Chinese food: Where is it?
All right, Chinese food fans. Riddle me this: Where were these pictures taken?
Pork ribs with golden powder (sorry the picture is blurry)
Tofu and boiled fish in hot oil
Fish and cilantro rolls
Dry-fried eggplant
Any guesses?
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nita fontsere staros
August 2nd, 2010
1:43 pm
Tasty China, Marietta?!…
kk
August 2nd, 2010
1:45 pm
Tasty China?
Kenbud
August 2nd, 2010
1:47 pm
That was my guess.
…………
John Kessler
August 2nd, 2010
1:59 pm
You’d think, wouldn’t you? But, no….
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jimmy
August 2nd, 2010
2:36 pm
little szechuan?
Thomas SENOR
August 2nd, 2010
3:14 pm
it’s not from Papis that’s for sure. EAT AT PAPI’S!
Jim Brams
August 2nd, 2010
3:15 pm
Hong Kong Harbor?
new to alpharetta
August 2nd, 2010
3:18 pm
Where is the best chinese food in alpharetta? I am near Windward Pkwy.
NeilW
August 2nd, 2010
3:19 pm
Publix in Marietta Sandy Plains/Shallowford Rd
RK
August 2nd, 2010
3:19 pm
Someone that stole Tasty China’s menu?
Jim
August 2nd, 2010
3:21 pm
I don’t know, but it all looks gross.
Matt
August 2nd, 2010
3:29 pm
China Mall Food Court in Chamblee?
TK
August 2nd, 2010
3:35 pm
Bo Bo Garden.
amber
August 2nd, 2010
3:36 pm
delicious kabob? rolls look way too greasy, btw.
Brian
August 2nd, 2010
3:37 pm
Your Kitchen?
shaggy
August 2nd, 2010
3:39 pm
The Flying Biscuit?
alex
August 2nd, 2010
3:39 pm
Hong Kong Harbor or whatever that place is called near Alfredo’s
Over our dead bodies
August 2nd, 2010
3:44 pm
Don’t know. Have yet to find a decent Chinese place in Atlanta. I’ve lived here for 17 years.
Country Dawg
August 2nd, 2010
4:02 pm
Jade Palace?
Kar
August 2nd, 2010
4:06 pm
Man, I used to love the Panda Inn.
Always Hungry
August 2nd, 2010
4:06 pm
For New to Alpharetta: You need to enter the city of Altanta. You live out where Jesus lost his shoes.
robert
August 2nd, 2010
4:07 pm
Canton Cooks
Sophie's Choice
August 2nd, 2010
4:09 pm
I think it’s Bo Bo Garden, too…the last dry-fried eggplant I had there looked like that. I’d sure love a crack at that tofu & fish in hot oil– looks absolutely delish!
IS
August 2nd, 2010
4:13 pm
The best Chinese food up near Windward Parkway is Xian Xian! Absolutely wonderful food. Chin Chin is good, too, but not as food as Chin Chin.
CKM
August 2nd, 2010
4:19 pm
Sorry, I have to agree with Jim. EWWW
jonnymack
August 2nd, 2010
4:29 pm
Somewhere I want to eat.
FCM
August 2nd, 2010
4:30 pm
@ New to Alpharetta…Sake House on Old Milton.
Chris F
August 2nd, 2010
4:32 pm
Tasty china?
bbb
August 2nd, 2010
4:35 pm
@Always Hungry- Jesus didn’t live ITP- I believe He was crucified there. But seriously one will have to get to Buford Hwy or Chamblee for some authentic cuisine chinois.
John Kessler
August 2nd, 2010
4:37 pm
Love the responses. It is an exact replica of Tasty China’s menu. I mean exact…
ted
August 2nd, 2010
4:44 pm
I was going to guess Canton Cooks, but maybe not.
Vaguely related- anyone know if Tasty China or its above-pictured clone makes Kung Pao Lotus Root? It’s something I had in NC a couple months ago and have been craving since.
Kristie
August 2nd, 2010
4:51 pm
The food court at H Mart in Gwinnett?
RK
August 2nd, 2010
4:52 pm
Either we have another Peter Chang sighting or John has a new cookbook.
BTW, Tasty China had dry-fried black mushroom last month — absolutely fantastic. I have to order it off-menu now.
chris
August 2nd, 2010
5:00 pm
I was going to say Canton Cooks, but I think they have a red pattern on their plates, not blue.
Marcos
August 2nd, 2010
5:07 pm
Pung Mie?
Meta
August 2nd, 2010
5:16 pm
Bill’s Chinese Food, in Acworth???
Hal
August 2nd, 2010
5:51 pm
House of Chan in Marietta
hojo
August 2nd, 2010
5:53 pm
Singapore?
mamita
August 2nd, 2010
6:03 pm
Golden Buddah?
JesusFreak
August 2nd, 2010
6:14 pm
Canton House? Not too sure if this could have come from their a la carte as we only do dim sum there. Looks yummy, please reveal and review those morsels of deliciousness!
GEB
August 2nd, 2010
6:14 pm
Canton Cooks. The very best!
MIss Michelle
August 2nd, 2010
6:14 pm
Also been searching for good Chinese food (like in Philly and NYC) Tasty China is in Marietta and Peachtree Industrial – which one is the best?
RK
August 2nd, 2010
6:35 pm
http://www.eatitatlanta.com/2010/08/02/tasty-china/
What a scoop! A new restaurant??? Where’s Olive’s used to be??? Please let this happen. I can walk to it.
Isaboo
August 2nd, 2010
6:36 pm
Ummmmm no – The plates are too clean to be Hong Kong Harbor OR jade Palace!!! I’m going with Tasty China …… MMMMM – Sounds GREAT for dinner….. Save a table for me
Sophie's Choice
August 2nd, 2010
9:32 pm
All right, JK, where is it? TELL US WHERE IT IS ALREADY!!!
Sophie's Choice
August 2nd, 2010
9:33 pm
I meant to say, “Pretty please?????”
Expat NY
August 2nd, 2010
9:44 pm
Royal China, in Chamblee?
Frank
August 2nd, 2010
10:13 pm
Man Chun Hong???
A
August 2nd, 2010
10:50 pm
There is no good Chinese food in Alpharetta. I’ve been looking for 5 years. Chin Chin is a glorified takeout place, Xian is the same, Satay House (which also serves Malaysian/Thai) is not terrible, but really there’s nothing else. I believe you do have to enter the Perimeter to find decent Chinese.
pika
August 3rd, 2010
8:39 am
Nam Chun Hong!
pika
August 3rd, 2010
8:39 am
I mean, Man Chun Hong!
Jere
August 3rd, 2010
9:35 am
@ new to Alpharetta and A — the BEST Chinese Food in Alpharetta is Lin’s at Highway 9 and Windward Pkwy
A
August 3rd, 2010
10:01 am
Thanks, Jere. I’ve heard good things about Lin’s, but from the outside it doesn’t look like much. You can’t see inside, and I’m always suspicious of restaurants with dark windows where you can’t see if it’s full of people or deserted. Maybe worth trying takeout sometime.
Jennifer Brett
August 3rd, 2010
10:20 am
Olive Garden?
Robert
August 3rd, 2010
10:59 am
So what was the point of this exercise? So far, it has wasted everyone’s time.
LP
August 3rd, 2010
11:40 am
There wasn’t supposed to be a point, was it? This is prolly someplace in Chicago or somesuch. If there was a TC copycat in Atlanta we’d know about it by now.
Swami
August 3rd, 2010
11:43 am
I know of a job for a food critic, starting pay $150,000 and all travel and expenses paid. Guess where?
nita fontsere staros
August 3rd, 2010
12:19 pm
olive garden, lol…anticipation is kill’n us!
) i say mr. chang’s new place…i forget the location tho…
joe
August 3rd, 2010
12:48 pm
Fortune Cookie
John Kessler
August 3rd, 2010
3:07 pm
Oops…did not get back to this quickly enough! The answer is here:
http://blogs.ajc.com/food-and-more/2010/08/03/tasty-china-twin-revealed/
Foodgeek
August 3rd, 2010
3:38 pm
$150K for a food critic? I’m guessing the “where” is somewhere in Bizarro World.
Frank
August 4th, 2010
2:46 pm
I’d do the job for $120K
Edward
August 6th, 2010
1:15 pm
People who complain that there is no good Chinese food in Atlanta obviously have never been to Cafe 101, or BBQ Corner II or Chef Liu’s….