shark fin and way too thick Saigon Empress Chicken, free range chicken Hainan style Braised Black Mushroom with Mustard Greens Crabs in Sam Pan Style, it was a version of Salt and Pepper with chili peppers added and they were huge...

. Most of the items in the “Thousand Flowers Famous Dish” section run between $25 and $40, except for the $149 shark fin soup. Also some kind of sweet corn dessert costs $15. They also have Peking Duck which requires...

We went there this morning after deciding that Dim Sum was a good idea and seeing this post. Glad we did. First time at Pagoda and really liked the look and service was very friendly. We tried the shrimp, pork and the shark fin...

Qian Lohng Huang Di, one of the most famous Emperors of the Ching Dynasty. It arrives in an ostentatious soup bowl, and the waiter carefully serves each of the guests with a bowl of this soup. The Qianlong Soup turns out to be...

's for the variety of seafood (four kinds of shark's fin soup, sea cucumbers and the like). The service is excellent, especially by Chinese-restaurant standards. They are kind to children and don’t give poisonous looks when...

prices. But the dishes we are getting are shark fin, abalone (4" in length sugar heart from Japan), live seafood(crab, shrimp and fish) and the very finest Chinese ingredients. The chicken and pork shank dishes both should be...

the looming National Talk Like a Pirate day and the name of the restaurant, I was sure... ah, well. Here is, hopefully, a somewhat comprehensive and not too terribly inaccurate list of what all we had, in somewhat chronological...

, a refined kitchen specializing in the haute cuisine of the region. But as wonderful as it may well have been, there are apparently a finite number of locals willing to pay $600 for a bowl of shark’s fin–turtle soup, no matter...

broth. 5th course – Steak cooked on hot stone. Rib eye steak cut into cubes and lightly seasoned with black pepper and salt. Simple yet tasty 6th course – chawan mushi, with chicken shrimp, gingko nuts, ake and topped...

with the basics. I think either restaurant will be fine since you get something as basic as Chow Mein or as exotic as sea cucumber or shark's fin. I think Jasmine might be a little more expensive, but I don’t think that...

with plates of dumplings, and I found the best way to get served was to just grab a plate as the cart went by. The first I picked was one I knew, the shark fin dumplings. Then when the cart went by again, I got chunks of chicken...

of the dishes in the same order as the pictures: a. Shrimp Salad (Cantaloupe and Honey Dew on top of the shrimp) b. Couch and Squid c. Scallop in Brown Sauce d. Shark’s Fin (there was not very much Shark’s Fin) e. Jelly Fish...

with long leaves and thick stems – but it was tasty) Shu mai "Shark fin" dumplings with pork (looks like a shark fin, doesn’t contain any) Beef tripe Surimi (fake crab) wrapped in bacon Fried wonton with chive Steamed pork...

Please DO NOT waste your time going to Pacific Mall for good Cantonese food, because there is none to be found there except for the sel service Shark Fin/BBQ place on the second level!! If you have time for only one lunch and one...

placemats over the stains. After about 10 minutes, the first 7 appetizer dishes arrive. Peanuts Smoked fish Jellyfish with surumi & thin sliced radish/daikon thin slices of beef cured with 5 spices/star anise? Sichuan spicy cabbage...