So I ate at the Coney Island downtown on Adams today........... (reviews, Asian)

[azriverfan.]

Teds is the real deal. It's good

[azriverfan.]

Originally Posted by w1ngzer0

Zony... it sounds like you are trying to imitate that one picture.. Yo dog we put yo dog on a yo yo so you can yo yo, you're yo yo dog, dog....

To the OP: I haven't really found any places worth comparing it to the original. Chinese in Arizona is horrible, Mexican is branded out, and Japanese is hipster central, all about image and not food.

I will go far to say PF Chang sucks in Phoenix compared to Sacramento. Always dirty, food tastes wrong, and never good service.

You are a typical Phoenix complainer that never gets out of his house and judges all the restaurants in Phoenix because he only sees chain restaurants from the freeway. If you actually got out you would realize there are a ton of quality Chinese restaurants in the valley. They are spread out but they exist. And these are not the Americanized buffet palaces that you are thinking about. Here are some that I know off the top of my head...many more than this

Gourmet House of Hong Kong
China Chile
Wong's Place
Jade Palace
China King

p.s. PF Changs is based out of Phoenix. It's first restaurant was founded in Scottsdale so if its not good here, I fail to see how it is better in Sacramento.

[shiphead]

Originally Posted by azriverfan.

You are a typical Phoenix complainer that never gets out of his house and judges all the restaurants in Phoenix because he only sees a chain restaurants from the freeway. If you actually got out you would realize there are a ton of quality Chinese restaurants in the valley. They are spread out but they exist. And these are not the Americanized buffet palaces that you are thinking about. Here are some that I know off the top of my head...many more than this

Gourmet House of Hong Kong
China Chile
Wong's Place
Jade Palace
China King

p.s. PF Changs is based out of Phoenix. It's first restaurant was founded in Scottsdale so if its not good here, I fail to see how it is better in Sacramento.

Since we are assuming here, you sound like the typical forum troll. When i make a valid comparison it has nothing to do with complaining but an opinion. Provide a valid rebuttal before insulting me.

Thanks.

[Finger Laker]

I like jade palace, but definitely miss chinese food and italian food out here and they are the things I search out when travelling

i miss the real chinatown type restaurants or that local takeout place where they mess up your order and take forever to deliver, but you don't care because it's so good ...... you can find some good places here, but they often are more spendy, harder to find with a whole lot of misses in between

that's offset by the variety of foods that phoenix can excel in that other places do not

not to mention the variety of ethnic food options in this city is staggering

we have so many excellent, non-chain, options in this city that run the gamut from whole in the wall to 5 diamond restaurants (although sadly, the phoenix metro is down to just 1 right now - the place is absolutely fantastic though)

[mich0422]

chicago burger company at 38th and indian school. good stuff.
sliders, hot dogs (don't know about coneys, not an east coaster), chili, and the BEST cheese fries around.
check it out.
i lived in phoenix for years and moved away. planning on coming back. i make it to chicago burger company whenever i'm in town.

[Finger Laker]

is there anyplace that does a good chicago style dog?

being an east coast native who has only spent snippets of time in chicago I have not experienced this treat, but would like to give it an honest try

i'm afraid of going to some half hearted replica place that doesn't do it justice and incorrectly judging the genre

[The_Cadillac_Lawyer]

honestly the best "Hot dogs" i've had here in the valley have been the dogs at Costco. I love Hebrew hot-dogs

[Finger Laker]

hebrew nats are great and I have a couple packages sitting at home - either throw them on the grill or put a package on the smoker when I'm cooking bbq ....... yum

in college we used to buy the big box of dietz & watson dogs and would either feast on sabretts or hebrew nats from the carts

teds uses sahlers which are a really good NY brand

backhome I would get stony brook hots from the local butcher - amazing product

[azriverfan.]

Originally Posted by Finger Laker

is there anyplace that does a good chicago style dog?

being an east coast native who has only spent snippets of time in chicago I have not experienced this treat, but would like to give it an honest try

i'm afraid of going to some half hearted replica place that doesn't do it justice and incorrectly judging the genre

Boomers is good

Chicago Style Hot Dogs | We Are Chicago | Boomer's Sweet Home Chicago | AZ Home of the Chicago Dog

[Rick Lee]

Anyone ever had a dog at the O in Pittsburgh? I'm not a big dog eater, but they're pretty good there.

PF Chang's is not remotely Chinese food. It's not necessarily bad, but Chinese it ain't. The only thing I've ever eaten there that I also had in China was the asparagus and two of their beers.

Last weekend my wife and I drove to LA just for the Chinese food and it was so worth it. We can tolerate Szechwan Palace here, but not much other than that.