Dress Code: Upscale Casual
Wheelchair Accessible:
Seating:
Music Type:
Set Lunch Menu Price Fixed
Appetizer
Nanking Spring Rolls
Or
Neptune’s Hot & Sour Soup
Selection of One Entrée
Chicken Lily
Twin Mushroom Chicken
Firecracker Chicken (Hot)
Crispy-Chewy Szechwan Beef (Spicy)
“Old Man” Sweet and Sour Pork
Jinjiang “Mushu” Pork
Salt & Pepper Pork Ribs
Twice Cooked Pork (Spicy)
Orange Peel Beef
Buddha’s Vegetarian Delight
Selection of Vegetable & Rice Dish
Fresh Vegetable and choice of steamed or Fried Rice
DINNER
APPETIZERS (HOT)
Seafood Custard with Osetra Caviar
Savory custard with crab, seasoned conpoy scallops, and seafood essence steamed in an eggshell with a dollop of Osetra caviar
Minced Duck in Lettuce Petals
Roasted duck with water chestnuts, celery, Kalamata olives and black mushrooms served on chilled lettuce leaves with house-made plum sauce
Nanking Spring Rolls
Delicate and crispy petite spring rolls stuffed with julienne of fish, sprouts, and chives served with sweet & sour sauce and hot mustard
“Yiubao” Prawns
Crackling prawns with edible shells, wok-tossed with ginger, scallions and Shaoxing rice wine
Yangtze River Lite Fry
Tender white fish lightly wrapped in river grass flash-fried to golden crispness and served with ginger aioli, black vinegar and Sichuan pepper-salt
Sweeten-Glazed Short Ribs
Pork ribs wok-glazed in a tangy Chiangkiang sauce with sprinkle of sesame seeds and lemon zest
Pork & Shrimp Potstickers
Made fresh daily; pan seared and served along with chili-vinegar dipping sauce
Dumplings in Chili Broth
Wonton style pork and ginger dumplings poached and bathed in a Sichuan chili-wine broth
Chili-Encrusted Fried Calamari
Gently scored squid lightly fried with Anaheim peppers, served with spicy plum sauce
Shrimp & Chestnut Custard Rolls
Crispy shrimp rolls served with a lettuce cup, Chinese fivespice, fleur de sel, and hot Chinese mustard
APPETIZERS (COLD)
Traditional Caviar Service
Osetra caviar, served with chopped eggs, chives and finely diced onions on toast points, with a clean vodka shooter or champagne
Five-Temple Chicken Salad
Grilled chicken breast tossed with julienne of greens, rice noodles in a ginger sesame dressing
“Drunken” Chicken
Traditional style “Yellow Skin” chicken poached and marinated with Shaoxing wine and Fen Shiu liquor
Eel Crisp & Celery Sticks
Thin crispy glazed eel threads tossed with shaved celery and shredded pickled ginger
DIM SUM
Triple Steamer
Three stacked baskets of dim sum favorites; har gaw, daizi- jiao, and shaolung bao with assorted dipping sauces
Steamed “Shaolung Bao”
Double basket of World Famous Shanghai steamed dumpling filled with juicy broth, served with ginger vinegar
“SHIAO TSAI” APPETIZERS (VEGETARIAN)
Babaolajian
Edible basket of eight traditional ingredients
Pressed spinach
Served hot with chopped bean cakes
“Sichuan Sisters”
Spicy ginger cucumbers with pickled cabbage hearts
“Mock Goose & Kalfu”
Large Tree and braised black mushrooms
SOUP (PER PERSON)
Neptune’s Hot & Sour Soup
Spicy seafood consommé with shrimp, scallops, savory vegetables, eggs and cilantro-red pepper sprinkle
Bamboo Steamed Chicken & Winter Melon
Perfectly cooked chicken breast segments, black mushroom and winter melon steamed in a bamboo tube
Three Precious
Steamed "upside-down" bowl of ham, chicken, and bamboo shoots, in pork stock
POULTRY
“Firecracker” Chicken
Sichuan dry-wok fired (or “Kung Pao”) method of cooking generous portions of dried chili peppers, chive buds, and fried garlic with seared chicken
Lemon Chicken DeLuxe
Grilled breast laced with a tangy lemon sauce
Cindy’s Clay Pot Chicken
Slow-flame cooked chicken in the pot with Shiitake mushrooms, Lopcheung sausage, ginger, garlic and onions, home style
Chicken “Lily” Black Bean Sauce
Tender, sliced breast of chicken cooked with fresh sweet lily bulbs in a fermented black bean sauce
The Original General Tso's Chicken
Lightly breaded and wok-braised chicken with celery, peppers, onions, loads of garlic in a tangy spicy-sour sauce
Tea Smoked Squab
Chengdu technique of smoking over camphor and tea leaves, served with lotus buns, pepper-salt and sour plum sauce
Beggar’s Chicken
A whole chicken stuffed with seasonal spices and ingredients wrapped in clay flour and slow baked for several hours. The clay seals in all the juices and is broken tableside before the bird is carved | **please call ahead 24 hours for this dish**
“Jin Jiang” Peking Duck
Roast Peking duck served with crisped skin. Accompanied by cucumber, scallion flower and Plum-Hoisin sauce in paper-thin crepes or lotus buns-prepared tableside
BEEF
Crispy-Chewy Sichuan Beef
Multiple-seared beef strips wok tossed with julienne of carrots and celery in Sichuan peppercorn sauce
Black Pepper Steak “Kow”
Wok-seared tenderloin Filet Mignon of steak with fresh brown button, oyster mushrooms and snow peas in a coarse black pepper sauce
“Manchurian” Filet of Beef
Filet Steak grilled over a julienne of potatoes, peppers in a Japanese influenced Chinese “Tonkatsu” sauce
Tangerine Beef with Celery Hearts
Sliced tender beef seasoned with dry tangerine peels, star anise, and Sichuan peppercorns wok-tossed with celery hearts
PORK
Spicy Salt & Pepper Short Ribs
Double-wok tossed with red chili, scallions, and a classic pepper-salt seasoning
Braised Five Spice Shank
Whole pork shank braised in rich soya, star anise, cloves, cassia, fennel, ginger and rock sugar served with sugar pea shoots
Twice-Cooked
Thinly sliced steamed pork belly, wok tossed with bell peppers, pressed bean cakes and leeks in a spicy bean sauce
Hunan Smoked “LaRou”
Hunan style cured smoked pork belly with Lop Cheong Sausage wok fired with leeks, and roasted garlic
“The Lion King”
Giant fluffy pork and tofu meat ball “lions-heads”, slow-cooked in a mung bean noodle “mane”. Served with a demi-glace and bok choy
Chairman Mao’s Red Cooked Pork Pot
Slow “Red Cooked” lean pork with roasted garlic presented in an earthen casserole and served with lotus buns
Glazed Pork Belly on Red Rice Wine Lees
Slow braised and finely rendered, simmered in fermented red-rice lees and served in a traditional fashion with sautéed spinach
LAMB
Five Spice Mongolian Lamb Chops
Five spices marinated, grilled lamb chops with roasted whole chestnuts
Xian Peppercorn Lamb Tenderloin
Wok-fired lamb with leeks and peppercorn sauce
Islamic Spiced Lamb In Clay Pot
Xia Jiang provincial version of braised lamb with exotic Indian Kari spices
SEAFOOD
Old Shanghai Lobster Trap
Whole New England lobster cooked to order-please ask for today’s preparations
Fish on a “Vine”
Filet of fish formed and served in a red wine verjus-soya reduction garnished with vine segments and grapes
“Zhao Liew” Fish Pillows
Tender sliced filet of cod cooked in rice sherry with “yinyang” black and silver tree-ear mushrooms
“Dragonwell” Shrimp
Delicately sautéed white shrimp with green Dragonwell tea leaves and essence, served with traditional black vinegar
Red Chili Prawns
Cooked in spicy sesame-chili sauce on a bed of wok-fired leeks
Kung Pao Prawns
Classic dry-wok fired prawns with Sichuan chili, roasted peanuts and scallion flower
Garlic Prawns “Chinoise”
Large wok-seared prawns with cracked pepper and minced garlic atop house-made noodles
“Three Coins in a Fountain”
Medallions of sea scallops with zucchini discs in a Sa-te sauce, a rich seafaring sauce created by legendary Ming Dynasty Chef Tia Chieu
Fresh Crab
Ginger-Scallion, Roasted Garlic, XO, Salt & Pepper, or Steamed
“Buddha Jumps Over the Wall” (MINIMUM 72 HRS NOTICE)
A “Chiu Chow” specialoccasion dish of braised sun-dried abalone, superior shark's fin, preserved scallops, oysters, and black skin chicken, slow-steamed in lotus leaves with superior double-boiled broth in an earthen wine jug
FRESH WHOLE FISH
Whole “Squirrel” Filet Fish
Squirrel-cut and boneless selection in piquant sweet & sour glaze with lychee fruit, yellow squash and black mushrooms, and finished with toasted pine nuts
Steamed Whole Fish
Our selection of the day on top of bamboo pith- wrapped scallions, steamed over ginger and topped with sizzling shaved black mushrooms
Sichuan Braised Chili Fish (available also as filet)
Fresh daily selection slow-cooked in a spicy chili bean paste-a spicy dish!
Wok Roasted Catfish
Braised with black mushrooms, young bamboo shoots, and roasted garlic in classic Chinese brown sauce, served tableside
VEGETABLES
Buddha’s Golden Picnic Basket
Eight delicious Asian vegetables individually cooked and collected in a golden-woven taro basket
“Jade & Ebony”
Braised "Ebony Black" mushrooms surrounded by tender jade green Shanghai baby bok choy hearts
Nanking “Yuxiang” Garlic Eggplant
Strips of Japanese Eggplant wok-braised in a tangy garlic sauce with classic "Yuxiang" fragrance
Sichuan Green Beans
Flash-cooked with garlic, shallots and pickled radish
Pea Shoot Delight
Gently wokked sugar-pea shoots in famous “Kaoliang” liquor
“MaPo” Tofu
"Pockmarked" Grandma's famous recipe of silken bean curd with minced pork and Sichuan peppercorns
“Family” Style Tofu Delight
Lightly wokked cooked firm bean curd in a casserole with eight vegetarian selections-a little spicy
RICE & NOODLES
Vegetable Rice with Cured Chinese Sausage
Beijing "Thousand Layer" Bread (Steamed or Fried) two rolls
Yang Chow Fried Rice
Chef’s Choice Lo Mein
Garlic Noodles
Steamed Rice
DESSERT MENU
DESSERT MENU
Flambé Fried Bananas with Liqueur Orange ala Mode
Pan Crepes Stuffed with Red Azuki Bean Mélange
Fresh Seasonal Fruit Platter, Spiced Lime Salt
Profiterole Sesame “Apples”
Three Flavors - Valrhona Chocolate, Peanut
Chocolate Mousse
with Peach & Passion Fruit Coulis, Fresh Raspberries
Spiced Cookies and Tropical Ice Cream
Crème Brulee a la Shanghai
Candy Ginger, French Vanilla or Mountain Green
Eight Precious Rice, Jasmine Crème Fresh, in Whole Pumpkin