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AMERICAN *CHINESE- DISHES A FRESH .BITE OF COMFORT FOOD
BY GWIENaoecoN FRISS
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Roll dish .was the;perfectly cooked American-Chinese. It tastes like.
ith a nameaike Wok- shrurmp and vegetal;les, crisp comfort food - the kind of thing _
n-Roll,,you might enough fo release:a burst'of.flavor you're expecting when.aco-worker
think this, 'little store-
when 1 bit into them: lt:vvas also says," I feel like"Chinese for lunch."
front next to The Jerk nice thaf the vegetables broc- 1Nok-n-Roll is convenient for
Cafe sells sushi, but rt does not. coli-_
olibaby corn, peppers and water takeout, but the last time I .was in,
And, somewhat oddly, there`s no chestnuts — were cutinbig chunks, . I ate there at one of the utilitar
tofu; either
rather than dicedand overloaded ian cafeteria-tables. We're talking
Nonetheless, Wok-n-Roll has with celery. - clean and'efficient,-but;the�e's no
a large menu_Of Cantonese and cut-calories,and-because the white The sauce was brown`and ager pretense,of c
Szechwan specialties, priced from." rice makes a better base forTsauce .' age, but'on the ood side�of P = harm'o� any kind of. "
9 decor other than cars on. Route 28
$4 to $,9, with a dinner special on the shrimp=and-veggie dish. average because'it wasn't overly passing the stri mall:
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py. settling :in these;.economic times,
to $6.25; .and the service is speedy._ have comfortably ex�joyed`tw ce stere - ed:cabbage to the fact,that When I' of #o thinking.
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to simmer the,noodles in broth to Althou h Wok-a-Roll 1.g 9, Wok-n Rolf offers'a reason
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e)tensive%'menu,: ii's.unlikely you II flowing, luncheon speciaF:plate.
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