Fong Kee Claypot - Union City, California

jiggbury

There's not many clay pot rice places around the area, but this is a pretty solid one. One of my favorite ones was The Chinese sausage one! It's got a good amount of meat and they did a good job not making the rice stick onto the pot too much which can be easily done if over cooked. There is also congee as well as yu choy for order as well if you're not interested in the main dishes. They also starred out with some pickled vegetables which was a nice touch. I recommend where you're eating a clay pot that You share with two people for the regular size as you might have leftovers if you're eating by yourself, Just ordering the bigger size will just add extra leftovers or if you have four or six people. The ambiance is also pretty nice too with a very large painting on one of the walls and decorative ceiling tiles! The furniture and tables don't look to have too much wear and they look pretty recent too. Waiters were mostly focused on cleaning up after a table, but they did refill water when stopped for and asked. Overall, it's just a solid place to get this type of dish with not too much fuss when ordering!

Ron L.

We stopped in for dinner. There were 2 parties in front of us. I think they could have cleaned tables faster and seated people instead of having people wait so long. But we ordered 3 rice clay pots. Popcorn chicken, soy marinated pork dish, and a veggie dish. Food came out in reasonable time, so that was a plus. Popcorn chicken in my opinion was kinda bland. We ordered chicken mushroom, beef and pork patty with salted fish rice clay pots. The beef and chicken were tender and not dry. My parents said they controlled the cooking of the rice very well, it was crispy and not burnt. I think they should provide the jalapeno soy sauce instead of plain soy sauce. Overall they are not overly seasoned, rice is kinda bland but the meat was seasoned. The pea sprouts with garlic was good. Authentic clay pot but I wish it had little more flavor, but I guess better than to salty.

Kuei-Da L.

We waited for a few minutes to get in. When you see a restaurant selling Hong Kong/Cantonese food with all the customers speaking Cantonese, you know you’re in the right place!

The clay pot rice was really delicious and came with a decent portion. The soup was pretty good, too. The service was much better than the average of Asian restaurants. Definitely recommend it and will come back again!

Mike S.

Review written on: 23rd May 2024
Visited the location on: 16th May 2024

This is my first time visiting. My daughter recommended this place to me. I am guessing they recently renovated the place and it looks very nice. A bit different from what you see in Google pictures.

The service was good. The biggest problem is that the waitress could not speak English. After 5 min of back and forth with sign language, and writing on the phone, finally, one person came from the inside. I am guessing she was the owner. She too was not able to speak English properly but was better than the first. Anyways, eventually we placed order for 2 dishes. Whew, it took 10 min. At one point, we wanted to just walk out without ordering. Nice people though.

The food was good. I would not say great, but it was GOOD. We ordered 1 Yellow eel and 1 Goose Grain. Both were Signature dishes according to the menu. You can see the photos attached. The one with Yellow stuff on top is Yellow eel. We added the special sauce they provided along with the dish, which added flavor. Since the food was served in a clay pot, it kept the food hot/warm until we finished it.

Overall, we liked the experience and food, other than the trouble in ordering food.

Stephen L.

This is a solid 4 star restaurant. Clay pot rice is freshly made to order, really tasty. The place can get busy and it may take a while to get a table during dinner time. Once you sit down, the service is reasonably quick and quite friendly. Excellent comfort food especially for cold winter days.

Alex N.

The restaurant offers an alright amount of food for the price point. They offer some great traditional dishes, and unique rice dishes in their signature clay pots. I personally liked their signature goose grains dish the best. Contrary to the name, it's filled with cubed goose meat, not the grains used to feed them, lol

Qien Q. L.

Really delicious! We went on a Saturday at 11am, right when they opened and was able to get a table of 6 easily. Food was served quite quickly. All tables were filled when we left around 12.30pm.

All of us agreed that the Chinese Sausage with Mushroom & Chicken Claypot Rice was our favorite among what we ordered.

Junyan L.

Their clay pot rice is very good. The bottom of the clay pot has a layer of thin crust, very crisp (you can request they cook longer to get a thicker crust). Rice is by its own, dry, tasty and bouncy. Very authentic.
However, their other dishes are just soso, such the duck and marinated pork and pork stomach.
Recommend you come to try the rice clay pot