By Contributing Writer
Although primarily a rural state, Wisconsin offers urban multi-cultural discoveries and indulgences--particularly restaurants that boast of different ethnic heritages. Aside from having German and Scandinavian influences, Wisconsin also has quite a number of Chinese restaurants--including those with traditional family menus.
Yen Ching
Faithful to the art of Chinese cooking, Yen Ching follows the northern gourmet cuisine of Peking, which epicureans have crowned the king of Chinese cuisine. Yen Ching's staff maintains that cooking is a lifestyle in itself, and not merely a part of a routine. Yen Ching upholds a genuine Chinese atmosphere and serves equally authentic Chinese cooking. The menu at this Milwaukee restaurant offers a plethora of dishes that are bona fide Chinese in flavor and serves hardy portions. The restaurant offers family dinners for a minimum of two persons up to 10 persons. All family dinner sets include sizzling rice soup, tea and rice, along with the different choice of appetizers and main courses. Family dinners are categorized as regular and royal, with the latter being more expensive and having larger portions. The royal dinner sets are all inclusive of the following dishes: crab rangoon, Seafood Deluxe, and snow peas with beef. Yen Ching also offers banquet dinners for a minimum of eight people.
Yen Ching Fine Mandarin Cuisine
7630 W. Good Hope Road
Milwaukee, WI 53223
414-353-6677
yenchingchinese.com
Golden Gate Restaurant
Award-winning and patronized by many, Golden Gate Restaurant is a family-owned gem in Waukesha. It is truly an authentic Chinese restaurant that also serves good old American favorites and houses a full bar. The cuisine is primarily Cantonese, with some Hunan and Szechwan dishes. Golden Gate offers family dinners for two to five people, all of which are inclusive of the following: wonton soup, egg roll, crab rangoon, Cantonese fried chicken, shrimp toast and chips, Cantonese combo chow mein, sesame chicken, Chef's fried rice, almond cookies, fortune cookies and tea.
Golden Gate Restaurant
1427 E. Racine Ave.
Waukesha, WI 53186
262-547-2172
ggr.5u.com
Hong Kong Café
Hong Kong Café received The Best of Madison Award (for Oriental Restaurants) after being open for just one year. The restaurant serves authentic rather than American-Chinese cuisine. The menu offers a large line up of traditional Chinese dishes for the most discriminating palates. The food at Hong Kong Café is healthy in that it is prepared with little oil, no MSG and lots of vegetables. The establishment offers family dinners for up to 10 people. All family dinner sets are inclusive of egg rolls; a choice of chicken sizzling soup, hot and sour soup or egg drop soup; and the featured main dish of each set (house vegetable delight, sweet & sour shrimp, happy family, subgum fried rice, moo shu pork, sweet & sour chicken, emperor's chicken or the Hong Kong delight.)
Hong Kong Café Downtown
2 S. Mills St.
Madison, WI 53703
608-259-1668
hkcafemadison.com
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