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Finally, Shanghainese in San Francisco
Royal Feast: Imperial City Family Banquet for Chinese New Year's Eve
This year's Chinese New Year's Eve take-out banquet to close out the old year from Millbrae's Royal Feast Restaurant could be ordered a la carte or in total. For the three of us, I ordered just a f...
Yong Kang Street in Pentagon City Food Court
Inside the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, in the same food court that hosts McDonalds, Popeyes, and Panera is this newcomer to the world of 'street food meets shopping mall' convenience. Yong...
Zen Noodle Bar | San Mateo
A few months ago, I stopped for lunch at Zen Noodle Bar in San Mateo. It offers a limited menu of Shanghainese specialties. Remember Sunny Shanghai in San Bruno, a board favorite for XLB that close...
" YU_GARDEN " (Midland & McNicoll, Scarborough) - Shanghainese food transformation from forgettable mediocrity to memorable excellence!
Although Shanghainese food is categorized as a major Chinese cooking style. Here in the GTA, popularity of this cuisine amongst the Chinese population is less than stellar....the majority of Mainla...
'O'Mei' - Going overboard on a Dim Sum lunch as if just been released from spending 1000 days in prison! :D!!
Nowadays, when it comes to consistently good and varied Dim Sum selection, coupled with efficient, friendly services. To me, O'Mei, Richmond Hill is a no-brainer. Arriving for a really late lunc...
Seattle’s Dough Zone Dumpling House in San Mateo & Cupertino
Dough Zone Dumpling House based in Seattle is expanding to the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Mateo location soft-opened today, May 1, and the Cupertino branch is expected to launch a couple month...
San Francisco Chinatown Eats directory
Chinese restaurants have been hit particularly hard by Coronavirus fall out starting with the early reports of the disease in January and many closing down with March's shelter-in-place orders. Vol...
Din Tai Fung Santa Clara
We wanted to venture to the Peninsula today and since we've not actually eaten at a Chinese restaurant in exactly 18 months (last such meal, for CNY was at Da Dong in Beijing!!), we really wanted a...
"SHANGHAI FROZEN DIM SUM," 2549 Warden Avenue - Tasty and commendable Northern Chinese Style Dim Sum
For the past 7 Covid-months, 'Fu Kee Dim Sum & Bao' on Milliken, Scarborough has been my go-to place for both Southern & Northern Chinese style Dim Sum. Sadly, in recent days, I found quality and v...
Arden Fast Food
Years ago, before they closed, I loved getting the Shanghai noodles from Arden in First Markham Place. No matter how many recipes I've tried, I just can't replicate their dish. It's the flavour...
China King in Chinatown set to close by the end of this end
Just heard from the owner that the restaurant will be closing soon. Anyone wants the Beijing Duck and Shanghaiese Noodle (my long time favorite) should give them a call.
RIP Cecilia Chiang
This morning brought the sad news that Cecilia Chiang left us today. She celebrated her 100th birthday last month. Her pioneering restaurant, The Mandarin, elevated the status of Chinese cuisine in...
Delicious, authentic tasting, frozen packaged Spicy Dan-Dan Noodles at T&T
Picture of this frozen packaged 'Spicy Shanghainese Dan Dan Noodle' from T&T was so appealing and authentic looking, I decided to give it a try. Cooking instruction must be the ' most precise ' I ...
Eng’s Zongzi 應媽媽粽子 in Mountain View
Dragon Boat Festival season is less than a month away. In the time of Coronavirus, the rowing events will probably all be cancelled. But we can still honor tradition and gorge on Zongzi/Joong. htt...
Shanghainese style Crab meat and Roe Ragu
International Collaboration! Spend the whole day making this ' Shanghainese Style Crab Meat and Roe Ragu ' using three different types of crabs.....BC Dungeness Crab, Australian Brown Queen Crab a...
Journey to the Dumpling | Xlnt XLB in Elk Grove
Highlight of my recent trip to the Capitol was a dinner stop at Journey to the Dumpling in Elk Grove on my way home. It had been open for four weeks.
Excellent Chinese spot in Flushing or NYC Chinatown
For Monday-before-Christmas lunch next week, we are looking for a lunch spot in Flushing or NYC Chinatown that serves excellent Chinese food. If it is an upscale venue, even better – but it doesn't...
Chinese?
Whats the best traditional Chinese in Portland, Cantonese or Shanghai
Dumpling Specialist | Parkside - San Francisco
In June I had a chance to check out Dumpling Specialist for lunch. Only 4 small tables and 10 chairs, it had been open for a month. The internet raves about the sheng jian bao (SJB), but they a...
Jiangnan Cuisine | Outer Richmond - San Francisco
Recently "Cynsa" and I met for lunch at the newly opened Jiangnan Cuisine. She had already been there before, and I hope she'll tell us about her first tastes there. In order of service, we tried:
