Deep Ellum needed something like this. Monkey King Noodle Co. is an off-the-beaten-path Chinese street-food restaurant that brings big flavors on the cheap. The spicy beef noodle soup is exceptional and by far the best way to get to know the Monkey King’s handcrafted noodles. A subtle version of dan-dan noodles isn’t that spicy, but […]
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This restaurant specializes in the only Xi’an style noodles in Dallas. Off Legacy Drive in Plano, just west of 75, is a strip mall emblazoned with the yellow words “Food Court.” That terse but accurate description conceals a small operation filled with Chinese and Korean stalls, including a tofu specialist, a bubble tea shop and […]
Mr. Wok is absolutely the best thing that could have happened to a defunct Pizza Hut. Since 1989, the Kang family has been using the remodeled space in Plano to serve some of the Dallas area’s best Peking duck. You’ll notice the old relic in the rooflines, but walk through the front door and any […]
How many diners know that the giant, 11-foot-tall stone horses flanking the entrances of many P.F. Chang’s symbolize the original Forbidden City in China, which was built for China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huangdi? Or that the restaurant’s founder, Philip Chiang, is still this successful chain’s consultant, and author of its current menu? People probably […]
Diners in Dallas / Fort Worth don’t head to Pei Wei for authentic Asian cuisine, but rather for non-traditional takes on Chinese noodle dishes and lettuce wraps. Large portions are the order of the day at the chain, whose restaurants combine faux Asian fare (Sriracha Chicken Salad, Crab Rangoon, and any number of pan-fried-while-you-watch entrees, […]
You’d think Royal China, situated near Preston Hollow and catering to a mostly American clientele since 1974, would have been surpassed many times over by the new wave of Chinese restaurants in Plano, Richardson and other northern suburbs. But this Dallas institution is more than keeping up with the times. Chefs pull noodles and roll […]
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Typical fast-food Chinese isn’t what is served at this bantam white-tablecloth restaurant. No, this place, as its name spells out, offers diners Shanghai-style cuisine. Among the specialties are the preserved duck, jellyfish with radishes and yellowfish soup. And the staff will guide first-time customers in the proper way to eat Xiao Long Bao (soup dumplings). […]
This might just be the best Sichuan restaurant in the area, one that can dial up the numbing spice or showcase a more subtle side. After polishing off some superb spicy wontons, look for the dishes with Sichuan peppercorns, especially if they involve seafood, like the spicy fish. If you don’t want peppercorns setting your […]
Tasty Egg Roll, disguised as your standard suburban Chinese restaurant serving up cloying Chinese American favorites, is a Penang-street food heaven from Friday evenings through Sundays. While this location has been open for 22 years, the Penang-influenced menu only made an appearance in 2018, when Adeleine Ooi took over the restaurant. She decided to take […]
Part of the new guard of Sichuan restaurants in Plano, Tasty House offers specialties that are a little outside the norm, including “rice crust,” a sizzling hot rice cake doused in stir fried beef and wood ear mushroom sauce. If you’re not quite courageous enough to order the sizzling pig brains, excellent cumin chicken is […]
Tian Tian’s menu offers a thoughtful blend of Americanized favorites and traditional Chinese delicacies. The space is clean and modern, finished in warm tones. Tables are spread across the dining room, and while a bar sits in the back corner, there’s no posting up for a pre-meal drink, it’s more of a staging area. Diners […]
One couldn’t tell just by looking, but this Chinese restaurant doesn’t serve any animal products; it’s 99 percent vegan. The “meats” here–found both on the menu and the constantly changing buffet–are made with textured vegetable protein or are tofu look-alikes. There are also purely vegetable dishes–no fakers–including stir-fried spicy zucchini, veggie lo mein and crunchy […]
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Wok Star offers a range of authentic Chinese dishes and hand-pulled la mian noodles in the ambiance of Top 40 hits. The space has a bright red aesthetic with paintings of icons like David Bowie, Lady Gaga and more. Cocktails reference rock stars too; The sweet I’m Too Sexy is made with Deep Eddy lime […]
Wu Wei Din, a spot with Taiwanese roots, has some of the best noodles, wontons and soups in the area. Over the past few years they have expanded, adding a second location in Plano and one in Lewisville. Many of the regulars are devotees of pork chop fried rice – a decent bowl of fried […]
Well-traveled diners will immediately notice that the name of Xi’an Yummy Foods bears a resemblance to a certain well-loved chain from the New York City area. Certain dishes at the New York institution are, alas, both more flavorful and more photogenic. But Dallas was desperately lacking in cumin lamb noodles, and now we’re not, so […]
Yao Fuzi serves a well-tempered genus of Shanghainese, the distinctive sustenance of Shanghai. It’s suffused with slivers of Mandarin and even Japanese to help keep it aloft in the flow of the mainstream. And it is without a doubt one of the most rewarding Chinese dining experiences in North Texas. You can savor fried calamari […]
Yin’s Wok is one delivery place that has never let us down. Lunch specials come with the choice of fried or steamed rice, a spring roll, soup and, of course, a fortune cookie. Veggie lovers will be delighted with vegetable delight; those not counting calories will salute General Tso’s chicken; and all the lo mein […]