Don't get confused by the restaurant's English name as there is no Shanghai's styles food here only dim sum. They're known for the all day dim sum. Don't let that discourage you thinking the quality will not be good. There's always a wait if you come too late on a weekend. The restaurant's kind of small. But if you come on a weekday you should have no problem getting a table right away. The menu may not be extensive like other dim sum restaurants. All the usuals are there and delicious. Their menu also have pictures. read more

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Came here for the first time. We ordered pork and shrimp shiu mai, crystal shrimp dumpling, steamed beef ball with dried tofu, bean curd pork roll with black bean, shrimp and scallop dumpling, steamed egg bean curd, fried spring roll, pan fried flat noodle with beef, and the Chinese style fried string donut. The shiu mai and bean curd pork roll were delicious. The pan fried noodles was amazing and super flavorful. The steamed egg and everything else was mediocre and ok. Their restroom is disgusting. Pee all over the toilet seat and mop water all over the floor and the carpet was super soaked. Overall, very pricey for ok tasting food. Staff is friendly and fast. Lots of parking. read more

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This is your place for Cantonese dim sum (serves all day!). Although it didn't have a few of the choices we were looking for (tofu fa), it had all the typical fan favorites. The hom siu gok, shumai, cheung fun, and spare ribs were excellent. Typically the black bean spare ribs usually have a lot of bones and little meat, but these had minimal bones and a ton of meat. My favorite was the sticky rice wrapped in a banana leaf. Generous pieces of char siu and mushroom made it packed with flavor. Typically Cantonese food is a bit bland, but that's where you can use the chili sauce or the Mama La's hot sauce to give things a kick (like the hargow ). The gai Lan was tender. Overall the food was solid and was just what we were expecting. We will definitely get our dim sum on again! read more

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Get sum dim sum! This little hole in the wall dim sum restaurant is in the heart of Houston's Chinatown, located in the same complex as H-Mart. If you aren't looking for it, you'll definitely miss it as it's nestled right in the corner way behind 85 Bakery. But definitely look for it, because it's home to some of the easiest dim sum in Houston. My go to order usually consists of: - Chicken Feet: don't knock it until you try it! - Fried Taro: great flavor, never tastes like they use old oil - Siu Mai: you can never go wrong here, good sized pieces with plenty of meat - Har Gow: huge pieces of shrimp! - Cheung Fun: you can get beef, shrimp or plain - all are good! With great food, good prices and an extensive menu, it will surely satisfy your dim sum cravings any day! read more

Shanghai Restaurant 東雲閣 - Assortment of dim sum - Dim Sum Near Me - Houston, Texas

So glad I found this spot for dim sum. It's a small restaurant so be prepare to wait. My husband is one of the pickiest eater when it comes to Asian food, but he mentioned this is our new dim sum spot. Everything dish came out really fresh and piping hot. We enjoyed every bit of it. The servers are really kind and very tentative. read more

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This place is okay. I'd even say good but we tried many dishes and end up finding surprisingly little to say about them. It's a VERY authentic (for better or worse) dim sum restaurant that accomplishes what it does. Some of the highlights worth noting from out dinner include: - The cheung fun is thinner than usual, more akin to a Vietnamese bánh cuốn than cheung fun you'd find elsewhere. Whether you prefer this is up to you. - The chicken feet are very good! They are seasoned well, substantial, and have enough edible cartilage to make an actual meal and not just make you feel like gnawing on bones like a certain animal. - Durian puff is A++ if you like durians. The pastry part is fairly thin, not too sweet and the dish is mostly made up of real durian paste inside. It also has a nice pandan flavor. - On the other hand, the beef tripe is... not great. It felt old or perhaps simmered too long, where most of the fat rendered and became overwhelming while simultaneously softening the texture. The beef tripe felt very tough yet not crunchy like it usually is. - The gai lan is frankly overpriced (SP grade for a plate of greens? C'mon) and the oyster sauce that comes with it is WAAAAAAY too salty. All in all, a good place if you just want some dim sum lol. read more

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Let me start out by saying we came here before going to H-mart which is next door, and was treated to a pleasant surprise. Simple yet delicious straightforward dim sum. The bean crud roll was great, but my guilty pleasure is the sweet milk bun,( pineapple bun), was awesome. Great start to our day. read more

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Weekly visit to Chinatown Houston and I was feeling for some pot stickers. Dining in was not an option this trip which was a good thing because there was only one waitress for the whole restaurant. The order consisted of 6 pot stickers and they were huge! And I was worried that they wouldn't fill me up lol. read more

Shanghai Restaurant 東雲閣 - Dim Sum Near Me - Houston, Texas

Lured by the "All day dim sum" sign, I defected from my original Arco Seafood plan and decided to give this place a try, and am so glad I did! This is now my go-to dim sum place. Please note that this review is specifically for the dim sum. First of all, I like how this place opens at 9am on Saturdays so I can enjoy a quiet and hearty breakfast. Plus when you go early everything is super fresh, not sold out, and you don't have to deal with crowds. There are a couple of standout dim sum menu items here that I recommend and are unique to this place. #77 Crispy Shrimp Chives & Chive Rice Roll was recommended by the waitress, and it's a delicious cheung fen wrapped with shrimp and chives and covered in a crispy panko breaded outer layer that's pan fried. The crispiness of the outside layer combined with the sauce and fresh cheung fen makes this one of my favorite dishes here. The other is #44 Baked Sweeten Milk Bun, which is the typical butter custard filling but with a pineapple crisp top (like the Chinese baked bread pineapple top). And yes, there are 3 kinds of shu mai to choose from, which makes me feel like these guys REALLY take their dim sum seriously. lol. #1 is the typical shu mai you usually see. #2 has the shrimp tail on top of the shu mai, and #3 has rice in it (hence the "pearl" in the name). Overall this place is clean and cheap without diluting quality. A solid choice for dim sum in Htown! read more

Shanghai Restaurant 東雲閣 - All day Dim Sum menu as of 11/10/2018 - Dim Sum Near Me - Houston, Texas

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love this place full service nice atmosphere and good food they need to advertise read more

Went in on a late Sunday afternoon for some dim sum. They are doing 50% dine in bc of COVID-19. There was one table sitting. Looks like a majority of their business is take out. And they have steady business. Ordered the standard shrimp dumpling, xiu mai, shrimp cheung fun, bbq buns and the beef chow fun. There was a short 15 min wait. Everyone had masks on. There was hand sanitizer available as well. The food was fresh and delicious. Will def go back and grab some other staples as well. Yummy. read more

This place is a dim sum place, JUST a dim sum place, I would say. My family always comes here for delicious dim sum takeouts; the owner does dim sum the legit way. The Cantonese fried dumplings is a hit every Chinese New Year-Very yummy sweet treats! HOWEVER, this place is absolutely not a good idea for holiday meals. For the Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner, we ordered $700 worth of a dinner takeout, including a 7-lb King Crab 3 Ways, which however turned out to be a total disappointment and the worst mistake ever! Our pick-up time was 7 PM, but the last box of food did not come out until 8:45 PM. The foods just came out slowly one by one, and all were left on the counter, getting cold, while waiting for the order to be fully completed. I understand that it was the busiest time of the year on Chinese New Year's Eve and that they were short-staffed just like everywhere else, BUT STILL, an hour-and-45-minute delay would not be acceptable! When the foods finally got home, most of them were cold already, except for the fried rice with dried scallops that came out last from the kitchen. Food quality and tastes were way below par and not worth the price tag. The crispy fried chicken was not juicy and not crispy at all; it was just very dry and hard. The honey orange pork medallions were the chewiest ever, the stir-fried pea shoots was overcooked, and the steamed egg inside the king crab carapace got this coarse texture and tasted weird! The steamed fish, steamed king crab legs and fried crab knuckles were a-okay. The fried rice was so salty. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR we regretted big time! Never ever ever ever again, NO dinner meals here, especially during Chinese holidays! read more

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Heard of this place a few times and was told they revamped their menu and includes all day dim sum. The inside is pretty small and there are no dim sum carts to be found but the service is quick and efficient. After checking off the dim sum items on the list, just give it to the server and piping hot food will appear shortly after. My group of four came for dim sum on a weekday and it was moderately busy but the food still came out in a very timely manner. We ordered: Pork+Shrimp Shumai - meaty and flavorful but texture is off Shanghai Mini Juicy Bun - skin too fragile and soup inside already leaking out before picking it up Crispy Spring Roll - very nicely fried and perfectly crunchy, packed inside Shrimp Wrap w/ Soy Skin Roll - good texture and fried just enough, not the soft bean curd skin though Fried Taro Dumpling - too chewy and tough skinned, but nicely filled insides Salted Fried Glutinous Rice Dumpling - good crisp exterior and chewy rice interior HK Style Fried Bread Rice Roll - steamed rice roll very smooth but fried bread a little overdone Beef Chow Fun - some wok char, could use some more beef and flavor Singapore Fried Rice Noodles - nicely seasoned and could taste the curry, good portion Overall a filling and mostly satisfying dim sum time with group. Would revisit again. read more

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This place is tiny. This is such a hole in a wall. The servers are very impatient. They gave us a menu, the one where you can mark down how many items you want but they instructed us not to write on it. They were able to accommodate my big family which was nice. None of the food was good. Would not recommend. Very disappointed as I saw this recommended frequently on a Houston eats facebook page. read more

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I went here to get some dim sum. Food was okay. The egg tarts were fine and service was nice. Place looks old fashioned because of the setting. read more

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Solid affordable dim sum. Smaller place and very quiet on a Sunday evening. Everything was hot and fresh. Beef balls were perfectly cooked and the sesame balls were slightly larger than other places. Wasn't a huge fan of the beef Curry puffs but glad I tried those and the mala cake which was pretty good. read more

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came here about 2 months ago but forgot to write a review. Came on a Saturday at 1pm, had a short wait for 2. Service is eh and kind of slow. TLDR: nothing stood out. Much prefer my usual Kim Son (Bellaire or Fountains location) because more flavorful and bigger portions. Chives vegetable rice roll Pork & shrimp xiu mai- not bad but prefer Kim Son which is much bigger and more flavorful Pan fried eggplant- not much flavor Steamed rice roll with Fried stick bread (aka HK style fried bread rice roll)- slippery rice roll w/ crunchy stick bread. one of the better items here Soup dumplings (aka shanghai juicy mini bun) - flavorful broth but it was kind of soggy and fell apart. do NOT recommend. i like them at mein or tiger noodle house Pan fried turnip cake Egg custard- typical read more

This "Shanghai Restaurant" is operating as the 5th owner since I took notice a decade ago. Beware, there's nothing of Shanghainese here. It serves Sichuanese food. More detail is at the end of this review. After a long break from my displeasures and dark dining experiences, I deciced to check on the updated biz. I was here few months ago after seeing huge colorful posters on the windows (bring your Google Translator app). They mainly serve 2 dishes Malatang 麻辣烫, stir-fried hot pot 麻辣香锅 and family size hot pot 羊蝎子 or 焖锅. Since I had Malatang at 75 Yummy Kitchen and I wanted to try theirs. I picked the items from a buffet line, weighed and sent to the kitchen for production. I was looking for soup, but, I got a dry pot. I was little ticked off. But okay. Let me try this. Same method of cooking, just no soup. Very flavorful, but it costs extra to include shrimps. The presentation was highlighted by small amount in the middle of this huge bowl. I'll be back to try other dishes, only if they retain current operating principles - customer satisfaction. A few times I came here to see people napping at the table while TV was on and lights off. It's disappointing to see too many businesses in Chinatown refused to change the names after took over the businesses and ended up getting mixed signals. It's not a good idea to save money, because it will cost more to fix reviews at wrong page. Not just on Yelp or Google, but other review sites. You know how many times I've tried to have this page updated with correct name? Too many. The owner doesn't know how important it is to have correct name. In Chinese, it's called Tong Fu 同福 and it's popular for delivering bentos. read more

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Was by this evening for dinner but alas windows were papered and no signage but looks CLOSED unless a remodel is happening. Looks like the pig place two doors down has taken away a lot of the business. Thank you, Queenie & staff for the great dinners and the comforting friendship through the years. read more

Had Dim Sum here on a Friday morning with the fam and some friends. It was ok, I guess I would come again. Dished that we liked were the crispy shrimp chives rice roll, and the golden salted egg custard bun (sorry that's not the exact name of it on the menu). The piggy shaped milk buns were cute and pretty good too. read more

Shanghai Restaurant 東雲閣 - Pig shaped milk bun - Dim Sum Near Me - Houston, Texas

This review isn't too much about its food, but rather the dishonest service, questionable practices, and intentional lack of attention to orders. They are shady, deceitful, crooked, misleading and lack integrity in doing business. Like many of the other reviews here, the food was rather delicious and punctual. However, as Yelp community, we know that a restaurant experiences is more than consuming macro-nutrients. My family and I went for dinner, which is a first for us at this restaurant. To our surprise, there were a few items on their dinner menu which they "sold out" of. Slightly annoyed, we didn't think much of it and picked the dishes that they did have. One dish we ordered was the full order of Hainanese Chicken. It did come with green/ginger sauce, but it was definitely not enough for the dish, it also had a brown muck/green color to it, which indicates that its mostly ginger (Not what its suppose to be). We kindly asked the staff for more, but they said " There's no more/sold out". I thought to myself, "What kind of Chinese restaurant runs out of ginger and green onions?" Later on, the manager stated they're short on staff because one of the chefs is out today, so the current one does not have time to chop up some onions/ginger for us. Being in a family that thrived as restaurant business owners, we understood the dire circumstance they were in by lacking 1 chef. However, we grew a little bit more agitated, but made do with what we had. Our next dish was the pan fried flat noodles with beef. However, they did not have any beef slices in it! How dare they intentionally serve it to us, all without letting us know about not having beef? Did they think we wouldn't notice?! (Seriously WTF?). We send it back and they offered to take it off our bill. They should have been more transparent with what they had and didn't have. Our patience grew quite thin at this time. (They should have just given it to us, however they still kept it, which makes me wonder what they're gonna do with it. They are either gonna re-cook it with another kind of meat and sell it to another table or they're gonna throw it away. Either choice is bad for them, so why not just give it us?) When we got the bill, we noticed an additional $2 charge on a dish that was originally priced at $8.25 on the menu. The manager stated the prices of the menu has changed recently and the menu price is the "old" price. We flipped out since she could have been making all this up on the fly. She could have said "+10 dollars" if she wanted to. She should have put "Market price" on the menu if this was the case. This was a classic bait and switch and shows such dishonesty from this restaurant. After some debate/argument, we told the management straight up that because of their shady practices, they have lost a customer. I also shared I will be sharing my experiences with other people as well. At the end of the day, our experience was more of trying to not be cheated by these guys. The table next to us also sent back a few of their dishes for such infractions like " We asked for no egg, and there are eggs in here". Another dish was also sent back because, " We said we didn't want shrimp in this". It was an institutional problem. Either way, Shanghai Restaurant has good food. However, these guys will cheat you out of things, make your time not worth it and tack on stupid fees. Do yourself a favor and don't give business to these crooks. There are better ways to run a restaurant and Shanghai Restaurant totally missed that. read more

The outside pics are the same but the inside pics here are different in yelp than in person. I guess there's been a big change but no one has been here to update? I'm glad I found this little gem. It had a sign of ALL DAY DIM SUM. I came here for the first time and the workers were so nice. The service was great and they were on top of their game. The food came out hot and fresh and didn't taste stale or smelled fishy lol. A couple of dishes I ordered was: Chinese broccoli Fried wonton with shrimp Fried crab claw Fried taro Mango sticky rice Fried red bean sesame balls Cheung fun Siu mai And they were all delicious! read more

Over all the food was alright, it's all fresh, but what really disappointed me was the service we got. The lady that was our waitress/host was very rude, when we ask her a question she would reply as she walked away. I wouldn't come again. read more

A lot of my dim sum "go to's" have gone down hill so I'm expanding outside of my regular spots and trying new places (new places for me.) This was my first time here. I was very impressed with their dim sum. We just ordered a few dishes (in case they sucked. Lol.) we got siu mai, fried turnip cake and the fried taro. Wow!!! So delicious and perfectly cooked. read more

Shanghai Restaurant 東雲閣 - Dim Sum Near Me - Houston, Texas

Very solid dim sum! Hao guo, suit mai, everything was really good. Place is not too crowded, staff had on mask. Will definitely be back for more. read more

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This place is ok. I appreciated that they were not packed on a Saturday afternoon. However, the service wasn't very good. Having asked for water 3 times before getting it. Their congee tasted like water and rice. No flavor. Chicken feet only had two feet lol ... the rest of meal was fine but nothing to write home about. If your wanting a quick meal and not looking to get blown away this place would be fine. read more

If only I could give zero stars. Food was not edible and turning spoiled (texture was turning and tasted was sour). Service was one of the worst that I have ever experienced. Food was way over priced. The basic dim sim items we ordered were $5.15 and $6.15 per plate. We went there at 11am and there was only one table with two people. Food took a long time. It came barely warm and clearly reheated. Taste was bland and spoiled. We ordered 10 items. 8 items came. We only ate three of the them. The other ones were so spoiled tasting after one bite that we couldn't stomach it. We finished eating and had already been there for an hour, our other two items hadn't arrived. At this point, several other patrons came in. There's one lady working the entire restaurant. I asked for check and told her the other two items have not come and we no longer want them. We wanted our check. She said no and said we have to wait for our 2 remaining items. This is when I get upset. She clearly noticed we barely touched our food as she asked us if we wanted boxes. We had a baby with us and had already been there over an hour. I tried to be nice as I understanding these are tough times. The lady clearly didn't care they were serving warmed up old food that was turning rancid. When she told me we had to sit and wait for rest of our food, I got mad and told her the food is spoiled and we are not waiting anymore for more rotten food. This whole time, she was never nice and just straight rude. I paid and while this was one of the worst dining experiences of my life, I still tipped. These are tough times and I still care to be kind. The lady never said anything to me and gave me dirty look. I told her nicely that they really need to be aware of serving spoiled food, she turned and walked away, without a care. read more

Shanghai Restaurant 東雲閣 - Dim Sum Near Me - Houston, Texas

This is my favorite place for dim sum in houston! Be sure to bring friends because there is lots of food to try! The prices here are very reasonable too. read more

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Came here for dim sum a couple of weeks ago. Restaurant was following social distancing guidelines, staff and customers had masks on. Food was delicious, go early to beat the crowd. read more

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We came here for Sunday brunch, it convenient since it was next door to the H-Mart. Service felt like a true local Chinese restaurant, enough to get by and severs yelling/arguing with each other or regulars (in playful manner). The food was a hit of miss, the menu has a wide range of food from tradition dim sum to Chinese American. Parking is plentiful and it's pretty affordable. read more

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The food was great. Water tasted strange. Service was more like a check box menu and they bring it out for you. The tablecloth over if plastic sheet was dirty before we ate. The building is small so large parties seem to have difficulty. read more

Shanghai Restaurant 東雲閣 - Dimsum dishes - Dim Sum Near Me - Houston, Texas

I wish I could rate 0 star for this dim sum restaurant. My family has been a long time customer for this restaurant. Before, the foods were good and service was ok. However, recently in about 2 months, I do not know what happened in this restaurant, everything started getting bad and today is the worst. About 3-4 weeks ago, one of the dish was bad/stale, it has bad smelled/taste, they changed to new dishes twice but it was the same so they took it off the bill. Today, we ordered 8 dishes and 4 of the 7 dishes came were stale, sour taste when eating, we could not continue to eat, we cancelled the last dish that did not even come for a long time. And the server were super rude today as well. We already gave them another chance today but it is our last time eating at this place. Besides the foods and services, the bowls, plates, cups look dirty as well. read more

Salt and pepper chicken wings were raw. Service was very poor and food we ordered came very slow. read more

Shanghai Restaurant 東雲閣 - Salt and pepper chicken wings l - Dim Sum Near Me - Houston, Texas

good food with terrible customer service, just what you expect from a Chinese place. a bit pricey for dim sum but good over all. read more

Shanghai Restaurant 東雲閣 - dumpling - Dim Sum Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Notice: Although the name is still the same, I think the owners have changed. The staff and ambiance looks different, and the menu posted on the windows is different also. Many of the reviews for this place is for the old owners. I will not rate them yet as I have not tried this place since the new ownership. Will be back with an update! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Review: 1. Service - A La Carte. Seat yourself down, and the cashier will be right over with the menus. I'm not quite sure if they have a full staff here, but for the few times I've been here, the cashier is the waiter. The people are friendly, but not everyone speaks English. They rotate the cashiers. So for all three times, the cashier has been someone different. But the food has been consistently the same. 2. Price - They charge about $5-$8 for an order of dumplings. A little more than other dumpling places, but it's still a hole in the wall type place. 3. Ambiance - Dress code is casual. The restaurant is a little outdated, but it's ok. You're not here for the ambiance, you're here for the food! It feels like a restaurant from the 90's. 4. Food - I thought you would of never ask! The only reason why I come here is due to their Shanghai Soup dumplings. The best I've had in Houston so far. I've had the real thing in Shanghai, China, (Din Tai Fung) and I can't say it's exactly the same, but it's delicious. Comfort food! I've also had the Soup Dumplings from Joe Shanghai in NYC. It's almost the same. The experience you get when you travel and eat is quite different from when you're eating in your hometown on a regular day. You have to support your local restaurants and deal with what you got. The food is worth trying. I've ordered #10 (pork dumplings with Chives) and #16 (Shanghai Soup Dumplings). For some reason, they call #16 "dumplings with juices". But it's actually Shanghai Soup Dumplings, as I've checked with the waiter in Mandarin. It is indeed Xiao Long Bao (小籠包). The green beans here are awesome too. 5. Cleanliness - Not Gold medal clean, but it's a typical Asian place. Can I say, Bronze medal clean? read more

The dim sum was good portions and quality. I definitely recommend the xiu mai and deep fried taro puff. read more

Shanghai Restaurant 東雲閣 - Egg yolk steam bun - Dim Sum Near Me - Houston, Texas

Amazing Dim Sum! Quick service and fresh teapot is only $1.00.

This place has a bad ROACH problem! Attempted to eat dim sum here today and 2 of our drinks had dead roaches floating in them. Then when they brought out half of the food (6 dim sum dishes) there was a roach crawling on the food and the metal pan. When we pointed it out to the server she just said "oh ok I'll change it for you" we said no and she said "ok I'll take this dish off for you." We again said no and told her we wouldn't be eating anything there. She went and spoke to her manager and came back and said "ok you just go then." The staff was nice and helpful but that is just gross. I'm surprised no one else has had a similar experience. Thankfully we caught it before we ate or drank anything! Disgusting! read more

we are Americans and this has been the best dim sum we have found in china town here in Houston. It was pretty clean and the service was great and friendly and we were able to communicate well. They have a variety on the menu. A good mix of noodles, dumplings and some traditional as well as a few "American" items. We will go back. We did think that the pot stickers were quite large and not flavorful the whole way through. Pork buns & shrimp dim sum were read more

Dim sum to go! the dim sum and soups (dumpling noodle and hot & sour) were great and fresh. Chicken feet were on point too. We'll be back very soon. read more