Heng Seng Takeaways is a Chinese takeaway at 128a Main Hwy in Ellerslie, Auckland, doing double duty as a proper fish-and-chip shop. The Chinese menu runs from fried rice, chow mein and chop suey through egg fu yong, sweet & sour, black bean and oyster sauce dishes and curry or satay plates to Hong Kong-style soft noodles, Malaysian gorengs, Thai garlic dishes and specials like honey chicken and lemon fish.
The chippie half of the counter covers battered and crumbed tarakihi and snapper, home-made spring rolls and curry rolls, crispy wontons, squid rings, mussels, oysters, scallops and a full fritter range — potato, pineapple, banana, corn, mussel and paua — along with burgers, toasted sandwiches, milkshakes and drinks. Family Specials scale from 2-3 people up to 6-8, with medium and large party trays for bigger gatherings.
Orders are pickup only, placed online with secure payment by Visa, Mastercard or PayPal. Hours run from 11:30am Tuesday to Friday, 4pm on Mondays, midday Saturdays and 4pm Sundays, closing at 9pm most nights and 8:30pm on Sundays.
Situated on the Main Highway in Ellerslie, Auckland, Heng Seng Takeaways runs the full length of the New Zealand takeaway counter: Chinese classics on one side, fish and chips on the other. It is the sort of neighbourhood shop where a single kitchen turns out sweet & sour pork and battered tarakihi in the same shift, and where the top-seller board tells the story of both traditions at once — wontons, chips and potato fritters sharing the honours with sweet & sour pork. The shop carries a 4.3 rating on its ordering site, and the menu reads like a love letter to takeaway food in general rather than one cuisine.
The Chinese side of the menu is genuinely deep. Fried rice comes in eleven versions, from plain egg and vegetable through chicken, pork, steak and BBQ pork to prawn, combination, seafood and a chef special. Sweet & sour dishes cover pork, fish, wonton and chicken, and egg fu yong — the fluffy, omelette-style takeaway staple — climbs the same protein ladder. There are chow meins with noodles and chop sueys without, Hong Kong-style soft noodles and Singapore noodles, mains in black bean or oyster sauce, and curry or satay plates served over white rice.
Further along, the kitchen stretches its legs: nasi goreng and bami goreng under the Malaysian heading, garlic and Thai-style chicken, steak, prawn and vegetable plates with rice, and a specials list that runs from honey chicken and lemon fish to cashew-nut stir-fries and ginger-and-spring-onion favourites. Soups are proper takeaway soups — wonton, wonton and noodles, chicken and noodles, chicken and sweet corn, seafood — and noodle bowls bundle chicken, pork, steak, BBQ pork, combination, sweet & sour pork or honey chicken into a single-container dinner.
The chippie side is just as serious. The fryer handles battered and crumbed tarakihi and snapper, fish cakes, hotdogs, sausages, home-made spring rolls and curry rolls, crispy wontons, squid rings, mussels, crab sticks, battered oysters and scallops. The fritter line-up is a tour of Kiwi classics: potato, pineapple, banana, corn, mussel and paua. Chips come plain or garlic, kumara chips and seasoned wedges sit alongside, and for the adventurous there is salt & pepper squid and even fried Moro and Mars bars.
Burger fans get nineteen options, from a plain hamburger through cheese, egg, Hawaiian, vegetarian, chicken, bacon, steak and fish versions to a snapper burger and the house special. Toasted sandwiches cover the simple hours of the day — egg, cheese, ham, bacon, steak or chicken in various pairings — and milkshakes and thick shakes take care of dessert.
Heng Seng is plainly set up for tables bigger than two. Four Family Specials scale from a feed for two or three — egg fried rice, chicken chow mein and sweet & sour pork — up to banquets for six to eight that pair fried rice with chef special chow mein, beef and black bean sauce, cashew chicken, lemon fish and more. Medium and large party trays do the same job for gatherings, while a long list of fish & chips and burger combos handles mixed crowds: families where half want battered fish and the other half want burgers.
Everything is pickup. Orders go through the shop's own website with secure online payment via Visa, Mastercard or PayPal, and the menu carries gluten-free, vegetarian, sugar-free and dairy-free labels where they apply. Extras let you add chicken, pork, steak, BBQ pork, prawns, combination meat or cashew nuts to any dish, or a side of steamed rice.
Pickup hours run 11:30am to 9pm Tuesday through Friday, midday to 9pm on Saturday, and 4pm to 9pm on Monday. Sunday is the early night: 4pm to 8:30pm.
For Ellerslie locals, that range is the draw. You can put a proper Chinese dinner on the family table, pick up a paper parcel of fish, chips and fritters, or split the difference with wontons on the side — all from one counter on the Main Highway.