If you're in the mood for an Asian feast, here are five authentic Chinese restaurants in Las Vegas you should try:
1. Dagu Rice Noodle
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Rice noodle soup with pork ribs[/caption]
Dagu Rice Noodle is a popular Chinese noodle restaurant and the flagship U.S. location inside Shanghai Plaza, just 2 miles from the Las Vegas Strip. It serves fresh bowls of noodle soup, delicious vegetarian dishes, and specialty snacks. Reserve a table for lunch or dinner. You'll enjoy fried chicken cutlets, boiling rice noodle soup, hot soup with marinated beef shank, and prime cut ox tendon in Sichuan chili sauce.
The specialty soups are served in stone bowls for that genuine experience. The chef serves the dish ready from the kitchen or presents guests with several bowls of ready-to-eat ingredients for them to mix and dip in soups to their liking.
2. ShangHai Taste
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Asian dishes at ShangHai Taste[/caption]
If you crave some Shanghai-styled Chinese street food, visit ShangHai Taste in Chinatown, Las Vegas, for steamed vegan dumplings, beef noodle soups, and complimentary Chinese tea. The award-winning restaurant has a clean and homey interior. Other menu items include scallion pancakes, egg-fried rice, vegan dumplings, and traditional vegetables.
Due to its popularity, the restaurant serves at least 3,000 xiao long bao soup dumplings a day. ShangHai Taste has already gained recognition in leading magazines and journals like The New York Times, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Thrillist, Las Vegas Weekly, Food & Wine, Las Vegas Eater, and CBS News.
3. Chinglish Cantonese Wine Bar
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Gung Gung's Chicken wings[/caption]
The Chinglish Cantonese Wine Bar is a popular family-owned Chinese restaurant specializing in Cantonese cuisine. Book a table and order some Poh Poh’s Dumplings in chicken, pork, or vegan options. Its stir-fried duck lettuce wraps use fresh butter lettuce. Likewise, its Chilean Sea Bass comes with complimentary steamed Jasmine white rice.
Other tasty dishes include tofu and seaweed soup, gung gung's chicken wings, stir-fried vegetables, and pan-fried Hong Kong crispy noodles.
4. Yummy Rice
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Chicken Katsu at Yummy Rice[/caption]
What if you could devour some sticky “glutinous rice” in tasty Katsu sauce served in traditional Chinese clay pots? If this resonates with you, reserve a table at Yummy Rice inside Shanghai Plaza, Las Vegas, Tuesday to Sunday between 11 am and 8.30 pm. The restaurant serves Cantonese-styled cuisines like Shanghai Bok Choy appetizers, seaweed salad, fried calamari, and Chuna Pei with Quail Soup. Chicken curry, mixed seafood, and fried rice are must-try meals.
Also, the restaurant has a mouth-watering porridge menu comprising dry scallops porridge, frog legs porridge, and mixed seafood porridge. Enjoy your main dish with chrysanthemum tea, canned herbal tea, fresh coconut, Beijing yogurt, or bottled plum juice.
5. Orchids Garden
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Orchids Garden[/caption]
Orchids Garden is a popular Chinese restaurant off the Las Vegas Strip. Here, expect delicious traditional Chinese cuisines like Dim Sum, shrimp dumplings, and entrees for as little as $5. The Dim Sum menu has up to 60 dishes, including pork porridge, baked BBQ pork bun, lotus seed sesame ball, and chicken and ham roll. The meals are served in a large banquet room every day.