Choy's - Chinese, Anaheim

2801 W. Ball Road, Anaheim CA 92804
(714) 527-6848
Parking: in shopping center parking lot
Hours: open until 2am

Last Visited: January 25, 2006

Food: 2 stars
Atmosphere: N/A
Service: N/A
Price: $ to $$

Our family friends received the menu to Choy’s as they were entering Disneyland. The colorful menu shows a variety of offerings with color photos of beautifully displayed entrees. Although the small map on the menu says that it’s not to scale, you have no idea how not to scale it really is. There are two streets shown between Disneyland and Choy’s. In reality, there are many many more. It was about a ten to fifteen minute drive from Disneyland to the restaurant.
For this visit, we ordered take out.

- Beef Chow Fun – The beef chow fun contained chow fun that had been sautéed with slices of beef, onions, and green onions. Although the color is similar to that of typical chow fun, this was just not close enough. The flavor was a bit on the sweet side, and not quite the right combination of flavors. However, the rice fun was nicely separated. Fair. $6.50

- Wonton Noodle Soup – The menu states that it’s Hong Kong Style Noodles, but it’s not. It’s some other kind of noodles. The wontons are more wrapper than meat and the broth contains carrots and other vegetables that aren’t typical of wonton noodle soup. The broth looked more like the base for hot and sour soup. If this dish had been called chicken broth with wontons and noodles (non-Chinese style), it would have been satisfactory. However, as is, it doesn’t meet typical wonton noodle standards. Fair. $5.50

Fortune cookies came with the food.

If you’re looking for authentic Cantonese style food, Choy’s is not the right place for you. If you want an adapted version of Chinese food and don’t require authentic flavor, it will probably be fine.