Over the years, Mesa has become a mecca for Asian cuisine in a variety of forms — everything from hot pot spots to classic Chinese eateries. Asian Café Express falls in the latter category. Its decor is all strip-mall Chinese restaurant, while the kitchen turns out next-level Hong Kong-style cuisine. This no-frills, award-winning east Valley […]
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It’s all in the name at Asian Fusion Caf
Same food, different location from the old-school-cool space in a former IHOP on Central Avenue that evoked Roman Polanski’s Chinatown in decor and comestibles. Alas, the kitchen at the Central Avenue locale fell victim to a fire in late ’05, closing the place for the next year. The new spot looks more like a Swiss […]
One of the few Valley Chinese restaurants that could hold its own in New York’s or San Francisco’s Chinatown. C-Fu specializes in seafood so fresh, most of it is still swimming when you order it. Don’t miss the chrysanthemum-steamed fish, Marco Polo lobster or Dungeness crab. Non-seafood dishes are also expertly prepared, particularly the Mongolian […]
In what may be the only late-night spot serving flavorful Korean cuisine in the West Valley, this Glendale restaurant focuses on fresh-made and affordable traditional Korean cuisine (and a few Chinese-based dishes with a Korean twist) made with natural and housemade ingredients like kimchi, signature sauces, and homemade noodles. Skip the Korean barbecue dishes and […]
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Chengdu Delight Chinese Cuisine is another fine addition to the southeast Valley’s growing roster of restaurants specializing in regional Chinese cooking. The focus here is on Sichuan-style cooking, a cuisine known for its trademark use of palate-tingling peppercorns and garlic. You’ll find excellent renditions of staple Sichuan dishes like spicy hot pot, where slivers of […]
After light-rail construction got in the way downtown, China Chili moved into new, bigger, and, dare we say, better digs. Thankfully, the menu still has all of our favorites: tender braised eggplant with garlic and chili paste, Hong Kong-style “pillow tofu” with broccoli and oyster sauce, and peppery Yu Shiang pork, saut
This food is Chinatown-good. Or better, since China King’s no grungy hole-in-the-wall, but a sunny, clean, spacious restaurant that stands separate from its strip mall neighbors. There’s a traditional menu, but we go for the dim sum, available daily. The place is a madhouse on weekends (in a good way), when Asian families crowd around […]
Pleasant, upscale Chinese restaurant featuring Cantonese, Mandarin, Szechuan, and Hunan food and better-than-average menu. The moo shu and Bo-Bo platter are both outstanding.
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This Chinese-Mexican-Caribbean mashup was established in 1990 by husband-and-wife team Frank and Eve Collins and boasts a loyal cult following in the Valley. The kitchen yields a blend of Mexican and Asian cooking, creating multitudes of different mix-and-match food combinations, thanks to Eve’s Chinese background and the couple’s Arizona roots. Over the decades, the restaurant […]
Chop and Wok is a rock ‘n’ roll-themed American Chinese restaurant that has been serving north Scottsdale for more than 30 years. The dimly-lit restaurant and bar feels like an ’80s and ’90s throwback, and the menu feels similarly rooted in old-school American Chinese take-out. You’ll probably want to skip the Pu-Pu platter – not […]
In the “eight great traditions” of Chinese cuisine, the food of northeastern China doesn’t make the cut. Fortunately, the owners of Chou’s Kitchen know a good thing when they cook it, and adventurous Valley diners (yes, there can be a language barrier at Chou’s) won’t be disappointed when sampling the eatery’s less-familiar Chinese fare. Northeastern […]
Chou’s Kitchen, which serves the cuisine of northeastern China, has a diverse menu worth spending some time on. We love the stir-fried eggplant with minced pork and garlic sauce, the fish filet in hot chile oil, and above all, the xiaolongbao, steamed dumplings filled with soup and pork. But no Chou’s order would be complete […]
With its aged red velvet booths and stuffed quail on the mantel, Desert Jade looks like it might have been a semi-cool steak shack at one time. But as the name implies, Desert Jade is strictly Chinese, the sort of old-school Chinese joint that’s on every other corner in Brooklyn, usually next to some pizza […]
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All-day dim sum options are still few and far between around metro Phoenix, which is why Dim Sum Cafe is such a treat. This friendly strip-mall restaurant offers top-notch dim sum specialties like shumai pork dumplings, steamed barbecue pork buns, hand-rolled scallion pancakes, braised chicken feet, and juicy, made-to-order xiao long bao, or Shanghainese soup […]
This relatively new Chinese restaurant in Mesa offers two separate menus, both offering an array of hard-to-find Shanghainese dishes. Specialties of the house include sheng jian bao, a magical pan-fried dumpling that will, according to legend, “make you forget about every other dumpling.” It features a delicate, doughy skin that holds pork filling and a […]
All the old Chinese-restaurant favorites, gussied up for the north Scottsdale crowd. The quality, however, is high, and the prices are very reasonable. Nibble on “chips and salsa” (fried won ton skins and a dip made from minced chicken, tomatoes and scallions) before delving into main dishes. The desserts — rich cheesecake, chocolate-filled won tons […]
Although primarily Chinese, the menu here throws us for a delicious loop with influences from Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and Singapore, too. Everything is excellent, with light and clean sauces and more flavor than you imagined typical pork with eggplant could offer. Do not miss George’s seafood pocket or a soul-stirring tom yum soup.