Hong Kong Express
801 Islington
Portsmouth, NH 03801
(603) 433-1616
20.0
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Stop By Our Restaurant For Excellent Chinese Food!

Chinese Food Restaurant in Portsmouth, NH

Hong Kong Express of Portsmouth, NH serves Szechwan or Cantonese cuisine.  We make delicious Chinese food for the Portsmouth, NH area.  We also offer Chinese take out or eat in. Give us a call to find out about our specials. For a quality Chinese restaurant that serves daily for lunches and dinners, visit us today. We can also deliver as well. Our Chinese take out includes desserts as well as ice cream and sodas.  Our Chinese restaurant cooks to order with your requirements in mind.

Our menu appears online and in the Local Edge Restaurant Directory - Yellow Pages.

Chinese Food in Portsmouth, NH

 

Our delivery is avaliable Monday to Friday from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM and from 4:00 PM to 8:30 PM.  On Saturday and Sunday we deliver from 11:30 AM to 8:30 PM.  There is a $2.25 delivery charge for orders under $10.00. 

 

American Chinese cuisine refers to the style of food served by certain Chinese restaurants in the United States.  This type of cooking typically caters to Western tastes, and differs significantly from the cuisine of China.

Delicious Chinese Food

American Chinese food typically treats vegetables as garnish while cuisines of China emphasize vegetables.  This can be seen in the use of carrots and tomatoes.  Native Chinese cuisine makes frequent use of Asian leafy vegetables like bok choy and kai-lan and puts a greater emphasis on fresh meat and seafood.  As a result, American Chinese food is usually less pungent than authentic cuisine.

 

American Chinese food tends to be cooked very quickly with a great deal of oil and salt.  Many dishes are quickly and easily prepared, and require inexpensive ingredients.  Stir-frying, pan-frying, and deep-frying tend to be the most common cooking techniques which are all easily done using a wok.  The food also has a reputation for high levels of MSG to enhance the flavor. The symptoms of a so-called Chinese restaurant syndrome or "Chinese food syndrome" have been attributed to glutamate sensitivity, but carefully controlled scientific studies have not demonstrated such negative effects of glutamate.  Market forces and customer demand have encouraged many restaurants to offer "MSG Free" or "No MSG" menus. 

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Products & Services

Chinese Food, Take Out, Eat In, Chinese Lunch Specials, Dinner Specials, Desserts, Soda, Side Dishes, Szechwan or Cantonese Cuisine, Chinese take out, call ahead, Chinese cuisine, Chinese restaurant.

Reviews

(20103214)
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Jan 21, 2013
By: Coach
Hong Kong Express
801 Islington
Portsmouth , NH 03801

I am what you could call a connoisseur of Chinese food. I grew up and my guardian worked at a Chinese food restaurant as a waiter. I either cook or order in Chinese food once a week...i just love it. I would hope that people wouldn't look at this review and turn away...I would rather hope that the owners look at this review and see this as a legit gripe and solve their issues. Beginning with the level of service offered allowing customers to purchase substitutions (at a cost) as they wish. Be more friendly. Also, work on making things fresh. If these things are corrected I'd imagine that they'd grow their business. Now that being said, Hong Kong Express is the worst experience I've subjected myself to. To be fair I made several orders to make sure it wasn't just an "off day". I've lived in Portsmouth pretty much my whole life...I head that they used to be better on Service and food quality. My experience was a far cry from that.

Pros: What I did like about the place. Hard to say. I like that their foyer is clean. I like that the food gets to you warm. It really is hard to say what I did like. Unfortunately the shadow of poor service and poor food quality overshadows any positives that I could try and think of.

Cons: I called on a Sunday. I had to work and it's in town so I gave it a shot seeing as how "my" Chinese Food place closed expectantly. My Chinese Food place will allow you to pretty much do anything so long as you're willing to pay. I asked if I could substitute and item on their dinner platters for a fee. I was not just told no...in a way I was scolded like a child. Shame on me for thinking the guy wanted my money. The fella on the phone even asked the cook (who is the owner) and I got a prompt and discourteous no. I explained that I would pay for it..and they didn't care. (about their service) When I got the food I did order the Kung Pao was dried...hardly any fluid to the entree. The rice was mush like it had been in a steamer all day on HIGH. Very disappointing.

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Hours of Operation:
Monday:
11:30AM
-
09:00PM
Tuesday:
11:30AM
-
09:00PM
Wednesday:
11:30AM
-
09:00PM
Thursday:
11:30AM
-
09:00PM
Friday:
11:30AM
-
09:00PM
Saturday:
11:30AM
-
09:00PM
Sunday:
11:30AM
-
09:00PM
Areas Served:
  • Acton
  • Barnstead
  • Barrington
  • Bald Head
  • Bayside
  • Berwick
  • Blaisdell Corners
  • Brentwood
  • Center Barnstead
  • Center Strafford
  • Concordville
  • Camp Hedding
  • Cape Neddick
  • Clark Hill
  • Coburn
  • Concordville
  • Crams Corner
  • Cummings
  • Durham
  • Davis
  • Dover
  • Drakes Island
  • East Barrington
  • East Rochester
  • East Eliot
  • East Kensington
  • East Kingston
  • East Lebanon
  • Eastman Point
  • Eliot
  • Emerys Bridge
  • Epping
  • Estes Hill
  • Exeter
  • Fairhill Manor
  • Farmington
  • Five Corners
  • Fogg Corner
  • Foyes Corner
  • Fremont
  • Gonic
  • Great Boars Head
  • Greenland
  • Hampton
  • Hampton Falls
  • Hayes Corner
  • Highpine
  • Jewett
  • Kensington
  • Kingston
  • Kittery
  • Kittery Point
  • Lamprey Corners
  • Langs Corner
  • Laskey Corner
  • Lebanon
  • Lee
  • Little Bay
  • Little Boars Head
  • Littlefield
  • Madbury
  • Millsfield
  • Marshall Corner
  • Melrose Corner
  • Miller Corner
  • Milton
  • Milton Mills
  • Moody
  • Moody Beach
  • New Castle
  • Nh Seacoast - Rye Hamptons
  • New Durham
  • Newfields
  • Newington
  • Newmarket
  • North Berwick
  • North Epping
  • North Hampton
  • North Lebanon
  • North Nottingham
  • Nottingham
  • Nottingham Square
  • Ogunquit
  • Onway Lake
  • Pine Hill
  • Piscataqua
  • Portsmouth
  • Prescott Corner
  • Rye Beach
  • Rye Harbor
  • Rochester
  • Rollinsford
  • Rosemary
  • Rye
  • Rye North Beach
  • Strafford
  • Sawyers
  • Saywards Corner
  • Seabury
  • Somersworth
  • South Acton
  • South Berwick
  • South Eliot
  • South Lebanon
  • South Lee
  • South Side
  • Stratham
  • Tappan Corners
  • The Willows
  • Town House
  • Wells Beach
  • West Kittery
  • West Rye
  • Wadley Falls
  • Wallis Sands
  • Wells
  • West Epping
  • West Kingston
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  • West Nottingham
  • Winniconic
  • Winnicut Mills
  • York
  • York Beach
  • York Harbor
  • York Village
  • York
  • York Harbor
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Established:

1998

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