REcommendation for restaurants in China town and price range.
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Well.... I can't give you the specific since I am like you I am more than 500 mile away. But anyway we were there a few weeks ago, we had dim sum. It was great. We are heading there this weekend.
It depends what you like, canadian chinese food or real chinese food? Just go in the restaurent and see who is eating there. If mostly Whites, then go back out and move on. If you see mostly asians, I think you should be safe. Have fun.
It depends what you like, canadian chinese food or real chinese food? Just go in the restaurent and see who is eating there. If mostly Whites, then go back out and move on. If you see mostly asians, I think you should be safe. Have fun.
New York,
Dim sum at Le Maison Kam Fung, on St Urbain, or Ruby Rouge on Clark, is good. I have found most of the other restaurants in Chinatown to be average. Price range is very reasonable compared to what I normally pay for Chinese in the USA.
Dim sum at Le Maison Kam Fung, on St Urbain, or Ruby Rouge on Clark, is good. I have found most of the other restaurants in Chinatown to be average. Price range is very reasonable compared to what I normally pay for Chinese in the USA.
Dim sum at Le Maison Kam Fung, on St Urbain is my preferred place to head... the prices there are very reasonable, the food is excellent. It is also the only place that I have found my favorite sweet rice in lotus leaf. I don't go anywhere else anymore.
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Anik
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Anik
New York City
RxRD,
If you are in New York City the place to eat is Ping's, on Mott Street. They have terrific dim sum there. That's located in Chinatown and a very short walk from the courthouses on Foley Square.
The best dim sum I ever had in my life was in San Francisco, at Ton Kiang in the Richmond section.
RxRD,
If you are in New York City the place to eat is Ping's, on Mott Street. They have terrific dim sum there. That's located in Chinatown and a very short walk from the courthouses on Foley Square.
The best dim sum I ever had in my life was in San Francisco, at Ton Kiang in the Richmond section.
EB, I don't go to Canal Chinatown anymore, just too damn hard to find parking space. I go to Flushing now, alot easier to park and the restaurant is a bit more spacious.
BTW, I think all the good Chinese restaurants are in Canada. The best are in Toronto and Vancourver. Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong.
BTW, I think all the good Chinese restaurants are in Canada. The best are in Toronto and Vancourver. Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong.
Suggestion.
How bout this,.................take your favorite SP or MP out for a Chinese meal (or any other type of meal) and let them be the food critics!
How bout this,.................take your favorite SP or MP out for a Chinese meal (or any other type of meal) and let them be the food critics!
Deer Garden
Deer Garden
on St-Laurent St. near René-Lévesque Blvd.
(on the same block of Cleo)
Very inexpensive, and very good.
Probably the best "General Tao" chicken I tasted in Montreal (for around 8$ only)
But the best thing about this place is that you can bring your bottle of wine (with no corkage fee). And since the law change few years ago, you can also bring your beer.
There is a beer store just in front of the restaurant, so you can grab easily your favorite Molson, Budweiser, Corona, Heineken, etc.. to enjoy with your meal.
Hard to find a better deal. I go there almost ounce a week.
(and Cleo is at less than 100 meters from the place )
Deer Garden
on St-Laurent St. near René-Lévesque Blvd.
(on the same block of Cleo)
Very inexpensive, and very good.
Probably the best "General Tao" chicken I tasted in Montreal (for around 8$ only)
But the best thing about this place is that you can bring your bottle of wine (with no corkage fee). And since the law change few years ago, you can also bring your beer.
There is a beer store just in front of the restaurant, so you can grab easily your favorite Molson, Budweiser, Corona, Heineken, etc.. to enjoy with your meal.
Hard to find a better deal. I go there almost ounce a week.
(and Cleo is at less than 100 meters from the place
)For sure...
Deco and furniture very primitive
But food is great.... one of the best in Chinatown... IMLO
Spiky
Deco and furniture very primitive
But food is great.... one of the best in Chinatown... IMLO
Spiky
chateaulafite said:
Deer Garden
I recently ate at the Deer Garden, when some other plans I had with with some friends went awry and I was left hungry and scrambling to find a place for dinner. Food here is very inexpensive, and IMHO you get what you pay for. Nothing special. In fact none of the traditional non-dim sum restaurants I have eaten at in Chinatown are anything special.
As I was leaving, a loud argument was developing between one of the customers and one of the waiters over whether the dish the customer ordered had been served with "Chinese mushrooms" as stated on the menu. Frankly I do not even know what "Chinese mushrooms" is supposed to mean. I am aware of a shiitake mushroom, which is usually something I associate with Japanese cuisine.
Perhaps one of our Asian friends, or Chef, could shed some light on this controversy. I wanted to stick around and see how this argument turned out, to see who won it etc., but I had paid my bill and had to go and meet Doc Holliday at the Hyatt.
I recently ate at the Deer Garden, when some other plans I had with with some friends went awry and I was left hungry and scrambling to find a place for dinner. Food here is very inexpensive, and IMHO you get what you pay for. Nothing special. In fact none of the traditional non-dim sum restaurants I have eaten at in Chinatown are anything special.
As I was leaving, a loud argument was developing between one of the customers and one of the waiters over whether the dish the customer ordered had been served with "Chinese mushrooms" as stated on the menu. Frankly I do not even know what "Chinese mushrooms" is supposed to mean. I am aware of a shiitake mushroom, which is usually something I associate with Japanese cuisine.
Perhaps one of our Asian friends, or Chef, could shed some light on this controversy. I wanted to stick around and see how this argument turned out, to see who won it etc., but I had paid my bill and had to go and meet Doc Holliday at the Hyatt.
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Asian mushroom info.
I'm not asian, just happen to know about mushrooms (member of a mycological club). Most chinese places serve Shiitake mushrooms, also known as Black mushrooms, Oyster mushrooms, and Wood Ear mushrooms. Depending on the dish, Shiitake and/or Black shrooms are used for stir-fry and rice dishes. Oyster shrooms have a slight seafood flavor and are suitable for soups & chowders, and Wood Ear shrooms have a chewy texture and hold up well when thinly sliced and prepared with strong flavors like tangy garlic or spicy ginger sauce.
I'm not asian, just happen to know about mushrooms (member of a mycological club). Most chinese places serve Shiitake mushrooms, also known as Black mushrooms, Oyster mushrooms, and Wood Ear mushrooms. Depending on the dish, Shiitake and/or Black shrooms are used for stir-fry and rice dishes. Oyster shrooms have a slight seafood flavor and are suitable for soups & chowders, and Wood Ear shrooms have a chewy texture and hold up well when thinly sliced and prepared with strong flavors like tangy garlic or spicy ginger sauce.
man in the middle,
Thanks for the info. You basically confirmed what I had already surmised, which is that there is no such thing as "Chinese mushrooms". Rather, there are several different varieties of mushrooms used in Chinese cooking. Therefore, the argument I overheard at Deer Garden over "Chinese mushrooms" was, in fact, an argument over something that doesn't even exist.
The owner of this establishment might want to consider using the name of the particular mushroom that is used in each dish to avoid these types of complaints from customers and arguments with his staff in the future. The customer may have considered any of the 4 different mushrooms you mentioned as being "Chinese mushrooms", and became disappointed when he received one of the other varieties. Being specific on the menu as to the particular type of mushroom that was used in the dish, rather than using a generic label ("Chinese mushroom") probably would have prevented any misunderstanding with the customer.
Thanks for the info. You basically confirmed what I had already surmised, which is that there is no such thing as "Chinese mushrooms". Rather, there are several different varieties of mushrooms used in Chinese cooking. Therefore, the argument I overheard at Deer Garden over "Chinese mushrooms" was, in fact, an argument over something that doesn't even exist.
The owner of this establishment might want to consider using the name of the particular mushroom that is used in each dish to avoid these types of complaints from customers and arguments with his staff in the future. The customer may have considered any of the 4 different mushrooms you mentioned as being "Chinese mushrooms", and became disappointed when he received one of the other varieties. Being specific on the menu as to the particular type of mushroom that was used in the dish, rather than using a generic label ("Chinese mushroom") probably would have prevented any misunderstanding with the customer.
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man in the middle said:
I would never have thought that Chinese mushrooms were Shitake as I'm used to Shitake having flat caps whereas Chinese mushrooms have a deeper cap - something like thin-crust pizza vs deep dish. I went to my reference books and sure enough, man in the middle is right. The pictures show some Shitake with deeper caps, different from the ones I buy in the store.
Gentlemen,
I have eaten everywhere in china town. There is one clear cut winner.
It is called KEUNG KEE on the second floor on rue gauchetiere between st laurent and st urbain. It is usually open until about 1:45. Best hot and sour soup in the world (proven by all the visitors I bring there). Everything is amazing, and you cannot compare this culinary delight to plebeian spots like VIP and Deer Garden.
Trust me on this one.
I have eaten everywhere in china town. There is one clear cut winner.
It is called KEUNG KEE on the second floor on rue gauchetiere between st laurent and st urbain. It is usually open until about 1:45. Best hot and sour soup in the world (proven by all the visitors I bring there). Everything is amazing, and you cannot compare this culinary delight to plebeian spots like VIP and Deer Garden.
Trust me on this one.
EagerBeaver said:
maybe the customer was referring to "straw mushrooms" which are used in stir fried noodles...
here a link to it's picture, it maybe called something else but i've known it to be straw mushrooms.
http://www.veganpeace.com/nutrient_.../food_pictures/mushrooms/mushroompictures.htm
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