The pf chang thread got me wondering where do you guys go when you crave chinese. I really hate super cheap chinese but not always willing to dish out a lot of money for it all the time. List where you go and what you get if you don't mind.

Don't bother mentioning Shanghai Express (lo mein and the dumplings aren't bad) or Golden Dragon (ate there once was the worst chinese food I've ever had).

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 5:15 PM. Reason : oops]

1/25/2006 5:06:58 PM

beansprout is pretty good and cheap!

i usually get the kung pao chicken, steam rice, egg roll, and soup..its a combo dinner and it costs about $6.40

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 5:12 PM. Reason : s]

1/25/2006 5:12:01 PM

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"Golden Dragon (ate there once was the worst chinese food I've ever had) cause I think I've had everything there."

must have been a large meal.

generally you get what you pay for. beansprout, pearl, and hong kong are all ok, nothing amazing but fair priced.

1/25/2006 5:12:48 PM

never had beansprout, but pearl is good.

1/25/2006 5:14:22 PM

where is bean sprout, are all of these places pretty close to campus?

1/25/2006 5:16:41 PM

beansprout is good but costs more... i grew up on fast food, so i usually tend to be a fan of mall chinese

although the sesame chicken's spices at the hong kong in plaza west (where western intersects with jones franklin) is really good and not very expensive. they also have fries there oddly enough.

1/25/2006 5:17:57 PM

cheap chinese:
shanghai express > golden dragon

good chinese:
five star

enough said

1/25/2006 5:20:11 PM

when i was in raleigh i really liked neo china on glenwood. similar to pf changs but pretty good. there is a place up on new bern that has great food but you'll need to request the chinese menu (it is more authentic than their american menu)

1/25/2006 5:20:41 PM

neo china felt more like you were paying for the atmosphere rather than the quality of the food everytime i've been there.

1/25/2006 5:21:58 PM

maybe but then i always ate lunch so it was cheaper

1/25/2006 5:22:58 PM

I've been digging Five Star lately. ~$13/plate.

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 5:23 PM. Reason : l]

1/25/2006 5:23:18 PM

yea beansprout is on hillsborough beside the waffle house

1/25/2006 5:27:13 PM

there's really not any great chinese food in raleigh

they NEVER get general tso's right

the kung pao is NEVER seasoned correctly

and the lo mein usually is either sticky or bland




so basically you can't find decent chinese in raleigh

1/25/2006 5:29:41 PM

^fuck

1/25/2006 5:32:44 PM

this sounds familiar

1/25/2006 5:34:28 PM

All those Pearl/Bean Sprout/etc places are the same. I'm pretty sure all the food comes from the same distributor and with them all having the same menu there really isn't much difference in any of them. Golden Dragon is like the same shit, but somehow slightly lower grade. But hey, Chef-Boyardee is some pretty low grade stuff and it is still pretty tasty, so whatever.

1/25/2006 5:43:08 PM

as crappy as most of the chinese food here are, im honestly getting used to it.
i like going to mama wok's (towards preston), royal china buffet in north raleigh, and neo china for dim sum. i wouldnt rate these as the best, but tolerable at best.

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 5:57 PM. Reason : ]

1/25/2006 5:57:29 PM

yeah i hate how they all get there food from the same place, is there no inbetween. its either pay out the ass or empty the change from yoru pocked and eat the exact same thing every other cheap place serves.

1/25/2006 5:58:48 PM

The boy and I like to go to 35 Chinese on Kildaire Farm Road. Apparently, it has been around for a long time and popular with the locals.

1/25/2006 6:01:11 PM

dude theres always asian people in golden dragon.

that place is the shit

1/25/2006 6:03:26 PM

yu's mandarin

1/25/2006 6:04:16 PM

Wok'N'Grill on Miami Blvd and Hwy 54 in RTP.

1/25/2006 6:04:58 PM

Hahaha I love how all the Chinese restaurants around campus all have THE EXACT SAME PICTURES for their meals.

1/25/2006 6:47:01 PM

Personally I like Beansprout much better than Pearl or Shanghai Express, and for the most part better than Golden Dragon. But that's just me.

1/25/2006 6:49:40 PM

Lee's Chinese in Clemmons, NC

1/25/2006 6:50:49 PM

I miss Beansprout.

1/25/2006 7:52:41 PM

My favorite inexpensive chinese place is Red Dragon off of Fairview right near five points. The food is really good and not too expensive.

1/25/2006 7:57:44 PM

fuck you for not liking golden dragon

there's a place in garner next to the post office...china garden, pearl garden, china pearl?? [user]pinkanblack[/user] knows the name.

i've only ever had the sesame chicken, and a bite of beef lo mein. but WOW

1/25/2006 7:59:44 PM

^ Its China Garden. And ill second that too, theyre sesame chicken is real good.

1/25/2006 8:09:22 PM

my mom's cooking.

1/25/2006 8:09:30 PM

some chink in my spanish class told the class of the best place she thought

i wrote it down, i'm gonna get my notebook and look

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 8:52 PM. Reason : but alas i can not find said scripture]

1/25/2006 8:44:24 PM

hahah...chink

1/25/2006 8:47:31 PM

there's a small restaurant in five points called red dragon (turn right off of oberlin, fairfield or fairview i think?)
very good service, reasonably priced, check it out

1/25/2006 9:11:01 PM

I didn't like five star when i went there, but i do like NeoChina....the neochina in cary has a dimsum deal on weekends for lunch. Its really good and filling. They bring cart after cart of desserts, potstickers etc.

1/25/2006 9:21:51 PM

sesamine chicken of PEARL. yes.

1/25/2006 9:24:08 PM

Pearl on Gorman/Western & Jade Garden on Hilsborough[b]

1/25/2006 9:47:52 PM

Neochina is great! It's around 7ish for lunch, which was enough for two meals. I'm a fan (and it helps since I work right down the streat )

1/25/2006 10:20:21 PM

i like Pearl.

1/25/2006 10:20:51 PM

Red Dragon is good.. hard to get a seat some nights.. other nights its empty. Check out Imperial Garden too; its not too pricey.. I've been going there for over 15 years.

1/25/2006 10:35:02 PM

Pearl is awesome. The Shrimp and Broccoli is great stuff.

1/25/2006 11:16:39 PM

the asian grocery store has decent food. Grand Asia and AC Market. i usually get half a duck or the roast pork and with a lunch box. there is also asian pastries at both of them.

1/25/2006 11:28:11 PM

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"Grand Asia and AC Market"

that's about as authentic as it gets around Raleigh. pretty good shit too

1/25/2006 11:28:55 PM

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"there's a place in garner next to the post office...china garden, pearl garden, china pearl?? [user]pinkanblack[/user] knows the name. "

mmmmyou rang?

China Garden is the shit.

Neo China is great. My ex used to take me there since it was near her house in Morrisville. I love the building.

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 11:44 PM. Reason : .]

1/25/2006 11:43:24 PM

i got sick off the stuff at grand asia many months ago (and so did others)
the tofu is freakin dangerous

1/26/2006 12:18:30 AM

Where is Imperial Garden?

Red Dragon is good too, I had almost forgotten about it. I tend to think of take-out and not the more sit-down style places when I'm thinking of Chinese...

1/26/2006 12:31:22 AM

china queen is pretty good...its off of avent ferry near kerr drug

1/26/2006 2:25:03 AM

Orient Garden in Cary

1/26/2006 9:42:35 PM

^ Orient garden! damn, i love that place

1/26/2006 9:44:24 PM

i <3 neo china.

but it's not really cheap.

1/26/2006 9:50:46 PM

China Garden in garner is awesome...
If i want buffet, I go to King Chinese in Fuquay beside Wal-Mart

1/26/2006 10:31:40 PM