If you love traditional Chinese food, China Chef is the place to get it! No fancy mood lighting here, just really good food. Because they only stick to the real Chinese dishes, and not the "gourmet" or "cater to American" taste style of cooking, you get food straight out of a wok that tastes like it was cooked in a wok.
Not everyone is as a proficient eater as I, so I'll make a couple mid-level (on the authenticity scale) suggestions to try to help ease your tastebuds in.
Beef with Tofu in Egg Sauce (Slippery Eggs Beef w/ Tofu) - this is a lunch menu item that you can ask for as a dinner entree. If you've never tried this dish, do it at China Chef. They make it perfectly: silky ribbons of egg in a light sauce drenching tender beef and silken tofu. This is Cantonese comfort food at its best!
Salt and Pepper Tofu - another classic dish done quite well. They use silken tofu that they batter and deep fry to produce a textural symphony in your mouth. The outside is light and crispy and the tofu inside disintegrates when bitten into. Combine the great texture with salt, garlic, and chili peppers and you have yourself a highly addictive "snack" food for dinner.
Don't forget to use your check-in offer for the free cream cheese wontons (this is not Chinese food BTW). Even though they are a little out-of-place, they aren't half bad and are free, so you might as well help yourself.
Just like the best Chinese restaurants, the staff won't exude Western hospitality. The fact is that they aren't there to feed you smiles, just really good food. read more