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Chinese Restaurant San Francisco

Shanghai Dumpling King: Sprawling Menu, Specific Selections [CLOSED]

No trip to San Francisco feels complete unless it involves Chinese food. That’s been the case since the mid ’90s, when my family would frequent places in Chinatown like House of Nanking. Now our...
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Chinese Restaurant Los Angeles

Shaanxi Gourmet: Counting Sheep (and Noodles) in Rosemead [CLOSED]

Consensus can be a powerful thing, and the idea of straying from it can be intimidating, especially when you’re ordering at a restaurant, and the menu’s in another language. After Shaanxi Gourmet opened in...
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Chinese Restaurant Los Angeles

East Gourmet Seafood Restaurant: Redefining Dim Sum Value [CLOSED]

For some people, 20 cents can mean the difference between value and a splurge. That seems to be the case in the San Gabriel Valley, where competition for dim sum business is fierce. East...
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Restaurant Los Angeles

House of Mandarin Noodle: Nomadic Restaurant Shifts in SGV [CLOSED]

Stability is and isn’t a strong suit at House of Mandarin Noodle. The restaurant from Janin Chung Wang and her family has been in business for over three decades, but in four different locations....
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Restaurant Sign New York City

Joe’s Shanghai: Trying to Relive Chinatown Nostalgia in NYC

Thankfully, culinary heartbreak doesn’t happen very often, but it’s something we did experience in New York’s Chinatown on May 7. Last year, we read in the NY Times that the grandson of the favorite...
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Dumplings San Francisco

Shanghai Dumpling King Spicy Wontons [CLOSED]

We’ll resist using the word “nondescript.” That’s a phrase with no imagination, and many keywords apply to the Shanghai Dumpling King space. The cash-only San Francisco restaurant in the Outer Richmond neighborhood has white...
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