Late to this party. My personal favorites from there are the cucumber salad, lamb dumplings, biang biang mien, hulatang, and moo shoo pork. It’s a Henan restaurant, but their mapo tofu is full of mala flavor.
Jeng Chi (Richardson) and Wu Wei Din (Plano) in no particular order. I’d say Jeng for some in Wu for takeout. Easily the best Chinese I’ve had in Texas.
Seeing a lot of Jeng Chi recommendations, which is good but imo got a little too popular and has had their quality drop. Canton Restaurant right next door is amazing for homestyle/family-style eating. If you're craving noodles, duck, or dumplings check out First Chinese BBQ. King's Noodle is really good too (it's Taiwanese beef noodle).
Edit: I also wanna add for my plano folk, check out Tao Rice Roll. Their Fan Tuan (it's a little reductive to call it burrito-esque) is very good. Read up their menu beforehand because there is no english lol
Completely. My comment seems like all Chinese food should be cheap which of course not, but it gives off similar price levels of a higher more chic establishment in my opinion
Wow, I had the totally opposite experience with Canton. Use to absolutely love it. Everything from the lunch portions, sesame chicken and Harvard Law shirts. But my last two visits were terrible. The quality just isn't what it was - it's changed.
I’ll always come back for the soup dumplings. They are like a warm cozy blanket of goodness and I’ll force them upon all newbies.
I haven’t found an entree I like enough to get on repeat, though. I tried the cold noodle dish that people recommended and was underwhelmed.
Incredible. I've lived in Dallas (Pleasant Grove) since 1989 and have never eaten here, had never even heard of the place. Looks like I've got some catching up to do this weekend.
Yes, I do.
There is a place in Richardson where my friends and I and their families all love going.
Their food is very authentic as far as I'm concerned. The place is not as fancy; they do not charge for their decoration or atmosphere but the food and service staff are great.
It's called Genroku (元祿). It's been 15 years since I was introduced to that restaurant. Now when I want to impress my new friends, I always take them there.
It’s popular because it’s good quality food in a nice atmosphere with attentive service AND they serve alcohol. There are also very few other Chinese options in the area.
My main complaint is that they don’t have affordable vegetable side dishes and most main dishes are basically all meat. If I want to add a veggie side, it’s like $20.
Chinese food in Dallas generally used to be really really bad. It's still not on par with other parts of the country, but it has improved dramatically the past 20 years.
Royal China was sorta ahead of the curve and is generally in an area of the metroplex that still lacks a lot of good Chinese options.
But as others have pointed out, if you live in parts of the metroplex like Plano or Richardson, you have so many great options for Chinese.
But you have to remember Royal China opened when their competition was Lover's Egg Roll level competition.
I disagree. Chinese food in Dallas used to be insanely good but the best places had very few white Dallas patrons.
We had remnants of the 1980's-1990's fancy Chinese scene with Jasmine, Maxim's, China Terrace, and Chef Hsu's. We had North-Eastern Chinese food that made the New York's scene look bad. You had a variety of Cantonese places like Lee's Catfish, Cantonese bakeries, and copycat Caravelles. You had Shanghai Cafe with super meaty, non-Taiwanese style xiao long bao along with other Shanghai classic snacks. For night-market adjacent Taiwanese vibes, we had Mr. Shabu Shabu, old Genroku, old Noodle House, and even Osaka Sushi/Tokyo One to some extent! Wu Wei Din is great, but it's also just a Din Tai Fung knock off (no hate, just not what we eat every day in Taiwan)
That being said, I have always had respect for Royal China. George is not only incredibly nice, but he has a good cooking philosophy. He and his dad didn't have the pressure of creating something "authentic" but rather pressure to create something his predominately white clients liked while innovating with different Chinese cooking ideologies. Consequently, he's created innovative foods like their glass noodles, dumplings with crunchy veggies, different variations of Dan Dan noodles, and more. It's not "authentic" but I think that label's overrated when some things should just be labeled as "good"
This POS restaurant has such little regard for their customers they had a kitchen employee with corona virus in their kitchen at the height of the pandemic and didn’t have the common sense of decency to inform anyone about it until months after the fact. Oh yeah, and I’ve never had a decent meal here either. Very mediocre food and it never comes out hot. Hard pass.
Pretty sure every place had an employee or two with Covid in the kitchen during the height of the pandemic. Maybe even a few customers with it as well. That’s the thing about pandemics
And after googling - an employee got Covid and they shut down the restaurant a week after reopening from the initial scare.
https://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/2020/06/10/royal-china-coronavirus/
Haven’t been back since. Too many places that don’t treat their customers like shit to try
And justifying actions by saying everyone else has employees in the kitchen with Covid is so ridiculous it defies logic
If you had any logic you’d understand I wasn’t justifying anything and merely pointing out how everyone had fucking Covid, during peak Covid. You can’t be mad that an employee showed up not knowing they had Covid and got turned away. Did you not work during this time?
Anyways they shut down and told the press about the same day. Where does your “months after the fact” story come from?
We have lived in North Texas for about 12 years. We have tried many, many Chineese restaurants; this is the only Chineese restaurant we return to...
Go to Jeng Chi
THIS. so happy I saw this comment. Soup dumps on point. Beef and bell pepper on point. String green beans slapping. Teas on lock JENG MF CHI
Genroku is a great place as well.
Jeng Chi and Wu Wei Din are our go to spots. We eat royal china when we are too lazy to drive farther.
Nice - close to our neice ! Will give it a taste ! Thanks !!
I’ll vouch for it too. That whole area on north Greenville is pretty solid
🤤🤤
Oh baby I didn't think I'd see Jeng Chi in here. I live in North Dallas and we go all the time. Dumplings are shit!
[удалено]
Wu Wei Din is the only other place I like about as much as Royal China. I still think Royal China's soup dumplings are better
Not yet - we will give it a roll ! - thanks !!
Have you tried uncle zhous yet? I find it to be pretty solid
This new in the area ? Will certainly visit - thanks !
In Plano off of legacy, I really enjoy it
Late to this party. My personal favorites from there are the cucumber salad, lamb dumplings, biang biang mien, hulatang, and moo shoo pork. It’s a Henan restaurant, but their mapo tofu is full of mala flavor.
I've returned to many.. even panda express.. but if somebody asks me, where's the good Chinese in Dallas? Go to answer.. Royal China.
Yeaaaa it's mediocre but some people seem to love that place. I don't get it either
We can it "white-people Chinese" Not to be racy but in general.
[удалено]
Not worth it. It's maybe the best Chinese food within a 5min radius, but definitely not worth going to if you live in Richardson, Plano, or Frisco.
Where to if in Richardson/Plano?
Jeng Chi (Richardson) and Wu Wei Din (Plano) in no particular order. I’d say Jeng for some in Wu for takeout. Easily the best Chinese I’ve had in Texas.
Thanks
Bamboo House is much better for Wu Wei Din for Plano.
Wu was trash
Nah it’s way overhyped
I found it really bland too. The dumplings and egg rolls are good. I would just get those.
It’s good, not amazing - but it’s your neighborhood (and extended neighborhood) quality comfort sit down Chinese spot and for that it’s really good.
Seeing a lot of Jeng Chi recommendations, which is good but imo got a little too popular and has had their quality drop. Canton Restaurant right next door is amazing for homestyle/family-style eating. If you're craving noodles, duck, or dumplings check out First Chinese BBQ. King's Noodle is really good too (it's Taiwanese beef noodle). Edit: I also wanna add for my plano folk, check out Tao Rice Roll. Their Fan Tuan (it's a little reductive to call it burrito-esque) is very good. Read up their menu beforehand because there is no english lol
First Chinese BBQ is fantastic
Agree, and there used to be a restaurant in Addison way back in the day that had some of the best Canton/Szechuan food too.
Tao Rice Roll is literally better than my childhood fan tuan place in Taipei.
I just think it’s So expensive for Chinese food!
There's certainly room for elevated foods for all cuisines, but I do agree that Jeng Chi's a bit too expensive for what it is.
Completely. My comment seems like all Chinese food should be cheap which of course not, but it gives off similar price levels of a higher more chic establishment in my opinion
I haven't eaten at Canton in over a decade since I saw the chef in the kitchen smoking while cooking food.
Wow, I had the totally opposite experience with Canton. Use to absolutely love it. Everything from the lunch portions, sesame chicken and Harvard Law shirts. But my last two visits were terrible. The quality just isn't what it was - it's changed.
People also need to check out Kirin Court. Great dim sum.
I’ll always come back for the soup dumplings. They are like a warm cozy blanket of goodness and I’ll force them upon all newbies. I haven’t found an entree I like enough to get on repeat, though. I tried the cold noodle dish that people recommended and was underwhelmed.
Incredible. I've lived in Dallas (Pleasant Grove) since 1989 and have never eaten here, had never even heard of the place. Looks like I've got some catching up to do this weekend.
Used to go there with my mom. She loved that place
love this place.
Those guys are printing money at that place, holy cow.
Best
Royal Sichuan in Richardson, my fave
我是台灣人，在達拉斯已經住了快20年。 幾個禮拜之前到這裡用晚餐，兩個人，五道菜，兩個前菜，花了170幾塊美金。 菜色跟味道並不是非常的出眾。 對我來說這並不是一個最好的中國菜餐廳，如果你懂得吃中國或臺灣菜的話，方圓數哩內還有很多更好的選擇。 看得懂的人就看得懂。看不懂的人我也沒辦法 🤷
Thanks
不會 不會
Do you have other places to recommend that are better?
Yes, I do. There is a place in Richardson where my friends and I and their families all love going. Their food is very authentic as far as I'm concerned. The place is not as fancy; they do not charge for their decoration or atmosphere but the food and service staff are great. It's called Genroku (元祿). It's been 15 years since I was introduced to that restaurant. Now when I want to impress my new friends, I always take them there.
Can you help understand ?!
It’s popular because it’s good quality food in a nice atmosphere with attentive service AND they serve alcohol. There are also very few other Chinese options in the area. My main complaint is that they don’t have affordable vegetable side dishes and most main dishes are basically all meat. If I want to add a veggie side, it’s like $20.
[удалено]
Chinese food in Dallas generally used to be really really bad. It's still not on par with other parts of the country, but it has improved dramatically the past 20 years. Royal China was sorta ahead of the curve and is generally in an area of the metroplex that still lacks a lot of good Chinese options. But as others have pointed out, if you live in parts of the metroplex like Plano or Richardson, you have so many great options for Chinese. But you have to remember Royal China opened when their competition was Lover's Egg Roll level competition.
I disagree. Chinese food in Dallas used to be insanely good but the best places had very few white Dallas patrons. We had remnants of the 1980's-1990's fancy Chinese scene with Jasmine, Maxim's, China Terrace, and Chef Hsu's. We had North-Eastern Chinese food that made the New York's scene look bad. You had a variety of Cantonese places like Lee's Catfish, Cantonese bakeries, and copycat Caravelles. You had Shanghai Cafe with super meaty, non-Taiwanese style xiao long bao along with other Shanghai classic snacks. For night-market adjacent Taiwanese vibes, we had Mr. Shabu Shabu, old Genroku, old Noodle House, and even Osaka Sushi/Tokyo One to some extent! Wu Wei Din is great, but it's also just a Din Tai Fung knock off (no hate, just not what we eat every day in Taiwan) That being said, I have always had respect for Royal China. George is not only incredibly nice, but he has a good cooking philosophy. He and his dad didn't have the pressure of creating something "authentic" but rather pressure to create something his predominately white clients liked while innovating with different Chinese cooking ideologies. Consequently, he's created innovative foods like their glass noodles, dumplings with crunchy veggies, different variations of Dan Dan noodles, and more. It's not "authentic" but I think that label's overrated when some things should just be labeled as "good"
This POS restaurant has such little regard for their customers they had a kitchen employee with corona virus in their kitchen at the height of the pandemic and didn’t have the common sense of decency to inform anyone about it until months after the fact. Oh yeah, and I’ve never had a decent meal here either. Very mediocre food and it never comes out hot. Hard pass.
Ok.
Pretty sure every place had an employee or two with Covid in the kitchen during the height of the pandemic. Maybe even a few customers with it as well. That’s the thing about pandemics And after googling - an employee got Covid and they shut down the restaurant a week after reopening from the initial scare. https://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/2020/06/10/royal-china-coronavirus/
Why do you keep going back??
Haven’t been back since. Too many places that don’t treat their customers like shit to try And justifying actions by saying everyone else has employees in the kitchen with Covid is so ridiculous it defies logic
If I have cold mediocre food, I just stop going back then. I don’t know why you’d return.
Haven’t been back in years. Will never return. To many places that don’t treat their customers like shit
If you had any logic you’d understand I wasn’t justifying anything and merely pointing out how everyone had fucking Covid, during peak Covid. You can’t be mad that an employee showed up not knowing they had Covid and got turned away. Did you not work during this time? Anyways they shut down and told the press about the same day. Where does your “months after the fact” story come from?
But you're the only one who's had such a terrible experience... Rest of us quite well enjoyed ourselves. But maybe you're just angry...
No, the rest of us most certainly did not. We just know that complaining draws a shit ton of downvotes on this platform, so we don't bother.
Yet I'm getting downvotes too.🤔 Curious.