Richardson | May 2022

DINING FEATURE Lucky Bamboo Fine Chinese Kitchen Co-owner knows customers’ favorites by heart A lice Ong said she has always worked in restaurants. She started out delivering food

BY SUMMER ELSHAHAWY

Hanging on one of the restaurant’s walls are four canvases with a Chi- nese proverb that Ong said she lives by: “Heaven rewards the diligent.” “When you work hard, God will give it to you,” she said. “I work for that and hang in there.” Ong said the attitude, the people and the cleanliness set Lucky Bam- boo apart from other restaurants. “I love my customers and run the business with my conscience,” she said. As a rst-generation immigrant, Ong said becoming a restaurant owner has been tough, but she enjoys the work and the people. Ong comes in an hour before the

from her father’s shop in Malaysia. When her family moved to New York in 1989, she got a restaurant job and worked her way up from busser to cashier to manager. But she said her dream was always to own her own restaurant. So when she moved to Texas in November 2019, she joined with some friends to open Lucky Bamboo as one of the owners. “Some friends told me to open in Richardson,” she said. “It’s a big city and a big state. I like the people in Texas, and they are very patient.” Lucky Bamboo

Alice Ong is one of Lucky Bamboo’s owners. (Photos by Summer El-Shahawy)

restaurant opens to prepare the sauces herself each day. She said she is grateful to have a wonderful chef who cooks the food based on Ong’s family recipes. Ong said her favorite is the shrimp because of their

Lucky Bamboo Fine Chinese Kitchen 430 N. Coit Road, Ste. 200, Richardson 972-685-5698 www.luckybambootx.com Hours: Tue.-Fri. 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Sat.-Sun. noon-9 p.m., Mon. closed 3 DISHES TO TRY 1 General Tso’s beef ($14.99) has fried beef coated in a hoisin-based sauce. 2 Chicken with mixed vegetables ($12.99) includes chicken, carrots, baby corn, peas and mushrooms coated in creamy sauce. 3 Shrimp with pecans ($16.99) features a sweet, mayonnaise-based sauce that is topped with pecans.

oers a variety of traditional Chinese dishes, such as sesame chicken and kung po beef. It also oers some unique combinations, such as chicken and shrimp with mango sauce. The extensive menu features

“I LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE, AND I LIKE TO TALK,” SHE SAID. “I KNOW MY CUSTOMERS’ FAVORITE DISHES, AND THEY LOVE ME AND HELP ME A LOT.” ALICE ONG, COOWNER

jumbo size. Ong said many of the people who come into Lucky Bamboo are regulars, and she is on a rst-name basis with them. “I like to see people, and I like to talk,” she said. “I know my custom- ers’ favorite dishes, and they love me and help me a lot.”

chicken, beef, pork, seafood and vegetar- ian options. Ong said she chose the location on Coit Road to be near students at The University of Texas at Dallas, but when the pandemic hit, campus shut down. It was dicult, but she did not let it stop her, she said.

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