Jesse Wong’s Asean Bistro

Satisfying, well prepared, prompt delivery service
Our regular order
Malaysian style chow fun– beef
Hunan Style fish roll
Sweet and Sour chicken
Sautéed Bok choy
I’ve never been to the restaurant and so I feel it only fair to leave out a star. Their delivery service hasn’t failed me yet and so I really may never have a sit in meal at their place.

We’ve been here several times and always had an enjoyable experience. Almost everything is good, however overpriced. Many of the dishes are rich with flavor if you like sugar and hoisin sauce. The service has always been solid and the menu diverse. We enjoyed the 3-​piece jazz band playing tonight. This is one of the best asian restaurants in Howard county and has been here forever. I would rate them a 3.8 overall. Try to find a groupon or simlar deal before coming here.

My family has gone here several times for dinner. Ambiance is quite beautiful, and dividers between sections of the dining room make it seem more private than many restaurants. Service was good. There is a good amount of variety on the menu and an extensive vegetarian section, and portions are reasonable (all of us had leftovers). The food is ok, but none of the dishes (we had beef medallions with chili sauce, pad thai, beef lo mein, and asparagus chicken) really stood out to us. All in all, a reliable spot for Americanized Asian food, but nothing too special.

Food is Good.
Had Food Delivered, driver was unable to locate house, took longer than expected.
Dinner portions are too small.
Felt like I ordered lunch.

I really love this place, going here makes me want to eat more Chinese food.
They have a smörgåsbord for carnivores, omnivores, vegetarians and vegans.
Prices are decent and the people working there are nice. The ambiance was chill. Even got to eavesdrop on a conversation of some memorable people.
Only been there once but it made a good impression on me. Kudos for having vegetarian/​vegan options!
I would love to try the baby Bok choy and Chinese broccoli next time!
P. s. The mock meat was a unique texture that I could tell wasn’t Gardein or Boca. I need to know who is the top secret company that makes it. Pretty, please?

When it comes to Chinese restaurants, many blend together to me. This one is different! NOT ONLY is the staff EXTREMELY helpful and nice which is so important to us, but the food is so fresh and they offer catering! We had a great lunch today at our office catered by Asean Bistro and the ordering was quick, efficient, and they were so accomodating! The food was fresh and it was the best General Tso’s I’ve ever had! Finally some spice to it unlike so many other restaurants! THANK YOU!

Been here several times but this is my first review. We ate in last Saturday night. Nice that they have a trio playing. We ordered fried dumplings as an app so delicious. Not clumpy or gummy like the average Chinese place. For our entrées, I had the Chilean sea bass and my boyfriend had the walnut shrimp. Talk about flavorful, moist and perfectly prepared seafood… yum! Yes, we’re going back again, and again.

They used to be good but it’s run down over the past ten years. Pei Wei and PF Chang’s are better and they are chains.

A total disappointment with an expensive tab. Panda Express at the Columbia Mall is better and with the monies left over, you can splurge on cookies & ice-​cream, then head on over to Maggiano’s for their buy one get one pasta deal.
My appetizer, Shrimp dumpling soup, tasted like the standard Chinese Won Ton soup, but with tender, noodle-​wrapped shrimp. Nothing special, but enough to stave off my hunger, till the real thing arrived — a slow roasted duck with parslied noodles, at $ 17.00. Three smallish slices of duck and a leg, tasting faintly of Chinese Five Spice (Jesse’s secret ingredient, perhaps?). The skin that lay atop, wasn’t even crisp — shame on Jesse! Parsley noodles? Doubt that. More like a mound of ramen, stir-​fried in an unappealing soy concoction. And I suppose, to make the plate look more worthy of its $ 17 price tag, pickled cabbage added an unusual touch to this odd arrangement.

And in conclusion…
Jesse Wongs has the best vegetarian meat substitutes. Most places just use tofu and tofu is the worst meat substitute unless you enjoy squishy white blocks.
My favorite is Vegetarian Orange Chicken. Its not on the menu, but ask for it.

I thought I had reviewed Jesse Wong’s before, as I’ve visited a few times in the past few years. It never made much of an impression on me. The general consensus in my family was that it was «fine but forgettable». (Hence, my forgetting that I never wrote a review, I guess!)
Well, I visited again the other night (thanks Groupon!) and had a memorably good experience. I think it might depend on your order, or maybe they’ve recently stepped up the game a bit because I have this sneaking feeling we may have ordered the same dishes as we did on our last visit.
+ Flounder in black bean sauce = super flavorful and yummy. On the saltier side, but it’s really savory and good. Just. really super delicious. Trust me on this, I didn’t want it to end.
+ Singapore noodles were also pretty yummy. My dad was confused by the larger strips of chicken (versus slivers to go with the very thin noodles) but I liked this a lot.
+ Get a Buddha Feast side. It’s $ 7 and helps add some delicious veg in brown sauce to your meal.
Also our server was super helpful. She wasn’t the kind of friendly server who stays by the table and chats for a while but still she was nice. She was polite and efficient, though, and I really appreciated that.
Not sure if they still do this, but the last time we visited, they had live music on Friday nights!

The beauty of food Is that everyone enjoys something a little different than the next person. I’m surprised this place hasn’t received higher marks. I have ordered here (delivery) 3 times, and each time, the good had been very good, hot, fresh, and delivery fast for a Chinese place. The sweet and sour chicken is not greasy and soaked with oil like many other aces in this area and the sauce is really good, similar to the kind you get in LA. The fried rice is also good and has lots of ingredients and meats (if you eat meat). I like it very much and will continue to order from here in the future. Also, serving sizes are more than adequate for the price.

So my roommate has been raving about this spot, so after racking my brain trying to figure out what to eat, I decided to try it. Upon walking inthe door, a waiter was coming out and said «how are you sir, take out?» and I said no eat in. So I continued walking in and another waiter asks the same thing. While I know they’re just trying to be helpful and nice, please let me indicate why I’m here before bombarding me. It came across slightly as a «we hope you’re taking out because we’re ready to go home,» but it was only 9 P.M. with a 10 P.M. closing time. Hold your horses folks! I will say the second waiter who asked me if I were there for takeout was my actual waiter, and he was very nice. He kept my water topped off and kept asking if everything was okay.
Now on to the food. I ordered an egg roll, which came out in less than 2 minutes! It was a bit cold and tasted like it had been frozen. Meh. It comes with duck and mustard sauces. I tried the mustard sauce once, but it was strong. I’ve become a wimp when it comes to mustard. So many choices. I like the vast options for poultry, beef, shrimp, etc. that they have. I decided on the Duke Chicken, which has hot peppers, onions, and peanuts in plum sauce. The chicken was very good, and the peanuts and onions were an interesting yet good combo. I was pleasantly surprised. The only thing I’d recommend is turning up the heat. It was marked as spicy, and it has hot peppers in it. But it wasn’t spicy at all. I like «American» spicy, which I know is vastly different from Asian spicy, so I was expecting a little more heat. I’ll definitely be back here to try more.

I have here before the food is very delicious very fresh and everything comes out very very delicious this is the best restaurant outside of PF Changs one of the best restaurants for local Chinese food I highly recommend it the staff are very friendly and they do deliver

You will not have Asian cuisine in this echelon anywhere else in the area. They have original dishes and long tested favorites with their own twists. Cannot be stressed enough, the dishes are PHENOMENAL.
The dining area is relaxing with smooth music, refined décor, and tasteful use of mirrors that visually enlarges the restaurant.
The service is classy and attentive. Stepping inside I was instantly greeted along with a feeling of being under dressed. You rarely encounter service of this caliber and you will appreciate it immensely.
You will have the Boneless Orange Duck. Duck easily dries out but this was perfectly cooked on a bed of fresh sautéed spinach and sautéed mushroom caps.
Delectable!

I went with a friend at late night, I enjoy the ambiance, they have live music! Good place for gathering.
We ordered wonton soup and spring role for appetizer, srping roles are good, wonton soup is normal, taste plain.
For entrée we ordered Chef Xu’s Chicken and Flounder with Pecking Souce, both of them are good, not that salty compare to other Chinese places.
Recommend Chef Xu’s Chicken.

The beef with peppers and onions in a «spicy» black bean sauce was bad all the way around. Think soggy, old Chinese food sitting in metal bins at the mall. First off, not even a pinch of spice and no I don’t drink hot sauce every day or anything, it’s not spicy at all. Four packets of hot mustard later couldn’t even help this dish. The beef was chewy, greasy and did not seem of a good quality. The peppers and onions were extremely overcooked and soggy. The rice was ok, my rice cooker at home does better though. The spring roll was nothing special.
Staff was friendly enough. Honestly avoid every single asian place in howard county, it’s ridiculous how bad they are.

This is a descent take out «asian» food place. They have some creative menu items (always a plus) and the food was there much faster than I expected.
We got an order of vegetarian spring roll (one per order, but I didn’t try it) and an order of Crab Rangoons. The Rangoons were not bad– sort of fried wonton with a creamy filling — but did not have any crab taste to it at all. Still, for under $ 5 it was enjoyable, just know what to expect.
For dinner, we split to entrees. There was an order of a honey shrimp — kind of coated, not really fried, very large fresh shrimp served with a small salad. It was a light entrée, but very tasty, and even for take out — had a nice presentation. The other entrée was an order of eggplant. These were great — crispy fried eggplant with a tangy sauce. The thing is, thats all it was — and if I hadn’t split it, it would get a bit old before you got to the end.
For all this — I handed $ 40 to the guy at the door including tip.
Now — as a heads up on this place. They have two pricing schemes. One is for in house and carry out — the other is for take out. So if you’re online, make sure you use the right menu.

They have some great Asian meals! Service was excellent as always. It’s a joy to hear the waiter speak Japanese with my Uncle!!!
I had the boneless brown duck Which came with noodles and slaw which was very tasty. I will try again to make sure it was the duck! Lol

Even though this place doesn’t do weekend buffets anymore which I’m VERY upset about, their food is still top notch. Maybe I’m just lucky every time I go there but from their service to their food, it’s been the same; superb.
HOWEVER, I don’t recommend getting their take out. I’d recommend you eating there, inside. Why? Well first off, the food will be fresh (er) compared to getting take out, driving home, then setting up the food and THEN eating it. Also, I believe in some Chinese restaurants that there is a chef for dining in and a chef for take out. I’ve eaten in and got carry out from there before and I can tell a difference.
What I really like about this place is that they have an extensive menu and some of their dishes are unique to it’s counterparts. A dish that has filet mignon? I’m talking about a real filet mignon steak on a dish, not the kind in Chinese sauce. They also have numerous seafood options you can’t find anywhere else like Soft Shell Crab and sometimes even Monk Fish! Everything I’ve had here was either great or amazing, nothing less.
Getting take out wasn’t the best for me because by the time I came home with the food, the crunchy wasn’t crunchy, the flavors were meshed up and the veggies were overcooked to the point where it’s nutrition is non-​existent.
So I only go to eat there and I’ve never been let down.