Fortune Wok to Table

Incredible little place. Service was 10/10, but honestly there was no way they could upstage the dumplings or noodles. The sausage in the soup dumplings is MAGIC, and the Shanghai Beef Noodles might have changed my life. So simple, but best bite I’ve had in a LONG time.

We have been coming here for years. We realized we hadn’t ordered from here in awhile and decided to get takeout this evening. We got chicken street noodles, shrimp fried rice, pan fried dumplings, and bbq steam buns. The food was genuinely bad. Nothing was seasoned, the shrimp tasted like they were poached in water, and nothing was crispy like it normally is. But most disappointingly, it was bland and flavorless. The dumplings had a raw dough texture on the inside, and the steam buns were mealy. We come here because the food is elevated above other noodle places, but I can genuinely say we could have ordered from any random noodle/dumpling shop this evening and it would have been loads better. From pickup to consuming the food was probably 25 minutes old, so wasn’t a timing issue either.

Understated in almost every way, this nook of a restaurant serves up a very limited menu of Chinese standards, wine and beer. The downstairs serves Chinese street food inspired dishes while the upstairs is more formal. The space is tiny so be prepared to sit close to the table next to you and limited real estate on your table. The seasoning of the food is subdued, bordering on under seasoned. We ordered pan fried pork dumplings that were simply a delicately seasoned ground pork on a dumpling skin... So green onions, no additional ingredients. We visited in the winter so I am not sure if they are paying homage to the cold season devoid of fresh veg, but my shrimp fried rice had a few scant pieces of cabbage and no other veggies. The flavor was gentle and mild. My girlfriend had the stir fried duck noodles. This was the best dish we had. Again a surprisingly scant amount of veg in the mix, but a nice balanced flavor. Overall we enjoyed it and look forward to returning, perhaps try the soups, but we both left asking the question " is our palate just used to over spiced American style foods and this is normal amount of flavor?" I will be back to test through the changing menu to see

Browsing through the Yelp Best Chinese Restaurant List, found I have never dined at Fortune Wok to Table in Cherry Creek North. Asked around and heard their Shanghai style handmade dumplings and noodles were quite good, so went there and ordered their wonton soup, pan fried pork dumpling and vegetable fried rice. The texture of the wonton and dumplings were pretty good, everything was very tasty. As I was complaining about parking in Cherry Creek North, heard they just opened a second location called Fortune Nong Jia Le in Washington Park (500 E Alameda Ave Denver). For the sake of parking, will certainly go there next time.