specifically mentions one of those vegetables you won't get them. Occasionally if I'm lucky, I might find 2 snow peas and 2 small pieces of baby corn but it's rare. Don't order anything other than the most common items either or you will be disappointed. The wonton soup broth is so watered down it tastes like colored salt water, theres never any scallions in it or in any of their dishes. I used to Love this place, in fact we've been going there off and on for over 20 years but the consistency has just gotten so bad that I'm not sure I'll be going back, not even for my beloved Hot and Sour soup. Also, check your bag before you leave we've had rice and dumpling sauce missing on a few occasions, which is frustrating when you get home, but mistakes happen, just check your bag.

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