Yang Chow Restaurant Review:
Open since 1977, Yang Chow --- named after the town outside of Shanghai from which the five founding Yun brothers hail --- has become a Chinatown institution. Prices are reasonable, and favorites include slippery shrimp (lightly battered shrimp that are both spicy and sweet), lamb with scallions and Szechwan wontons in a zippy, aromatic broth. Other popular seafood dishes are kung pao squid,...
Opening its doors in 1977, Yang Chow---the place is named after the town outside of Shanghai from where the five founding Yun family brothers come---has become a Chinatown institution. Prices are reasonable and favorite dishes like the… Read More
"The slippery shrimp dish is a must-have" at this "nostalgic, old-school" Chinese trio cherished for its "comforting", "Americanized" eats like "you grew up with" in "plentiful" portions; just overlook the "noisy" somewhat "run-down" settings and "efficient, but rushed" service and focus on the way-"reasonable" prices.
Open for more than 30 years, family-operated Yang Chow is one of Downtown's most popular Chinese restaurants. It's not the dining room's bland and functional decor that accrues accolades; what makes Yang Chow so popular is an interesting menu of seafood specialties complementing well-done Chinese standards. After covering the Mandarin and Szechuan basics -- sweet-and-sour pork, shrimp with...