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April 26, 2012
Moon Wok: It's Not Bad, You Know It, It's Not Really, Really Bad
She says she wanted to try the food, but we think Cheap Bastard stopped by Moon Wok just to have an excuse to break out her fedora, single white glove and sequined ruby dancing shoes. You can find the place at 8670 Skillman St., 214-221-8888. Times I drove by and said to myself, "Ha. Moon Wok," bef ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
A Visual Guide to Kirin Court's Dim Sum
It was Easter Sunday, and I wanted to eat breakfast like I would if I were with family. So I trekked out to Kirin Court in Richardson for dim sum. There's a lot going on during dim sum, carts racing around the dining room with waiters hawking their goods (usually in Chinese) and dish after dish of ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2012
Rice Bowl's Menu Writes Checks Its Food Can't Cash
Rice Bowl Express, 11419 Garland Road, is fast and cheap. How could Cheap Bastard not love it? By eating there, unfortunately. Times I was like, "Is that a hooker? Yes. Is that also a hooker? Yes.": 12 Trucks in the Fiesta Mart parking lot next door count: 21 I've driven past Rice Bowl Express a ... More >>
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December 2, 2011
Royal Wok: Ignorance is Bliss, Unless You Can Read Chinese
Each week, the Cheap Bastard goes looking for a new place to eat a meal for less than nine million dollars. This week, she rolls the dice at Royal Wok, 2560 Royal Lane, 972-488-8282, and doesn't crap out. At least not right away. Massage parlors nearby count: 18 Waterfall mural count: 1 The news a ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
Sing Kee Chinese BBQ's Rock Fish Hot Pot: The Perfect Dish for Waiting Out the Rain
Last night my family and I putzed around Richardson looking for some decent ethnic eats. I Yelped and I Googled and I finally decided that Sing Kee Chinese BBQ looked like a decent spot for a late meal. When I walked through the door, the clouds swelled behind me, and by the time I sat down ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Mentho-Lyptus Peppercon Will Light Up Your Mouth
"That's disturbing." I'd come to the Observer's weekly staff meeting with a small plastic bag of Sichuan peppercorns and passed them around the table. The spice isn't a pepper, but husks of a tiny fruit grown and consumed throughout Asia. When combined with real chiles and oil, the small po ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
Sushi & Rice Express: Alice Drives Through Like Evel Knievel's Bastard Child
Sushi & Rice Express 8131 Forest Lane 214-575-7090 Other cars in the drive-through count: 0 Wet towels air-drying right next to the drive-through menu count: 50 Drive-throughs? Good. Sushi? Goooood. Put them together and you have Sushi & Rice Express. I slow-clap my chopsticks at you, Sushi ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
Sum Small Treats
Sushi & Rice Express 8131 Forest Lane 214-575-7090 Other cars in the drive-through count: 0 Wet towels air-drying right next to the drive-through menu count: 50 Drive-throughs? Good. Sushi? Goooood. Put them together and you have Sushi & Rice Express. I slow-clap my chopsticks at you, Sushi ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Walking the Wok at Asian-American's Birthplace
Kristy YangR&G Lounge's humongous Dungeness crab. We'd hate to see the one that got away.(Here's part two of travelin' woman Kristy Yang's Walk the Really Long Wok from the Bay Area. Coming up shortly, something about Asian food closer to home. Check out last week's California Wok here.) San ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
Chinese Love Lazy Susan, but I Can't Stand that Worthless Broad
I'm going to lose some Asian points for this blog, so I'm just going to put it out there: I am not a fan of the lazy Susan. Why this rotating serving contraption was ever considered a good idea is beyond me. What is supposed to bring people together during a meal is actually quite an intimida ... More >>
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March 29, 2011
D'Vegan: Making Meatless Choices Easier
For weeks, my newly born-again vegan friend had been badgering me to try a new restaurant called D'Vegan. Catering to the Vietnamese Buddhist vegetarian community, the restaurant is only six weeks old. The self-proclaimed "green" eatery sits in the food court space between Hong Kong Supermark ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Lumi's Happy Hour's Enough to Make You Forget About the Parking
Each week, Happy Eating highlights a different restaurant happy hour food menu. This week, it's dumplings and empanadas at Lumi. Where: Lumi, 3407 McKinney Ave. When: Monday-Thursday, 4-7 p.m., and reverse happy hour from 9-11 p.m. The Scene: Happy hour is available throughout the whole re ... More >>
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December 28, 2010
Can Royal China Be the Real Deal and Not Be in Chinatown?
Is "authentic" Chinese cuisine within Dallas city limits a good thing? That was the question my friends and I were left with when we paid a post-Christmas lunch visit to Royal China last Sunday. The immediate answer would be "yes, of course," right? Driving out to the suburbs for an Asia ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Have a Ball
Is "authentic" Chinese cuisine within Dallas city limits a good thing? That was the question my friends and I were left with when we paid a post-Christmas lunch visit to Royal China last Sunday. The immediate answer would be "yes, of course," right? Driving out to the suburbs for an Asia ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
Golden Joy does Chinese Barbecue Right, but with its Dim Sum, There is Right and Wrong
A question I'm often asked is, "Where is the best dim sum in Dallas?" When it comes to this city, however, the question seems rather rhetorical, does it not? The common answer is always either Kirin Court or Maxim's, and not necessarily because of the quality of the restaurants. Both Kirin ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
Ming's Place: Great Fried Rice in the Heart
Of a Tex-Mex Zone
A couple of weeks ago, on an otherwise familiar route home from the gym, an unfamiliar sign caught my eye. There, next to the Potbelly and Starbucks on the corner of Lemmon Avenue and Inwood Road, was a Grand Opening sign for Ming's Place China Bistro. Hmm... While I will admit that a high ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
JS Chen's Crab Fried Rice: Tackling
The Mythical Beast
Photos by Kristy YangMaybe tackling JS Chen's prodigious crab fried rice the day after Thanksgiving wasn't such a great idea, after all. Wanting to refresh our palates from turkey and stuffing bombardment, boyfriend and I took a breather from our half-hearted Black Friday shopping to pay a ... More >>
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August 9, 2010
Foot Fetish: First Chinese BBQ's Duck Feet Weave Web of Goodness
Try his feet with a side of sufferin' succotash (not available during wabbit season).I'm a big fan of chicken feet. Chicken feet are the flavor-giving ingredient in my mother's matzo ball soup, and the first item I swipe from dim sum carts. But I'd never come across duck feet on a menu unti ... More >>
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August 6, 2010
Japan House: Overabundance Does Not a Good Meal Make
I really wanted to like Japan House. Upon first glance, I was in love. The staff is incredibly friendly, the dining area is modern, and the spread looks vast and promising. Because of all the above, it's difficult for me to write what I'm about to write. Located off of 75 in Plano, Japan Ho ... More >>
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July 29, 2010
Leaps And Bounds
I really wanted to like Japan House. Upon first glance, I was in love. The staff is incredibly friendly, the dining area is modern, and the spread looks vast and promising. Because of all the above, it's difficult for me to write what I'm about to write. Located off of 75 in Plano, Japan Ho ... More >>
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June 30, 2010
So, Why Do Jews Eat Chinese Food at Christmas?
My graduate degree, like most, hasn't been good for much. But today -- and, I strongly suspect, today only -- it qualifies me to expertly parse the most attention-getting exchange of the Elana Kagan confirmation hearings. When Lindsay Graham yesterday pressed Elana Kagan to recall where she ... More >>
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June 11, 2010
How About Them Knockers - J.S. Chens
Delivering Dim Sum after 3:00 - 30 Dealing with my OCD - 20 Surprisingly Decent Dim Sum Delivered - 25 Chuckling cheeseburger remark - 10 Total - 85 J.S. Chen's Restaurant 240 Legacy Dr. #118, Plano 972.517.2332 It has been a long and unseasonably warm week in the City of Ate and I found mysel ... More >>
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May 28, 2010
How About Them Knockers: Uncle Wok?
Uncle Wok 8440 Abrams Road 214-343-6670 Promised time: 45 minutes Actual time: 40.5 minutes The Score: Ability to make my mouth water during ordering process: 20 Food arriving smokin' hot: 40 Nutritional Value: -95 Knowing that with a name like Uncle Wok, you have to open a restaurant: 100 ... More >>
Dining
April 8, 2010
Tam's Egg Roll
Uncle Wok 8440 Abrams Road 214-343-6670 Promised time: 45 minutes Actual time: 40.5 minutes The Score: Ability to make my mouth water during ordering process: 20 Food arriving smokin' hot: 40 Nutritional Value: -95 Knowing that with a name like Uncle Wok, you have to open a restaurant: 100 ... More >>
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January 25, 2010
How 'Bout Them Knockers: Hong Kong Express
"It was the Kung Pao."Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Hong Kong Express4760 Preston, Frisco972-377-8850Promised delivery time: 45 minutesActual delivery time: 30 minutesScoring summary:Finding a place th ... More >>
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December 15, 2009
Pho From Home: Dim Sum (And Memories) At Kirin Court
If you don't mind, I am straying off course this week. Thank you, in advance, for indulging me. If you're frustrated that I have yet to visit your preferred pho burb of Garland, Carrolton, or Haltom City, please remember that this is a long-term weekly blog about one very specific bowl of nood ... More >>
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December 14, 2009
How 'Bout Them Knockers: Jasmine
Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Jasmine 4002 Belt Line Road, Addison972-991-6867 Promised Delivery Time: 45 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 45 minutes Scoring Summary:128 menu items to choose from: 30 Be ... More >>
Dining
July 9, 2009
Lemongrass Loves its Regular Customers. Newcomers Get Short Shrift.
Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Jasmine 4002 Belt Line Road, Addison972-991-6867 Promised Delivery Time: 45 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 45 minutes Scoring Summary:128 menu items to choose from: 30 Be ... More >>
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July 6, 2009
How 'Bout Them Knockers: Wang's Chinese Cafe
Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Wang's Chinese Café6033 Luther Lane214-265-1688Promised delivery time: 45 minutes Actual delivery time: 60 minutes Scoring Summary:Having all my info on file for an easy ph ... More >>
Dining
April 16, 2009
Wok China: Believe in the Cheap Chinese food God
Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Wang's Chinese Café6033 Luther Lane214-265-1688Promised delivery time: 45 minutes Actual delivery time: 60 minutes Scoring Summary:Having all my info on file for an easy ph ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2009
How 'Bout Them Knockers: Chef House
Chef House 4028 Cedar Springs Rd Dallas, TX 75219 (214) 528-2122 Promised Delivery Time: 35-45 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 30 minutes and that's with being lost The Score: Questionable brown sauce leaking from the bag : 2 Lost delivery guy turns out to be a hippie look alike: 30 And he was ea ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2009
Words To Live By...
"Why is cheese delicious on Italian food, but when you melt it on Chinese food, it's disgusting?" (Jason Jones, The Daily Show)
Dining
September 11, 2008
Chef Wang
"Why is cheese delicious on Italian food, but when you melt it on Chinese food, it's disgusting?" (Jason Jones, The Daily Show)
Dining
July 24, 2008
Jumbo Super Buffet
"Why is cheese delicious on Italian food, but when you melt it on Chinese food, it's disgusting?" (Jason Jones, The Daily Show)
Dining
May 8, 2008
Review: Shanghai Restaurant Didn't Offer Chopsticks to Use on Our Chicken Lo Mein
"Why is cheese delicious on Italian food, but when you melt it on Chinese food, it's disgusting?" (Jason Jones, The Daily Show)
Dining
February 21, 2008
Review: Yao Fuzi Cuisine
A pop and son duo bring authentic Chinese to Plano
Blogs
January 11, 2008
You Dim Sum, You Lose Some
A pop and son duo bring authentic Chinese to Plano
Dining
December 27, 2007
Szechuan Chinese Restaurant
A pop and son duo bring authentic Chinese to Plano
News
July 19, 2007
Sooner or Later
Rule No. 1 for putting Dallas rap on the map: Avoid skating rinks
News
June 15, 2006
Whaddaya Mean, "Secret?" | Well, We're Trying | We Is Smart
Rule No. 1 for putting Dallas rap on the map: Avoid skating rinks
News
June 8, 2006
Chop Suey Syndrome
Our restaurant critic travels to China to unravel the riddle: Why can't Dallas do Chinese?
Calendar
May 25, 2006
Shark Bait
Our restaurant critic travels to China to unravel the riddle: Why can't Dallas do Chinese?
Dining
October 16, 2003
Funny Valentino's
It's Chinese food with a wink at this Oak Cliff restaurant
Best of Dallas
September 25, 2003
Best Place for General Tso to Chicken Out
China Express
Best of Dallas
September 20, 2001
Best Rest Rooms
Café Patrique
Best of Dallas
September 20, 2001
Best Vegetarian Restaurant
Veggie Garden
Dining
October 10, 1996
Distant lands
Uncle Chow has the best Chinese takeout. Too bad it's take-way-out
Dining
May 23, 1996
Pure delight
At Majella's and Palayok, you'll get your Filipino of fine imported flavors
Dining
April 25, 1996
Wok, don't run
For Chinese take-out, Best A Round seldom delivers
Dining
June 15, 1995
Chinese quackers
Joe Chow's May Dragon serves first-rate Peking Duck in stylish surroundings
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