Our last night in Europe. We'd already done the Austrian food thing, Bavarian style whatnot, we'd toured Germany and around about for two weeks straight. We were craving different, something you wouldn't normally think of while traveling around Europe. "How about some Chinese food? Oooooo, that sounds good"
Asia Paradies (spelling issues forgiven) is hands down, quite possibly, some of the best Chinese food I've ever tasted. Coming from the SF bay area, well sure, you can find some great dim sum, but for the most part they've gotten pretty lazy at it. I was wide eyed & excited when I asked if it was too late for dim sum, and our friendly waiter responded "No, it's still available." YES.
Now, I've had a good pork dumpling before, but never one quite like this. You know how the ones you get are usually a bit coarsely ground, maybe a bit tendony, chunky and super greasy. Well, the dumplings here are made with high grade, minced Austrian pork. If I weren't more health conscious, I would have ordered another serving, so amazing. The shrimp dumplings were also very tasty.
Before we got to the dim sum, we'd started with some dumpling soup. (Please see previous paragraph concerning delicious Austrian pork product)
After the dim sum we were served with some tasty fried rice (something my wife never fails to order), and a serving of Szechuan prawns. All quite good.
Now, if you only have one to two nights to spend in Vienna, this isn't going to be your destination. But if you're here for a while and want something different, I wouldn't think twice about Asia Paradise. The ambience is nice and quiet, the service is great, good local beer and very satisfying flavors to round out our gastronomic adventures through Vienna. read more