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01-15-2009, 07:01 PM
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Best Chinese restaurants in Austin
Who has the best chinese food in Austin? I want to find a place with great food for little money (no more than $11 per meal), and the place must be clean.
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01-15-2009, 08:29 PM
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Thong Guy in SW Austin
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Din Ho, Asia Cafe, or First Chinese BBQ.
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01-15-2009, 08:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by achtungpv
Din Ho, Asia Cafe, or First Chinese BBQ.
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For dim sum we like T&S seafood. Some people swear by marco polo, but we have tried it twice and thought it was actually really bad.
We used to go to tien hong, but just prefer T&S. |
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01-15-2009, 09:21 PM
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Din Ho is pretty good. They have good Chinese BBQ and traditional style dishes. Overall, I don't think the Chinese Food in Austin is great...
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01-16-2009, 12:21 AM
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There is a place on Lamar near the Alamo Draft House - in the same shopping center, starts with an "S" I believe.. oh dangit, can someone help me out here?
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01-16-2009, 12:51 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jobert
There is a place on Lamar near the Alamo Draft House - in the same shopping center, starts with an "S" I believe.. oh dangit, can someone help me out here?
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Suzi's China Kitchen? I've been to the one up north, but that was a long time ago. Very nice for lunch. |
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01-16-2009, 09:26 AM
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Thong Guy in SW Austin
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Suzi's is horrid.
Dim Sum at Marco Polo used to be good a few years ago but supposedly the entire kitchen staff left. Shanghai supposedly is the top dim sum in town now and it was okay the one time we went there a few months ago. Chinatown has dim sum now also and I hear a lot about it but I don't know if it's really good or they are just really skilled in advertising themselves.
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01-16-2009, 09:29 AM
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Chinatown dim sum is good, but it's expensive. They try to push their "unique" dim sum items on you which tend to be around $7 each.
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01-16-2009, 10:32 AM
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Just an FYI: Marco Polo is gone! Mesa Ranch has taken its place.
Thong guy is right 4-5 years ago the dim sum there was fantastic, you couldn't find a place to park. Then the staff changed. We still liked the menu items there and were sad to see it go.
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