Last Visit (A while now) moved

Ate the hotpot just after I ate the same thing in China... In China there was 3cm of chili oil. here about 3 mm.

朵颐食府 (Flushing, NY)

Last Visit (Jul/2004)

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以下是上海mm Carol提供的在纽约的上海餐馆review :)

第八街的” 绿杨村”

绿杨村是个上海老字号的饭店，在南京西路那一带。记得很小的时候去过，这些年来，名气早被” 上海人家,” 小南国” ，”新开元” ，”老板娘” 之类的新兴势力盖过。但老字号毕竟是老字号，听上去就让人觉得正宗。这个店的环境不错，但是比较西化, 也许是因为地段的关系。但总比chinatown里有些又小又挤又暗的好的。服务员象是讲广东话的点了烤夫是冷菜，满意的；清炒虾仁，蛮鲜嫩的，但是装盘比较怪，底下拼的是切片的橙子，12块钱一盘；还有椒盐排条，so so 啦；再有一个什么菜，忘了。

绿波廊

66 Bayard St
New York , NY 10003
Phone: (212) 625-2359

又是家老字号的名字。是在上海豫园里的。上次Clinton去上海，就是在这里吃的早点噢。
这家在Chinatown里，去的时候是周日的晚上吧。生意很好的样子，队排在外面老长。店面很小，而且桌子也不多。是有不少要和别人拼桌的。这家的服务员和大菜师傅倒都是讲上海话的。不过可能大菜师傅是偏江苏的，菜都很甜。(其实所谓上海菜嘛，没多少菜是上海菜啦，大多是从宁波、绍兴、杭州和苏南的一些地方来的。在上海，它们都是被叫做” 甬菜” ，”绍兴菜” ，”杭帮菜” 之类的) 。但这里的菜烧得还是蛮入味的。只记得点了烤夫和醉鳮了。烤夫有点甜，但是醉鳮很灵的。在上海也就差不多这水平了。这里还有锅贴和生煎。而且不贵。

得月楼

一家苏州名店的名字。也在chinatown. 就在绿波廊的对面。店面也很小。这里的菜单，看了就让人觉得亲切。让我想起了高中时在飞龙，丰裕吃生煎的情形。可惜这天点的大多是点心，没吃什么菜。有生煎还有双档汤，还有酱鸭什么的拼盘。我NYU同学说，这里都快成他们的食堂了。因为他们有四五块钱的中饭。后来我还从托人从这里买过粽子。看形状，是湖州粽子，瘦瘦长长的。味道嘛，总算是我熟悉的嘉兴肉粽的味道了。(唉，美东的上海肉粽，台湾肉粽，真让人失望呀。还有，美东买袋装五芳斋粽子的时候，要看看清楚。我上次就是买了一袋赤豆粽，真没劲。还买过蛋黄粽，是肉粽的咸糯米，和蛋黄，没肉的。不过我UFL的同学买到过肉粽，说味道蛮正宗的。顺便又想到，一样的名字，到了美国，有时会变样东西的。比如说，”chestnut cake” ，我还以为是凯司令那种栗子蛋糕呢，没想到就是有栗子味道的硬硬的糕；还有，新东阳的绿豆糕，也和国内的味道不一样，这里的很甜很干。)

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Pennsylvania Area:
 

兰州拉面

Last Visit (Apr/2006)

Simply the best "stretched" noodles in the US. just wonderful and pretty cheap

香港饼家

Last Visit (Dec/2005)

so so. Not really that good, might be just what I ordered.

太湖海鲜酒家

Last Visit (Apr/2006)

Decent food, good service, better traffic than NY, Easier to park.

醉仙楼

Last Visit (Jun/2004)

北海渔村

Last Visit (Nov/2002)

Decent food for decent price. Live shrimp is good although a bit small. Authentic tasting. I'm sure you can find better canton food in NY but this one is closer and cheaper to drive to. But the service make this restaurant to be avoided.

银泉 Jade Harbor
942 Race St.
Philadelphia PA 19107
215-928-0451

Last Visit (May/2006)

Yummy, I think the food quality is on the same level as 太湖 above, some dishes are slightly better and some are worse. The place seems a little run down though. The 蟹肉鱼肚羹 was a little too fishy... There was a dead shrimp in the 1.5lb shrimp we ordered. The fried tofu was amazing. sea snails were good. But the thing that made it really worth it was the chestnut frog legs. Wow!!

真川味 Avoid!!!

Last Visit (hoping to forget)

Just awful. Don't go. Horrible food. I can't believe they claimed that to be Szechwan Food. Don't waste your money. I warned you.

Update: It's been more than a year since we first visited the place, and I still loss my appetite when ever I think about that night...

Comments from Zheng, Shanghai/Philly: I totally agree with you about 真川味 in Philly. Bad service, bad food! That damn restaurant even put chicken A** in the dish!

天福阁

163 West Lincoln Highway (Rt. 30)
Whiteland Towne Center
Exton, PA 19341
Tel: (610) 363 - 1850 Fax: (610) 363 - 7560

Last Visit (Apr/2006)
update(remodeling to mid-may/06) Call first

It's the best Szechwan restaurant around here. It's a good attempt at authentic food, but still has short comings. It may be because they're far from New York but all the food lacks Szechwan pepper. So only hot, but not spicy. It's not even that hot. But it is the closes we've came to finding a 佳味level food. On a scale of 0 to 10, 0 being 真川味 and 10 being 佳味, it has a 8.5.  It has two separate menus, one for Chinese, and one for others. So if you want real food, get the one page menu. BTW as a comparison,  佳味 has like a 10 page menu of authentic Chinese food, while this place has 1 page of semi authentic food.

Comments from Zheng, Shanghai/Philly: Several comments about 天福阁 in Philly. I agree with you that it is a very good one. And it is OK when there are only a few guests in the restaurant. However, when it is crowded, the SiChuan boss will show his discrimination against Chinese. Americans will be serviced first, and their food will be cooked faster, even Chinese come half an hour earlier than Americans. It closes earily. 老板娘告诉我:"我9点以后就不接客了.& quot; (original sentence from her w/o any modificaiton!)

重慶川菜

915 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Google map
PHONE: (215) 627-3792 FAX: (215) 627-3793

Last Visit (May/2006)
update(remodeling to mid-may/06) Call first

Thanks to Zheng, who told me about this place, this is now my favorite Szechwan restaurant near Princeton. Since the chief and owner apparently are the same as 天福阁, it's not a surprise that the food is similar. The taste is close to authentic with a few exceptions. They have most of the theory down, just the execution is a bit off some times. But This along with it's sister store, are the only Szechwan places that actually had me tasting the food for a comment, I had to be resort to my old CA self to point out its follies. The place is great! and easy to get to.

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Korean

Korean Restaurant in the square

Google map

Last Visit (Mar/2007)

One of the best Korean restaurant that I have ever been to outside of Soul. The first time there they didn't even have any English speaking waiters... You just know it's gota be good. The same parking area also has a bakery and a few other korean places.

Jong Ja Jip Soft Tofu Restaurant

Google map

Last Visit (Sep/2007)

One of the best Korean Tofu restaurant outside of Soul. It's very authentic tasting. They do have some Chinese speaking waiters... The small dishes they serve at the beginning of the meal is a bit lacking in variety and their meats are not the best. However, these facts are forgotten by the amazing tofu.

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Washington DC  Area

峨嵋小馆

Last Visit (Dec/2003)

Best in DC area ~ Best in Montana

海珍搂

Last Visit (Mar/2004)

Small Small Small, See review above.

Baltimore Area

Phillips Seafood Restaurant

Last Visit (Dec/2003)

Well, we always thought Caltech deserve higher ranking, but we found out that a high ranking have no meaning here. They are ranked number 5 in the US. yet feel like Joe's crab shack with better dressed people.

Phillips Seafood Buffet

Last Visit (Jul/2003)

不错！头一次知道螃蟹也能喂饱人！又香又甜的蟹肉，至今想起来还口水吧嗒。就是种类少，除了螃蟹没什么了
The food weren't that good, but quantity is high. Still prefer Bellagio Buffet, but I guess this isn't Vegas.