The ex had been hearing a lot of great things about China 46 so we decided to go. We both like really authentic Chinese food. We like the kind of place that we have to convince them to give us the Chinese menu and allay their fears by speaking what little Mandarin we know. I'm really partial to three types of Chinese cuisine. Spicy stuff (Szechuan and Hunan), Shanghai cuisine, and Cantonese Dim Sum.
46 specializes in Shanghai cooking including Shanghai Dim Sum. The other great places I've encountered in NY/NJ are Joe's Shanghai (famous for their soup dumplings with more juice than any other place) in NYC Chinatown (Bowery and Pell), and John's Shanghai in Edgewater, NJ.
So we had 3 things. We had two racks of soup dumplings (a Shanghai Dim Sum favorite of mine also called juicy buns):
A dish described as "Shredded Chicken w. Hot Oil Sauce Bedded w. Spinach" which was simply marvelous since it had a touch of vinegar and the hot oil, spinach, and vinegar made a wonderful chililicious counter-point to the chicken:
And a favorite of mine similar to something I got at John's Shanghai. Shanghai spiced (five spice tastes similar) pork belly with tofu knots:
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46 specializes in Shanghai cooking including Shanghai Dim Sum. The other great places I've encountered in NY/NJ are Joe's Shanghai (famous for their soup dumplings with more juice than any other place) in NYC Chinatown (Bowery and Pell), and John's Shanghai in Edgewater, NJ.
So we had 3 things. We had two racks of soup dumplings (a Shanghai Dim Sum favorite of mine also called juicy buns):
A dish described as "Shredded Chicken w. Hot Oil Sauce Bedded w. Spinach" which was simply marvelous since it had a touch of vinegar and the hot oil, spinach, and vinegar made a wonderful chililicious counter-point to the chicken:
And a favorite of mine similar to something I got at John's Shanghai. Shanghai spiced (five spice tastes similar) pork belly with tofu knots:
:eat1: :eat1: :eat1:
:eat2: :eat2: :eat2:
