Although Dragon’s owners are from Canton, the food is overwhelmingly Chinese-American, which means it isn’t any more genuinely Chinese than Italian-American food is genuinely Italian; both are cuisines of adaptation. But nonauthentic isn’t a synonym for bad. Both of these immigrant-invented genres can be very tasty when prepared well, as Dragon’s dishes are. Especially good […]
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Buffets can be questionable. After all, who knows how long the kung pao chicken’s been exposed to the unwashed masses coughing, spitting and smearing their way through self-service? But luckily, Dynasty Buffet achieves its aim of hot, fresh and thoroughly edible Asian eats, with none of the ick factor. You can stuff yourself at this […]
No, we’re not talking glam dining here. But there is something for everyone and plenty of it. That’s why you’ll often find a line of patrons waiting for a table during peak hours. Waiting for chilled snow-crab legs, shrimp, and mussels. Eel, salmon, and California sushi rolls. Barbecued ribs, sweet-and-sour chicken, egg rolls, dumplings, stir-fried […]
The pigs are sweet inside this opulent Chinese spot adorned with pictures of gilded dragons and glistening lacquer paintings of intricate zodiac symbols. These are no normal pigs. A bite into one reveals not flesh, but fluffy steamed dough wrapped around a warm, slightly sweet egg custard. It’s an ideal dessert after assaulting your body’s […]
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Unless you fancy eating at a two-seater Formica counter facing a wall six inches away from your mouth, this tiny place is strictly take-out. But some of this humble hideaway’s dishes are amazingly ambitious, even authentic. Double-yellow gourmet chow mein, for instance, is not the usual Chinese-American overcooked, overthickened glop topped with factory-produced dry noodles […]
Alan Yau’s London Hakkasan has earned a Michelin star, but many of the dishes at the Miami outpost are similar to those found at any other Chinese joint – just much better. Among the many standouts on the extensive menu are traditional roast Peking duck breast bursting with five-spice flavor; jasmine tea-smoked pork ribs whose […]
When you’re broke as a joke but can’t stomach any more PB&J or ramen noodles. At times like these, thank God for Chinese takeout. North Miami’s Hong Kong House will stuff that rumbling tummy for less than $10 with favorites like krab rangoon, pork fried rice and chicken lo mein. It’s satisfaction for both your […]
When it comes to serving up fast Chinese food, House of Chang doesn’t hold back. Not even hurricane warnings stop this joint from cranking out take out orders. For foodies who like nontraditional dishes, House of Chang serves up Moo Shi, which consists of shredded cabbage, woodear mushrooms golden needles, bamboo shoots, scallions and eggs […]
Jamaica Kitchen has been simmering down south in the Sunset West Shopping Center for over 25 years. The owners seem to know most of the customers, a steady stream that stroll in, place their orders at the main counter, and exit bearing plastic grocery bags that can barely contain the foods’ aromatics – all to […]
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Chef Maurice Chang’s Chinese father and Jamaican mother taught him to make magic when he was growing up in Manchester Parish, near Jamaica’s southern coast. One of Chang’s signatures is an egg roll that’s unlike any you find folded in wax paper. It starts with a thin yellow egg batter on a griddle, and as […]
Not all of us are lucky enough to have a good Chinese take-out restaurant near home. This is probably why West Kendall residents thank the goddess Fortuna that Jin-Jin is in their hood. The place isn’t gourmet or trendy. It simply offers the best Chinese take-out in South Miami-Dade. In fact, there is no means […]
Painted on the window of this nondescript highway-side restaurant is its specialty: “Chinese B-B-Q.” And sure enough, hanging inside the door are bright red-dyed whole roast ducks (beaks and all) and the rest of the rotisserie items one would expect to find in any major U.S. city’s Chinatown. But the real news is: There are […]
Located in the same West Miami-Dade shopping plaza as long-standing Asian grocery Lucky Oriental Mart, Kon Chau has been disproving the slander that you can’t get decent dim sum in Miami since 2011. Rolling carts steam forth from the kitchen stocked with all the usual small-plate suspects – lotus leaf-wrapped sweet sticky rice, sauce-slick chicken […]
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Sometimes, when you’re too wiped to whip up a quinoa salad or broccoli bake – all that’ll do instead is a good mess of chicken lo mein ($6.15) and crab rangoon ($5.55), served up in old-school white takeout containers with a fortune cookie on the side. When one of those cravings strikes, Lotus House is […]
Faves at these popular eateries are golden mountains of honey garlic chicken and huge steaks — yes, steaks. In addition to Cantonese, there’s Szechuan and Mandarin cuisine. Sauces tend toward thick, gravylike textures; this is not a place for people with tiny feet and similarly bound appetites. Canton also houses Toyoma, a sushi bar.
Lung Gong looks like any other strip-mall Chinese restaurant, but the sweeping breadth and awesome authenticity of the menu sets it apart from the masses. A yellow menu offers Cantonese standards, but the one whose pages are sky blue is a compilation of foods you won’t find elsewhere. Main courses are just as intriguing, none […]