Looking for a good chinese restraurant in Denver
cmur...@awwa.org
Hi all,
Some years ago, my family and I used to go to a restraurant called the
Lotus Room near downtown Denver. It was in the VFW hall off of Bannock
(I think). It closed a few years back and I have yet to find a chinese
restaurant that offers anything close to the excellent food they had
there.
Does anybody have a recommendation for good traditional chinese food
in the Denver area? I tried the Imperial on south Broadway, but it
seemed non-traditional to me. It wasn't what I was looking for, anyway.
Hopefully someone out there who use to go to the Lotus Room has found
an alternative and will be kind enough to post it.
Thanks!
Colin
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Paul Ciszek
In article <6h3di3$4io$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, <cmur...@awwa.org> wrote:
>
>Does anybody have a recommendation for good traditional chinese food
>in the Denver area? I tried the Imperial on south Broadway, but it
>seemed non-traditional to me. It wasn't what I was looking for, anyway.
I don't know what you mean by "traditional". I like the Imperial, so my
advice may not be helpful. Mee Yee Lin, west of Federal on Alameda, has
a dim sum menu that I enjoy, and costs less than the dim sum across the
corner at the Ocean Empress. Mee Yee Lin seems to serve mostly oriental
clientel, so they might be "traditional" at that. The Golden Dragon in
Golden is also unpretentious and good last time I went there, which was
quite a while ago.
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cmur...@awwa.org
In article <89270106...@iris.nyx.net>,
pci...@blackhole.nyx.net (Paul Ciszek) wrote:
>
> In article <6h3di3$4io$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, <cmur...@awwa.org> wrote:
> >
> >Does anybody have a recommendation for good traditional chinese food
> >in the Denver area? I tried the Imperial on south Broadway, but it
> >seemed non-traditional to me. It wasn't what I was looking for, anyway.
>
> I don't know what you mean by "traditional". I like the Imperial, so my
> advice may not be helpful.
Paul,
I guess I should explain what I mean by traditional. Even though I liked
the Imperial, but a lot of the dishes seemed more exotic that your
typical chinese restaurant.
I would like to find a restaurant that makes the common dishes (egg fu
yung, fried rice, kung pao chicken, etc..), but does them well. Anyway,
I'd settle for some opinions on restaurants that people have gone to and
really liked.
Thanks for your recommendations!
arthur wouk
there are two chinese chinese restaurants in denver: pavilion in
tamarac square and the empress on alameda near federal. there are a
number of american chinese rstaurants, none of which could earn a
living in san francisco or new york. china palace is a sort of a mix.
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In article <6h5qpt$8h7$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, cmur...@awwa.org
(cmur...@awwa.org) says...
> I would like to find a restaurant that makes the common dishes (egg fu
> yung, fried rice, kung pao chicken, etc..), but does them well. Anyway,
> I'd settle for some opinions on restaurants that people have gone to and
> really liked.
One of my favorites is Little Yen King in southwest Denver. It's across
the street from the Southwest Plaza Mall. Very, *very* good food, and
the owner is unfailingly friendly and polite.
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Colin Rosenthal
On 16 Apr 1998 23:16:38 GMT,
>there are two chinese chinese restaurants in denver: pavilion in
>tamarac square and the empress on alameda near federal. there are a
>number of american chinese rstaurants, none of which could earn a
>living in san francisco or new york. china palace is a sort of a mix.
Am I the only person who gets really irritated by chinese-food snobs?
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Eric Herbert
Colin Rosenthal <rose...@asp.hao.ucar.edu> wrote:
: Am I the only person who gets really irritated by chinese-food snobs?
I get much more irritated by Chinese restaurants who cater to
timid, meek American palates by having the same menu that every
other pseudo-Chinese restaurant has. They try to serve Cantonese,
Schezuan, Mongolian, Dim-Sum , claiming to be experts in all of the
culinary regions. Why can't they specialize in one kind of food and
be true to the roots of the cuisine? Do a little research and find
out what AUTHENTIC foods are served there? Don't ask me what they would
be because I've yet to find a place like it. It has all been
Generic-ified. It's like our Mexican food. Go to interior Mexico
and try to find a beef enchilada combination plate.
I'd LOVE to go to a place that actually SERVES traditional Chinese food.
Happy Family? Gee- never seen that before. How inspired. Yawn.
You asked for traditional Chinese food. You should have asked for
American Chinese food.
Call me a snob- but I'm just interested in food and its authenticity.
Restaurteurs can't take chances because Americans run in herds and
don't like to try new things.
eth
Paul Ciszek
In article <6h8192$2k...@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>,
Eric Herbert <eb...@lamar.ColoState.EDU> wrote:
>
>I'd LOVE to go to a place that actually SERVES traditional Chinese food.
>Happy Family? Gee- never seen that before. How inspired. Yawn.
Is authentic Chinese foos really something to be desired? I asked someone
who had been to China what the common people-- as opposed to the party
members and the new rich-- ate, and he said "imagine the worst Chinese
joint you've ever been to in the US. It's worse than that."
Colin Rosenthal
On 17 Apr 1998 16:50:42 GMT,
>Colin Rosenthal <rose...@asp.hao.ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>: Am I the only person who gets really irritated by chinese-food snobs?
>Call me a snob- but I'm just interested in food and its authenticity.
Well there's the root of our difference. I don't think authenticity
is a virtue.