Address: Kantstr. 30, 10623 Berlin
Tags berlin best cantonese chinese restaurant
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bbd (22-03-2008)
This is by far the best Cantonese restaurant in Berlin. The owners hail from Malaysia rather than Hong Kong, and therefore there is a slight slant towards Malaysian Chinese food, which I really like, rather than the ubiquitous sour-sweet concoctions favored by Hong Kong Chinese places.
The first impression is that this place is gregarious and efficient, and that is what it is, although they won’t mind you leaving quickly after your meal as they like to pack in as many sittings as possible. The tables have glass on top of the tablecloths so that it can be cleaned and made available quickly for the next customer.
The menu is extensive but if you know Chinese food, you can easily spot that many of them are variations of simple stir-fried wok dishes. Which is not always a bad thing. But I like to order off-menu wherever possible and this is where the cook excels. Throw him a challenge and he (usually) responds pretty darn well. For example, ask for a Hokkien steamed pork mince with salted duck egg. Delicious. Or fried sticky lobster noodles with spring onions and ginger. Try to ask for anything from any other restaurant that you have liked and see what turns up.
But they serve a pretty weak tim sum selection and their roast duck (made on-site) is not really up to it, and neither is their white steamed chicken with ginger. They have also gotten rather pricey over the last 2-3 years, which is not quite justified, in my opinion. A special lobster dish can now cost more than 70 Euro by itself! However, compared to any other Chinese Cantonese place I have tried in Germany, this place still walks away with the prize.
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