Shanghai Garden Restaurant II

This place is packed during lunch, but is usually worth the wait. It is mostly occupied by the non-residents of the district, mostly business people. Very good service makes up for the cramped quarters. At times you may share a large round table with others unknown to you. It's all good. They've wonderful hand-shaved corn or green barley chow mein noodles. The tofu is soft and slathered in a delicate sauce. Try the vegetable steamed dumplings, or have them fried (pot stickers) with the soy/vinegar sauce. The hand shaved vegetable chow mein noodles and tofu is a large portion, and can be split by two people that are not incredibly hungry. They also serve brown rice! The food tastes fresh, clean and not overly oily. The drawback, for many of us, is the high price on non-meat items that should be considerably cheaper than the meat items. I've heard many long-time residents of Chinatown complain about the prices being out of their financial reach. Overall, they do ... more

This place is packed during lunch, but is usually worth the wait. It is mostly occupied by the non-residents of the district, mostly business people. Very good service makes up for the cramped quarters. At times you may share a large round table with others unknown to you. It's all good. They've wonderful hand-shaved corn or green barley chow mein noodles. The tofu is soft and slathered in a delicate sauce. Try the vegetable steamed dumplings, or have them fried (pot stickers) with the soy/vinegar sauce. The hand shaved vegetable chow mein noodles and tofu is a large portion, and can be split by two people that are not incredibly hungry. They also serve brown rice! The food tastes fresh, clean and not overly oily. The drawback, for many of us, is the high price on non-meat items that should be considerably cheaper than the meat items. I've heard many long-time residents of Chinatown complain about the prices being out of their financial reach. Overall, they do it well! Highly recommended. less