Kings of the Road

I went to lunch with some of my coworkers to Golden King Restaurant, a nondescript Chinese restaurant in a strip mall in Sterling, Virginia and a short drive from my office in Reston. This was my second time there—my coworker Queenie introduced me to it a couple of months ago, and I’ve been begging her to take me back ever since (it’s quite far from home, so a weekend trip with Larry is not likely, plus I don’t know if I could find the place without Queenie.)

It’s a buffet, but before you groan and roll your eyes, hear me out. It’s got the typical “American” Chinese food like kung pao chicken and crab rangoons. But the real stuff is at the dim sum station, where you can get steamed shrimp dumplings, Chinese BBQ spareribs, pork buns, phoenix feet, tripe, shrimp-stuffed rice crepes, and a gazillion other delicious morsels like fried whole butterfly fish and crispy roasted duck. They also have a Mongolian BBQ station, but I didn’t try that because I can never seem to get the flavors right. And they have so many awesome Chinese pastries for dessert, it’s just too hard to choose. Last time I took about 7 desserts and sampled all of them! Do I have any control? Obviously not!! Except that I only took 3 desserts today.

And all this for the cheap price of $10 including tip and tax. You’ve got to try it if you’re ever in Sterling.

Golden King Restaurant
21800 Towncenter plz
Sterling, VA 20164
(703) 406-4800