I do wish our command of the Mandarin language was better. It would make ordering a lunch special at places like the newly-opened Chef Ma’s Chinese Gourmet so much easier.
The restaurant, located at 2336 Woodson Road in Overland, was originally a Taco Bell. In the last few years, Taqueria La Pasadita and El Comal Restaurant Oaxaqueño occupied the space. (El Comal relocated to 8724 St. Charles Rock Road in early January).
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Chef Ma (that’s it, he goes only by “Ma”) worked most recently at Mandarin House in Overland and prior to that, owned a restaurant in the San Jose area called Chef Ma.
Ma’s menu (in the banner, above) is brief and inexpensive, with menu entrees averaging in the $8.50 range.
If anyone out there speaks Mandarin and cares to interpret the daily lunch specials, lunch is on me.
Chef Ma’s Chinese Gourmet
2336 Woodson
Mon – Thurs: 11:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Fri – Sun: 11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
314-395-8797
