Review of Wu's Open Kitchen

We wasted a lot of time driving to Tigard for the opportunity to finally eat Chinese food. We even took somebody with us because we thought we could eat there and embarrassingly we had to leave and take them with us. They have lots of gluten-free things marked on the menu, but when you ask about cross contamination, you’re told that they won’t change what they do in the kitchen.

We were shown the single wok that they supposedly use to cook all the food. The kitchen is separated by a clear glass window so you can see everything. The waitress repeatedly told us that they would not change anything that they do in the kitchen except that they would substitute gluten-free soy sauce.

The way that they clean the wok is that they add a ladle of water to it after cooking. The water is sloshed around the wok with the ladle and then the water is thrown out. The same cloth is used to wipe the edge of the wok afterwards, over and over again. That is the entirety of how they clean the wok.

I was pretty desperate to have the opportunity to eat Chinese food at this point - but the definite cross contamination from the towel was concerning me more than the quite possibly glutened wok was. So I asked if they would be willing to use a new cloth to wipe the wok. The waitress refused to even ask the kitchen and told us if we didn’t like it we could leave. Sadly, we left.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not at all

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Most/All