Ambassador Chinese Restaurant Inc, Houston, Texas Restaurant Details

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I love the atmosphere. The food is original and not a knock off version full of grease and bad taste. I suggest the shrimp with lobster sauce with won ton soup. Keep it up!

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Let me tell you about my own personal favorite hangout for classic Chinese-American food in Houston.

The Ambassador Chinese Restaurant is located on Richmond just next to the Rajun Cajun. There is no question that there are superb Chinese restaurants in town, along the Bellaire Boulevard corridor. No argument here.

But sometimes, it isn’t just about the food. And I promise you, for an all around fun experience you can't beat Ambassador.

It is like taking a time machine back to the 50's. You walk in, and you'll hear Frank Sinatra playing through the stereo system.

The waitresses are so sweet. They have been serving customers there for years, and if you say something that gets them to give a nervous laugh, they will cover their mouth with their hands. It’s kind of like trying to get the guards at Buckingham Palace to crack a smile. But in a good way. They are real sweet-hearts.

On some nights you might see a group of WWII veterans hanging out at their own table. Or ladies from the River Oaks crowd. Or hipsters. And old white guys like me (“Hey, that’s ME in the corner”).

The food is Cantonese and it is the Cantonese that used to be all that you could find in Houston when I was growing up in the 50's. The egg foo yung is crazy. When it comes out you will swear they brought you a giant chicken fried steak. The egg rolls are super sized, probably the biggest ones in town. The hot and sour soup is just perfect with the right amount of rice wine vinegar to white pepper. And yes, there's even a great typo on the menu (Human beef instead of Hunan beef).

If you have an opportunity to talk to the owner, she is an absolute delight and will share wonderful stories about the Ambassador over the years. Yep, for me, it's the Ambassador. I recommend staying with the tried and true Cantonese dishes: sweet and sour pork, egg rolls, egg foo yung, a chicken with vegetables stir fry and on the side a big bowl of egg drop soup or (not Cantonese) hot and sour.

From Jay Francis, Houston native, ethnic food explorer, cooking school teacher and creator of The Fried Chicken Blog website.

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I order the Fried Tofu and it has been amazing every time. I think the egg rolls are some of the best in Houston, too! Service was fast and friendly.

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I ordered the pepper steak for lunch with a side of shrimp fried rice, and it was AWESOME!!! In the lunch special was included a egg roll and it was a real egg roll. It was a nice size. I loved it.

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i had placed an order online and i did like the fact that it atleast got here in time due to all the traffic during lunch break i was impressed. one thing was that i didnt like was that i didnt even get what i ordered i tried to eat it but it wasnt even good i had to excuse myself from the office because i had to throw away the food i couldnt even tell the office that i didnt like it because i didnt want everyone to base there opinions off of me as if they were going to try it out tomorrow....
really hated it disgusting