Ping’s Place

You can find Ping’s Place at 2300 Pleasant Hill Rd, Duluth, GA 30 096 in the Great Wall Supermarket about a block west of Satellite Blvd where it crosses Pleasant Hill Rd. I’ve written my last two reviews about two other business in this same food court — you’ll find it on the left along the entire wall of food businesses.
As mentioned previously, I met with a group of friends for a lunch UYE at the Great Wall Supermarket hosted by Tuong Vi P (
) — basically about a dozen of us sampled various treats from one of about 5 – 6 restaurants in the food court. This food court specializes in authentic Chinese cuisine so you’ll see variations of dumplings, saucy dishes, pork belly and Chinese BBQ. The Saturday was extremely busy with a full market and full food court — it took some time to gather together the many tables we needed and people kept coming to join our group.
Ping’s Place specializes in Taiwanese food and much like the other places in this exceptional food court, is a counter-​order business as you would expect from a food court — sort of «fast casual» before that term meant anything. I did not order the food from Ping’s Place, focusing on Best BBQ towards the end. I did manage to sample a few dishes from their menu (photos of items all along the back wall — actually all of these restaurants used this method to communicate):
Beef Noodle Soup with hand-​cut noodles (served on the weekends): This soup had a good beef broth — the noodles were a bit doughy, reminded me of the pull-​drop dumpling soup my mom used to make. The beef was thick sliced and very good. I thought the broth could use a bit more kick — maybe there was a subtlety to it that I was missing?
Overall I thought the experience good but not great. The beef soup was very good but could have used a secondary layer of flavor (I have a feeling it was very authentic and true to Taiwanese cooking though, so take my opinion with a grain of salt).
(also posted to my food blog)

Picked up food a couple of times… tried the pork chop rice, beef noodle soup, green onion pancake, pogo chicken… everything I’ve had was pretty good. I really like the bentos — you pick the protein and it comes with a couple of sides (usually a spicy tofu and a vegetable and a tea egg). Portions are generous and everything is reasonably priced. It can be a bit slow though, especially on the weekends.
Overall, I really love the food here and highly recommend it. It is located in the food court of Great Wall supermarket but the quality of food at Ping’s is better than a number of the «restaurants» I’ve been to here.

My sister was really craving some traditional Taiwanese beef noodle soup. There was really only one option in the Great Wall food court for that: Ping’s Place.
Ping’s Place reminds me of Bento on Jimmy Carter. They’ve got all the little Taiwanese snacks and bento staples.
Even though it’s cash only, they don’t charge you for sales tax… So you win some, you lose some.
The beef noodle soup is standard. Beef was tender and the broth was richly beefy. The noodles were chewy. Not a fan of how the veggies weren’t sliced into shorter pieces — I don’t really want to choke.
Oh, and just a reminder to non-​Taiwanese patrons: Taiwanese food is on the blander spectrum of Asian cuisine. That being said, don’t expect a ragingly spicy Szechuan dish or a health seasoned Cantonese entrée.
I was tempted to try some of their fried chicken or other traditionally Taiwanese bento dishes, but I’m glad I didn’t. We ordered way too much food from all the other stalls already. Next time, I’m definitely bringing more cash.

I always come here once a week for their beef noodle soup and steamed spinach dumplings. Very delicious and a lot of food at a great price.

Ping’s place is cash only. It’s inside the Great Wall Supermarket. Ping’s place serves Taiwanese food. For a non-​Chinese speaker, it might be difficult to order if you can’t read Chinese. They do have pictures though, and rough English Translations.
This place is very Chinese. They speak Chinese to you. Their English is okay. You should come here if you know exactly what you’re getting.
Overall, their food is bland. Their congee tasted like bland, soggy oatmeal. I thought the beef roll that came with it would add some flavor. Nope, that thing was devoid of any flavor.
Their House Specialty Rice Platter comes with rice, some mapo tofu, some pork bits, and frozen vegetables. It was bland. Everything was bland. I was confused why it was so bland. At least the frozen vegetables had some sausages mixed in.
Their pogo chicken rice platter was okay. It actually had some sort of flavor. Again, it came with the same crap the House Specialty Rice Platter had. Everything else was flavorless.
I’m surprised this place has such high ratings. Maybe the noodle soups are good. So far, everything I’ve eaten here has been bland.

Ordered (2) won ton soups ($ 6.50) & (2) beef & tendon noodle soups ($ 7.50) to go. Very balanced taste & large portions. Will order other dishes next time. Pleasantly surprised. Lady took order was very pleasant and nice.

This place has bloomed, just like all the restaurants at Great Wall. Try the bento box with anything but the pork stew. Spinach and pork dumplings are home made, and amazing– they come steamed or pan fried.

Entire family loves going to this place, they have yet to ever say anything beyond «When do we go» and «I want». Last couple of times just go to get 6 – 7 extra for them because the food is that good and the price that cheap, far cheaper than heating a Viking 5 burner stove!!! If it can even satisfy 14 Taiwanese, Japanese and Koreans family members in to COMPLETE silence, I know of no higher praise than that! Just wish they had another location in Cobb or Cherokee with the large number of Asian communities around here.

Ping’s Place is a popular Chinese restaurant located inside Duluth’s Great Wall Supermarket food court. Great Wall has arguably the best lineup of food court restaurants among the Atlanta area Asian supermarkets (e.g. Super H Mart, Assi). They are all Chinese food though. You can get quick, filling, and tasty meals for under $ 10 per person. If eating with others, order multiple dishes and have a feast. It’s a great deal because you get to try a bunch of different foods and possibly have leftovers to take home.
Ping’s and everything else inside Great Wall are geared towards the Chinese community. Fortunately, the menu has English translations for just about every dish and a colorful picture menu for a subset of items. There are about 20 different varieties of noodle soups, most of which are about only $ 6 – 7 per bowl. Examples of ingredients you might find in these noodle soups include beef, beef tendon, pork chop, mustard cabbage, pork feet, shrimp, and other seafood. You can customize the noodles too (e.g. egg noodles, vermicelli noodles, thin white rice noodles, etc.).
Other menu items include dumplings (e.g. leek dumplings), buns (e.g. steamed pork buns), bento boxes (great for lunch, individuals), breakfast-​type foods and snack/​appetizer items such as Chinese crullers, scallion pancakes, salt and pepper chicken, sweet rice rolls, and congee (rice porridge). Beverages include soy milk, Taiwanese milk teas (including bubble tea), rice milk, and plum juice — all homemade. The bubble teas are about $ 3 each. If you want bubble tea, you’re probably better off going to Chatime the next stall over.
One of the popular dishes at Ping’s is the pork chop rice platter. It consists of a plate of rice topped with a nice portion of crispy, boneless pork chop. It’s accompanied with a boiled brown egg, bean sprouts, bok choy, chopped mustard cabbage, and Chinese fungus. The pork chop is already sliced for you and its crispy batter and savory flavor are reminiscent of Japanese tonkatsu (pork cutlet). I like the sour mustard cabbage and the soft, slippery fungus.
A variant of the pork chop rice platter is the «house specialty rice platter,» which is located right next to the pork chop rice platter on the picture menu. This platter comes in a bowl. It’s similar to the pork chop rice platter except instead of pork chop as the meat, it’s ground pork and gravy. The egg, bok choy, and mustard cabbage are accompanied with pickled cucumbers, bits of cloud ear fungus, and tomato and scrambled egg. The ground pork and gravy are almost like a stew or thick sauce. These platters are filling, contain a variety of ingredients, and are affordable. If I had to recommend one, it would be the pork chop platter since I think most people would prefer the crispy pork chop instead of the ground pork and gravy.
I’m a big fan of the Chinese crullers (~$ 2 each). If you like breads and doughnuts, I highly recommend ordering one or more of these. They’re kind of like the Chinese equivalent of doughnuts. They are long, puffy pieces of fried dough. Quite oily. They’re magnificent with sweetened condensed milk.
An ideal shareable item to order is one of the pancakes. I like the simple scallion pancake (~$ 2 – 3). The pancakes are cooked to order. They are thin and take up an entire plate, surface-​area-​wise. They too are oily, but delectable.
The salt and pepper chicken (~$ 5) is very tasty. This is a popular Taiwanese snack and one that you can find at bubble tea and bakery places like Quickly and Sweet Hut. These are fried, crispy chicken nuggets. Pings’ version is not as spicy nor as crispy as its competitors, but they are still good. Addictive.
The wonton soup isn’t bad. You have the option of having noodles in your wonton soup. Note if you get noodles in your wonton soup, you get less wontons, so there is a trade-​off. I suggest getting wontons only. You get about 12 pieces per bowl. They are standard-​sized wonton dumplings filled with a pork and shrimp mixture. The broth is clear and mild and comes with chopped cilantro, scallion, and a piece or two of bok choy. You may want to add chili sauce or another condiment to spice up the soup.
Condiments, disposable silverware, to-​go containers, napkins, water, and tea are available at the front counter. You have to request most items. Complimentary cups of water are poured by staff behind the counter. It’s not self-​serve like Super H Mart.
Service is good. Most items are ready fairly quickly. Some items take longer to cook/​prepare than others, such as the scallion pancake. If dining in, the foods are served in plastic plates and bowls on a tray. If dining out, they’ll be packaged in Styrofoam to-​go containers, bagged and ready for you to take home.

What I miss most about my once-​hated, now-​beloved Atlanta (OTP!) is the abundance of all the great Asian food. Living away from it all now, my options for Asian food have decreased by more than 90%, and good Taiwanese breakfast down by 99.9%. There’s none where I am now except this one place that serves breakfast on the weekends, and even then, it’s just incomparable! (aka, be thankful, Atlantanites!)
This place is fantastic because even though it’s breakfast, it’s basically a really awesome cheap brunch spot for the weekends (also good for those night cravings too). I get basically the same «main dish» every time, with a different «side dish» depending on my mood. But basically it’s like this:
Required: Salted Soy Milk Broth (comes piping hot with loads of green scallions and chinese style croutons (??) and shredded dried pork)
Choose One: Scallion Pancake, Scallion Pancake with Egg, Tea Eggs
That’s usually my choice for breakfast. Not too adventurous, but mostly because anything else would be too much! I get this combination for less than 7 – 8 dollars! It’s consistent, it’s delicious, it’s affordable, and I love this place! They used to be Ocean Garden over in the Chinatown food court, and I really missed those days because they had the absolute best salt and pepper chicken. I don’t think they have them here at Ping’s place, but I never really looked for it to be honest!
If I had to choose for good breakfast, this place rules over Chef Liu’s over on Buford, but honestly, both are amazing. (this one slightly better ;P)

it can be overwhelming deciding where to eat in the food court of Great Wall Supermarket — esp. during peak lunch time, everyone around you is speaking Chinese and all the menu boards are mostly in Chinese too. So I judge by who has the longest lines or what looks good. Last time I went to Best BBQ and I was pretty happy — today I noticed a lot of people eating what looked like Beef Noodle Soup, incl. a mother with two small children — all of them eating this same soup. I asked her what it was — she said what sounded like «hen sliced soup.» It looked like beef not «hen» and I asked her again «is that beef noodle soup?». She said again «hen sliced soup». I figure (wrongly it turns out) she was telling me the Chinese name for Beef Noodle Soup so next I asked where she got it – she told me the Taiwanese place and pointed to the 2^nd food stall. She sold me when she said they get this all the time when they come here.
So I went to «Ping’s Place» and asked for the «hen sliced soup» in broken English so that it sounded like what I had heard earlier. The owner/​cashier knew what I was talking about :) But just to be sure, I asked for the most popular soup — she said «Original Beef Noodle Soup with hand-​sliced noodles.» i chuckled to myself :)
The beef noodle soup is $ 6.50 — and $ 1 more for hand-​sliced noodles on the weekends & holidays. The broth was very good — tasted like phở broth. Beef slices were thick and very tender. Soup also had bok choy and chopped onions. The «lost in translation» noodles were found at the bottom of the bowl … and clearly hand-​sliced. Roughly cut, uneven and thick. I didn’t care for them at all — I felt like I was eating cooked dough. Next time I’d try one of the other noodle options. Good soup for cold weather though. But reading the reviews afterwards, I should’ve listened to Michael L and gotten the Pogo Chicken instead.
CASH ONLY.

Ive been here twice so I think I can write a review now lol.
First time I went here it wasn’t as good (but i went on a random weekday night and it wasn’t busy at all lol, more like crickets). Im not gonna bother with reviewing the first time I went lol.
Second time I went here it tasted much better (weekend and its packed). The ingredients were fresher, the taste was better, food was hotter, etc. I guess deciding when to eat here makes a difference.
But both times I got #1 (beef noodles) and asked for it spicy. The noodles seem homemade and chewy, veggies are fresh, soup is okay, meat is tender and deep flavor. The price for the size is a bang for your buck for sure! My only problem, its freakin salty! I know most chinese food is salty for me but usually I get a big cup of water but here they only give you a small water cup –_​-​. next time I come I will buy or bring a big bottle of water lol.
Overall, I learned to come here on the weekend when it taste better, fresher, etc.
Only thing is its super salty for me so I need to bring or buy a big bottle of water next time I eat here. But that’s not a big deal, if it taste good, I’ll eat it, salty or not lol

The owners are super nice and will help you order whatever you want.
For my first visit, I ordered the beef noodle soup to go. The beef is tender which I was super pleased by. The noodles are really good as well and the broth was on par. I will probably get it slightly spicy next time but it was well worth the visit.
All that for $ 6.50 (cash only). On a weekend during the meal hours, it will be SUPER PACKED and probably difficult to find a seat, but outside of that, it’s well worth a visit.

The beef noodle soup was great as usual!
I got the scallion cake today. My mom was talking about her scallion cakes the other day and so I jave been craving it since. I was definitely let down on that dish. It was not crispy and did not have the layers as you bite in and tear it.
Also, I was let down by the wonton soup. The broth was just bland and the wontons were not anything special. It was not bad, but not where I would go for wonton soup.

Pogo chicken. End of story. Wait, no, the purple sweet rice roll rocks as well.
Wait, the Beef Tendon Noodle is also pretty solid. Wait…
or actually… don’t wait to go here. Go now. My cheap excuse for a review.

I have been to Ping’s place several times now, food here is very consistent for a food court restaurant. And prices are in cheaper side as well. So yesterday when we didn’t want to spend too much on brunch, we decided to go to Ping’s place again.
It’s the second stall on the left when you enter the GW and it’s usually the most crowded among other restaurants in food court. It was the case yesterday as well. We ordered the following,
1) Salt & Pepper chicken
2) Stinky tofu
3) Soy milk with salt
4) Chinese donut.
5) Cold noodles with shredded chicken and peanut sauce.
(Whole order costed us $ 22 before any tips)
Salt & pepper came in a bowl and it’s a big portion size and it was much saltier for my preference. You are probably thinking, «isn’t salt & pepper chicken supposed to be salty? it’s in the name». But no, it was way too saltier than the same dish at anywhere else (boba mocha, quicklys, sweethut).
As for stinky tofu, lets just say I’m still getting used to smell and taste of stinky tofu in general. Having that said, I have slowly graduated from wrinkling the nose at first smell to actually eating a piece of it without complaining. And my boyfriend loved it — he tells me that stinky tofu at Ping’s place is very tasty and good.
I have had sweet soymilk here before (and it’s tasty) but for the first time I tried the taiwanese style soymilk with salt. At first when my boyfriend suggested it, I was skeptical but I like it! It’s different and more like a soup than milk. It is served with chinese donut pieces on top. Also the chinese donut we ordered (Churro like fried stuff sans sugar) was tasty but nothing much to write about.
The best we have had that day at Ping’s was the cold noodles. It’s served with shredded chicken and peanut sauce on side. You basically pour the sauce on the noodles according to your preference (I poured the whole thing on noodles) and stir it up. It had thinly sliced cabbage, which was very crunch and adds to the texture. And scallions imparts flavor to the noodle with every bite. It’s a must try here.
And based on my previous visits here, their beef noodle soup is delicious and highly recommended.
I like Ping’s place. I wouldn’t recommend taking a trip across the town; but if you are in the neighborhood and want to eat good food at cheaper price then you would be delighted.
4 stars.

The signs were in Chinese but they had English translations, too. Patrons order food, get a number. The servers called out my number in English. Food came relatively quickly and I scooped it up and found a table. They have plastic ware at the front counter. Napkin dispensers were at the tables themselves.
For $ 6 and some change, cash only, no tax, I got a fresh and filling meal. I ordered the pork chop bento. The pork was lightly fried and not greasy. I didn’t expect to get something fried so I scavenged for the meat inside.
It came with rice and assorted vegetables. It was more than enough.
Although it was very busy, there are plenty of seats in the food court.
There are plenty of parking spots, too.

I have been hearing allot of buzz about this place and decided to give it a try. Let me warn you this place is inside Great wall supermarket (not a fan of this supermarket) food court. You might have a language barrier if you don’t speak Chinese and the menu can be confusing. The menu mostly in Chinese and small print in English and picture photos. The place seem to be dated or rundown .If you are new to Taiwanese food you might have some problems. Like my friends (Americans like me!!) who decided not wait for me.
When I arrived I ordered for them. I don’t speak Chinese but just know what to order based by the past reviews and experience in the cuisine. Then It got simpler for the cashier. Also you to keep an eye out for your order since all orders are called out in Chinese. Seating is limited during lunch and weekend.
The Food. The beef noodle soup was good not great. Large bowl that had a generous amount of beef and the noodles. Salt and Pepper pork chop rice plate was ok, the pork chop was a little tough. The Salt and pepper chicken was great and my favorite Taiwanese street foods. Steamed Pork bun Awesome. Last was the Scallion pancake good!!.
Cons: Language barrier, Cash Only. Menu can be confusing, service so so
Pros: generous amount food at a cheap price,
Over all not a bad place for decent Taiwanese food will go back when I have time.

**CASH ONLY**
**Located inside Great Wall Supermarket**
After hearing great things about Ping’s Place and the authentic Taiwanese food there, my mom and I made a trip to Great Wall for lunch.
After staring at the minimal menu for a good 5 minutes, we decided on two bowls of beef noodle soup. In retrospect, we should have ordered 1 bowl, because those things are massive. The broth, meat, and noodles were all on point and it was a very satisfying bowl of nu rou mian (for you pin yin-​ers out there).
Staff is very friendly and are great conversationalists.
I’ll have to split a bowl next time and get some other goodies.

Maybe my expectations were too high? This is solid food court food at insanely reasonable prices, but not much more to me. Be aware this spot is cash only, but the total for all three of our dishes was just over $ 15, so you’ll probably have enough cash on hand.
The beef noodle soup was my favorite thing, and a giant bowl is easily enough for two people to share. It’s chock full of hand cut noodles, super tender beef, and some veggies in a uniquely fragrant broth.
The pork chop plate and the salt and the salt and pepper chicken nuggets were merely «okay.» Not bad by any means, but not something that I would likely order again, unless I was looking for cheap eats inside the super market. The portion sizes are insanely large — the pork chop platter is a giant serving of rice with sauce, veggies, a tea egg, and a giant pounded thin pork chop that is breaded and fried. However, the flavors all tasted the same and a little overpowering to me. Maybe their oil was «off» that day?
All in all, a perfectly fine meal and certainly better foodcourt eats than your typical supermarket, but not a destination in my book.