Mama Cafe officially opened its doors on Wednesday, November 4, at 9900 Key West Avenue in Rockville/N. Potomac, taking over the longtime Mama Wok space next to 7-Eleven. The new restaurant, which operates under new ownership, offers a menu featuring Chinese and other Asian dishes, sushi, and a variety of house specialties. We stopped by on opening day for dinner, and a first-look video featuring the restaurant and everything we ordered is available below.
Mama Wok originally opened in Montgomery County in the early 1990s with a location on Hungerford Drive. The local Chinese/Taiwanese concept, which also served cuisine from other Asian countries over the years, operated at several locations in Rockville before its longtime Key West Avenue restaurant closed earlier this year.
The new restaurant retains much of the familiar setting while introducing an extensive menu that includes traditional Chinese dishes, dim sum, sushi, sashimi, specialty rolls, noodle dishes, fried rice, and more…