"For most of us, Chinese food has been a staple for so

“For most of us, Chinese food has been a staple for so long that all the uniqueness and thrill of discovery has been leached out of it. Chinese foodaE”by which I mostly mean Americanized Chinese foodaE”is like Italian or Mexican food now. It is one of the American mother cuisinesaE”the broad, strong, deep bases from which all our daily foods sprang. But still, unless you grew up in a Chinese immigrant family, there was a time when it was new for youaE”when going out for Chinese was something special. So think hard. Picture the place in your mind. If you can, recall what you first ate and why you chose it.”Read Jason Sheehan’s full review of Yea’s Wok.Photos by Joshua Huston.Published on March 17, 2011