Our absolute favorite Chinese restaurant! The place has been there for over 80 years and is owned by three families that have all been working together for generations. We have been going there since we found it when we were dating over 20 years ago. We have watched one generation grow grey and another bloom into wonderful adults.\r
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It is the place we go when we need comfort food or to celebrate a semi ""special occasion"". It is home style family Chinese cooking. They make everything from scratch and not a single thing is bought frozen and then heated and served.\r
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Our favorites are: \r
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POT STICKERS! You have to try the pot stickers. They are fat and juicy and solid with a combo of herbs and ground meat. They make them fresh every morning!\r
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COMBO FRIED RICE Eat it as a meal or use it to put your food over rather than plain white rice.\r
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PINEAPPLE CHICKEN (like sweet & sour but with no green pepper or onions). Large chuncks of white meat chicken in a thick, crunchy breading covered in a tangy orange/brown colored sauce (most Chinese places seem to serve a red sauce).\r
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KUNG PAO CHICKEN Hot but not too hot lots of veggies and great thick rich sauce! If you don't like peanuts get something else.\r
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SIZZLING WOR BAR (not sure how it is spelled) mild white sauce over lots of veggies and great pieces of white meat chicken. Served on a scalding hot plate, so don't touch, let them set it down. We don't eat the chunks of crunchy rice on the bottom but some people do.\r
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MOO SHOO CHICKEN best at the restaurant because too complicated to do the whole wrappy thing at home properly. Love the plum sauce that is a tangy salty sweet that is a nice flavor with the cabbage and meat mix. A real Chinese burrito.\r
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SHRIMP WITH LOBSTER SAUCE Yummy brown sauce over large juicy shrimp. Best with the combo fried rice rather than the white rice that comes with it.\r
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If you aren't big eaters and don't want to have to take food home get 1 appetizer and split a dish because their servings are generous and we usually have food for a couple of days afterwards.\r
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Pricing is fair for the City. They don't deliver because they could never keep up. As it is, the first table when you walk in is usually stacked with the carry out orders! \r
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Kitschy atmosphere, fading oil painting murals painted directly on the walls and hasn't been remodeled in at least 40 years (maybe longer!) Parking is sometimes hard to find especially on weekends (welcome to the city~)\r
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Definitely a place to try if you like Asian. They really do a nice job.
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