Chinese peoples' favourite Chinese Restaurants

Ahem. Anyone want an opinion on Chinese people's favourite Chinese restaurants?

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The best Chinese restaurant I had been to in Munich area is in Starnberg. Itz been a while but I think the name is Mandarin. Munich central I haven't had a chance to try any good Chinese restaurants other than a couple of fast food places like Little Chinese and Happy food.

I went to Man Fat a while back, and didn't think it was toooo bad. I'm not Chinese though

When I lived in San Francisco and would eat in Chinatown, most of the Chinese I saw in the restaurants were never eating stuff that was on the menu anyway.

@ Why8 - I doubt you can handle the real chinese food anyways. It is very different from what we see in the restaurants..so I think the topic of the thread should be Non CHinese People's favorite Chinese restaurant. I have not found a decent chinese place in Munich, but I have not looked too much. Wouldn't mind having a General tso's or Kung Pao chicken . But I think General Tso's chicken only exists in the US anyways.

Not true my friend, there are actually several very authentic Chinese restaurants in and around Munich. My favorite is in Wortelstetten, but that is a bit far to drive.
Very near the Hofbraühaus is a favorite amongst the Chinese population here abouts. All my students that were Chinese raved about this place. Can't remember the name, but if you go down there, it will be the one full of Chinese people and the occassional anglo. If you want to get in there, make reservations!

Jade and Canton are always the names that come up by the Chinese foodies. By the latter I mean either serious cooks, serious eaters or just the occasional peeps with the serious case of yellow feva.

The place Eurovol mentions is on my list of places to go. Theres also a few new places, including a Singaporean kitchen thats supposedly popped up somewhere near the Hilton.

We always go to Kam Yi. You have to take the S-Bahn to Rosenheimer Platz. Close to there (direction philharmonic society) on the left of the Rosenheimer Str. you'll find a shopping center called Motorama City(or something like that). The restaurant is situated on the left of the entrance to the shopping center. It's always packed with Chinese (or other asiatics). The food is very good! Damn, I'm hungry again..

Is there a Chinese restaurant in Munich that does Aromatic Duck (with pancakes, Hoisin sauce, etc.) as you mainly see in the UK? I have not come across one yet that does it.

eww i don't want authentic chinese food
i'm quite happy with the european version, thank you very much!

Jade. Michaelibad U-Bahn stop, it rocks. That will set you back a bit in Munich though, and worth calling ahead to pre-order if you want it marinated properly.

Someone nominated "Wok Man" in the Leopoldstrasse??
Crispy fried dog, more like.

Going off at a slight tangent, there is a friendly and well-stocked Chinese supermarket just off Münchner Freiheit (Kaiserstrasse). There's also a great Indian supermarket on the Frankfurter ring (Riesenfeldstr) in the north of Munich. They have absolutely everything you could ever want, in big bags, cheap. The man on the counter when I was there also turned out to be an ex-Birmingham City player.

My fav for duck is China Paradies on Dachauerstr, one tram stop past the Goethe Institute... oh, craving!

I'm half-Chinese and know plenty of Chinese in Munich. The one that most like best is Jade next to Michaelibad U-Bahn. I quite like Kam Yi at Rosenheimer Platz as well. Although I don't think the staff are Chinese, it has the proper feel of a Chinese restaurant.

The main thing about both places is that they offer dim sum. Not many places do. I really miss the great dim sum in London Chinatown. When I first arrived in Munich I tried it at Mangostin. It was truly awful and expensive to boot.

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No Mic, they are Thai. The cook's got to be Chinese though, normally Thai cooking is very different to this. Yes, the Dim Sum are delicious! Don't know Jade.. yet.
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@ashu - I am of Chinese descent, so I think I can handle Chinese food pretty well. Starting to miss it after 6 weeks of pastas and Bavarian meats, actually...

From a straw poll of all the Chinese people I know in Munich: Jade at Michaelibad is the most authentic Chinese food here, the staff are Chinese, speaks Cantonese. But really more expensive than the rest. Last time I was there, a meal for four without beers (only Chinese tea) was €60.

Must try Kam Yi, heard a lot of recommendations also.

Dim sum... yum~~~~

'edwin', who is from Singapore, though that 'Jade' in Michaelibad was the best Chinese restaurant he had been too. It was definitely a fantastic meal if you ask for the Chinese menu rather than the German menu. Think they also do aromatic crispy duck, though you may have to pre-order it.

I am actually coming from Hong Kong. I have tried Jade, and its quite good, but its pretty expensive. Has anybody try a Chinese Resturant called "Kam Lung"? Its in the Blutenburgstr. 53. It taste as good as Jade but its not so expensive. And the good thing about them is that you can call them 1 or 2 days before and order anything you like there. Unfortunately they don't serve dim sum.
I organise most of my evening there with my colleague and they loved it (I guess its because I always order things not from the menu)

Is there a good Chinese resteraunt for a vegetarian. Most Chinese restaurants in Munich offer the standard 4 bland vegetarian dishes and lots of exciting meat dishes.

Hey Ronch ... good tip. what do you recommend to order

Dim Sum at Kam Yi is very disappointing! The selection is not great, and the portions are not big.

Is there one of those chinese restaurants where they cook your food on the table right in front of you here in Munich?

I second that.

I usually order a bit of seafood (if they happen to have some fresh one coming back), I would really recommend sweet and sour prawn ... sometimes ordering the "roast" duck which they need at least 1 day in advance to prepare it.. and "soya source" chichen" as well... gee.. I am getting hungry already


Nop.. I have never try any chinese resturant that will cook in front of you, only have tried the Japanese one which they cook in front of you on a hot metal plate...

"Mongolian Barbeques" often let you choose your own ingredients, which are then cooked right in front of you, sometimes at the table. Don't know of any Mongolian restaurants here though.

Sounds good Ronch, oh what do you think of the Mandarin on Platzl or Canton? Since Edwins gone back to the motherland..let me know if your up for organizing and Asian Night Out.

Either we can let the Asians out or we can all go to an Asian restaurant.

one of the best (not worse than Jade) is locating close to Isartor, but i don't remember the name / telno.
you can easily find it according to the following map:
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Don, there's a new Mongolian restaurant in Munich called "Mongo's" - I shit you not.

Lian, is that Wok and Roll?

Hi Ronch. I think I might have meant japanese instead. Anyway, would you happen to know where this japanese place is that you mentioned?

Ahhh Tepanyake style? Not found anyway in Munich yet..

I was actually thinking Hibachi but I did a search and found out that it's the same thing as Tepanyake.

Ive enjoyed a few nice meals recently at the Mandarin Chinese Restaurant on LedererStrasse 21. 08922688. Around the corner from the Hofbrauhaus, down the street from the Hard Rock Cafe.

Restaurants been there for 50 years, "my" waitress has worked there 20. Weekday lunch specials run 6 euros, daily specials (soup or eggroll, entree, and meant to be skipped fried fruit pieces) run 8-10 euros. Rest of the karte runs 7-15. Notable exception is the peking duck for four peeps, which must be pre-ordered and will set you back 60 euros. They have a limited vegetarian selection but can make to order. Been there a few times and usually a table or two of chinese peeps ordering without a menu, so grab your closest china man and check it out.

ps: why did general tso shoot the kung pao's chicken? cause he was really a peeking duck. hahahahahahaha. get it...he was peeking...eh nevermind.

I'm Asian. LET ME OUT!!!

Hope someone organises a Asian Night Out. We can rotate between Chinese, Japanese, Mongolian, Vietnamese, etc. But since curry night is so established in TT, we can leave that sub-continent alone.

I'll organise if nobody comes forward in a week or two. Too busy to plan now, need to move house soon...

This is very common in the Korean cuisine as well. There's usually a hot metal plate on each table and you can even do the cooking yourself (the Koreans love doing that).
If you like Asian food and want to try something different from Chinese/Indian/Japanese, you might give it a go - e.g. the "Seoul" (Leopoldstrasse 120, 089 348104) has pretty authentic Korean dishes.

Wowzez. Too many to even begin trying. Just going to be lazy and wait for a TT event, then follow the crowd somewhere. There are some Malaysian/Singaporean restaurants around too.

When I figure out how to post photos, I'll post some Malaysian dishes to get you all salivating all over your keyboard.

not sure... i only can remember "wok" is contained in the name.
nevertheless, you can find it just following the map

Then it must be Wok and Roll, as that's on the corner of Zweibrückenstr opposite the DPMA

Yeah get bulgogie and it'll be cooked on the table in a KR restaurant, alternatively get yourself a Mongolian hotpot (we found one in a CN supermarket) and try a MN hotpot yourself Or try to german version of Raclette

Wock & Woll at Deutsche Museum bridge.

Very nice management and waiters. Such a pleasure to find this kind of service in Munich.

Sure... but really busy now as I will start my german evening course in the Goethe-Institut. in May.. but.. Monday to Thursday... 6 to 8 .. for 2 months.. I think I will be quit dead after that.
I am always out.. and drunk...


Sorry no. I actually want to find out too..


Sorry, what exactly is in Mongolian hotpot? do you mean the hotpot that contains mainly Lamb?
Why not just try the chinese hotpot, much easier...

you put whatever you like in it, it's a method of cooking, so afaik the ingredients don't matter. can't describe how it looks, metal ring with room for liquid at the bottom in a ring around a circluar flat 'plate' in the middle, on a higher level.. :S

ok.. now I know... cantonese style is similar... just don't have the metal ring in the middle but with a big pot of water for a start
hm.. but the one you mention, I think the orginial one is actally with Lamb (of course also with the other stuff too, but the main thing is the lamb)..which is very good also with the special source especially for this. (I remember they actually it has around 10 different sources and you can mix it urself)

http://www.xs4all.nl/~alicedj/hotpot.html