Congee Village (Chinese, Chinatown)
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Location
100 Allen St.
Northeast corner of street, just below Delancey
Cuisine:
Chinese
There's nothing quite like a Chinese banquet. Dish after dish after dish, all following a prescribed order. Appetizer, soup, meat, meat, vegetable, fish, rice/noodles, dessert, fruit.
If you can't attend a banquet, then you can make up your own rules. The benefit of family-style dining is that variety is key. Don't try to do single orders at a Chinese restaurant, it's much more enjoyable and appropriate to go with a bunch of people than to single serve yourself. Bo-Ring.
Congee Village is one of the best restaurants to go for some "authentic" Chinese food. Originally introduced to me by YumYum, I've been going there at least once a year. Which isn't bad, because it takes a lot of coordination to get a bunch of people to go have an 8+ course meal with you. There are many things you can try at CV, and of course you should try the congee. Congee, aka rice porridge, is basically boiled rice that's seasoned with different types of meats and/or vegetables. Plain is good to eat when you're sick, and all kinds (including the plain) are tasty when you're not. Real congee is made by cooking the shit out of rice in (1:3 to water) until it falls apart into smaller pieces. Cheater restaurants will grind the rice to bypass the long-ass cooking time.
I digress. CV has good congee. I usually like to start with it as an appetizer/soup. Out of the ordinary, yes. Most people will eat it with the meal too.
Ok. Onto the notable dishes, the crowd pleasers no matter their tastes. I'm not going to describe them in detail, but you should definitely check them out.
*Squid/Calamari (just the right amount of spice!)
*Salt and Pepper Shrimp
**********House Special Chicken (no carnivore has anything bad to say about the roasted skin with the roasted garlic)
*Short Ribs
*Beef Lo Mein
*Young Chow Fried Rice
***Snow Pea Shoots (tender shoots with garlic? need I say more?)
*Buddha's Delight (includes fish bladder and all sorts of yummy veggies)
*Fried Flounder
I could go on. But seriously. You can even rent a room for dinner, or sing karaoke post-dinner in their restaurant. And they have frothy blue drinks that are really good.
Menu Pages Review
Location
100 Allen St.
Northeast corner of street, just below Delancey
Cuisine:
Chinese
There's nothing quite like a Chinese banquet. Dish after dish after dish, all following a prescribed order. Appetizer, soup, meat, meat, vegetable, fish, rice/noodles, dessert, fruit.
If you can't attend a banquet, then you can make up your own rules. The benefit of family-style dining is that variety is key. Don't try to do single orders at a Chinese restaurant, it's much more enjoyable and appropriate to go with a bunch of people than to single serve yourself. Bo-Ring.
Congee Village is one of the best restaurants to go for some "authentic" Chinese food. Originally introduced to me by YumYum, I've been going there at least once a year. Which isn't bad, because it takes a lot of coordination to get a bunch of people to go have an 8+ course meal with you. There are many things you can try at CV, and of course you should try the congee. Congee, aka rice porridge, is basically boiled rice that's seasoned with different types of meats and/or vegetables. Plain is good to eat when you're sick, and all kinds (including the plain) are tasty when you're not. Real congee is made by cooking the shit out of rice in (1:3 to water) until it falls apart into smaller pieces. Cheater restaurants will grind the rice to bypass the long-ass cooking time.
I digress. CV has good congee. I usually like to start with it as an appetizer/soup. Out of the ordinary, yes. Most people will eat it with the meal too.
Ok. Onto the notable dishes, the crowd pleasers no matter their tastes. I'm not going to describe them in detail, but you should definitely check them out.
*Squid/Calamari (just the right amount of spice!)
*Salt and Pepper Shrimp
**********House Special Chicken (no carnivore has anything bad to say about the roasted skin with the roasted garlic)
*Short Ribs
*Beef Lo Mein
*Young Chow Fried Rice
***Snow Pea Shoots (tender shoots with garlic? need I say more?)
*Buddha's Delight (includes fish bladder and all sorts of yummy veggies)
*Fried Flounder
I could go on. But seriously. You can even rent a room for dinner, or sing karaoke post-dinner in their restaurant. And they have frothy blue drinks that are really good.
posted by pookalu at 8/25/2006 12:48:00 PM
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