Chinese food in NYC?

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• 1 Michaels_Mommy // Jul 15, 2008

  What's your question about chinese food??

  There are so many chinese rest. in NYC, the majority being takeout joints. Please don't go there since its not the real thing!

  If you want real chinese food go to chinatown or venture out to FLushing, Queens.

  Joe Shanghais is great! They have a location in both Chinatown and Flushing..just dont go to the on in midtown..not so good! Try the crabmeat buns…they are to die for.

  If you can try dimsum. It's when they push little carts to your table and you can pick what you want. Each dish is small (tapas sized) so you get to try a little bit of everything.

• 2 gormenghast10014 // Jul 15, 2008

  I agree with the above poster - go to Flushing - take the #7 train to the last stop, Main Street and you have more than a hundred restaurants to choose from. Or, if you're in Brooklyn, go to Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park, take the N train to Eighth Avenue. There is a large selection of excellent Chinese restaurants along Eighth Avenue. (If you walk a few blocks to Fifth Avenue, you are in the heart of a large Mexican and Central American community with a lots of interesting shopping and restaurants)
  I love the cooking of Fujian Provence - the dishes have a lot of cauliflower, sweet red peppers and delicious sauces. My favorite dish is Li Chi Pork, and, the only restaurant there whose name I recall at the moment is Happy House Seafood on Eighth Avenue and 50th Street. Eighth Avenue has at least five good Fujian restaurants.
  My favorite restaurant in Manhattan's Chinatown is Fuleen Seafood on Division Street - lunch is a great bargain - huge serving of fresh shrimp for $6. I also like 27 Sunrise a few doors down on Division Street- the fried calamari with hot peppers is great. I don't care for any of the upscale, expensive Chinese restaurants in Manhattan like Mr Chow's or Shun Lee Dynasty - I find these restaurants are missing something - I love Chinese food - not fusion cooking.

• 3 Dave // Jul 15, 2008

  Chinatown

  Wo-Hop
  Basement
  Mott Street

  Big Wongs
  Mott Street

  Upper West Side
  Silk Road Palace
  Amsterdam Ave bet. 81-82 Streets
  ***unlimited free wine with your meal***

• 4 Alexander D // Jul 15, 2008

  I'm with the guy who said Wo-hop on Mott Street. Right across the street from there there's also the Peking Duck House - You have to try their crispy shredded beef. Was a favorite of mine as a kid. It tastes almost like candy.

• 5 lochmessy // Jul 15, 2008

  Well as you haven't really asked a question I guess you want to know where to go to get good Chinese food. That would be of course Chinatown. There are so many restaurants that it's hard to give you a good recommendation. I know the place I always went to changed it's name. It's off of Confusious Plaza. There's a little sort of mall, with an escalator going up, you go to the second floor and there is this huge restaurant. The food is excellent, even though it is under new management.
  Also on East Broadway there are a few restaurants that are off the beaten track that have fantastiic food. I would say just look into a restaurant and if it's full you know it's good.

• 6 ..Jenn.. // Jul 15, 2008

  off madison the green sdomething its by like 8th street its on left side….chinese is out of this world…yum yum

• 7 gbcopy // Jul 15, 2008

  Ollie's. There are four locations (all on Broadway) 44th Street, 72nd Street, 83rd Street, and 116th Street. We eat there all the time.

  Their food is good, not expensive, but they get you in and out of there fast! If you want a more leisurely meal, try Pig Heaven on the East Side (if it still exists). Wonderful!

  Someone else said the Peking Duck House in Chinatown. Went there about a month ago - it was great too.

• 8 seema kg // Jul 15, 2008

  U got the answers on the good food part , now here R some of the fancy Chinese- Also great Food
  Mr. Chow's
  ChinChin
  Philippe(new and best)
  Shun Lee Palace
  Hunan Palace
  66
  Chinatown Brasserie
  Good Luck!

• 9 Lady Leggs // Jul 15, 2008

  In Chinatown I would agree with the Wo-Hop and also the Golden Unicorn, very clean and great dim sum.

• 10 ifearall // Jul 15, 2008

  Big Wong's in Chinatown
  Service and decor would rate about 3 out of 10
  But food is a 10 of 10
  not for elaborate meals
  best for quick bite or lunch
  prices are rock bottom