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Chinese
Basic- 4 Course Meal
Appetizer
Steamed Pork Dumplings (Shu Mai)
Vegetable Spring Rolls
Crab Rangoons (Cream Cheese Wontons)
Barbecue Pork Slices (Char Siu)
Sesame Shrimp Toast
Beef Scallion Pancakes
Crispy Fried Wontons (Plain or filled)
Salt and Pepper Calamari
Salad/Cold Plate
Cold Sesame Noodles
Cucumber Salad with Garlic Vinaigrette
Simple Mixed Greens with Ginger Dressing
Wood Ear Mushroom Salad (Cold, often spicy and sour)
Five-Spice Tofu and Edamame Salad
Shredded Chicken and Jellyfish Salad (Cold)
Chinese Broccoli (Gai Lan) with Oyster Sauce (Served cold)
Pickled Cabbage and Carrot Slaw
Entrée
General Tso's Chicken Served with White Jasmine Rice and Steamed Napa Cabbage
Beef and Broccoli Served with Scallion Rice and Crispy Fried Noodles
Shrimp with Lobster Sauce Served with Steamed Rice and Light Soy Sauce
Sweet and Sour Pork Served with Pineapple Chunks and Simple Egg Fried Rice
Chicken Lo Mein (Stir-fried noodles) Served with Chili Garlic Oil and Pickled Shredded Ginger
Vegetable Fried Rice (Chow Fan) Served with Steamed Pork or Vegetable Dumplings
Kung Pao Chicken (mild version) Served with Peanuts and Dried Chili Peppers, and Brown Rice
Moo Shu Pork (served with thin pancakes) Served with Hoisin Sauce and Shredded Lettuce
Dessert
Almond Cookies
Fortune Cookies
Lychees (served chilled in syrup)
Mango Pudding
Sesame Balls (Jian Dui)
Red Bean Soup (Hong Dou Tang)
Steamed Egg Custard
Tapioca Pearl Pudding (with coconut milk)
Indulge- 5 Course Meal
Appetizer
Soup Dumplings (Xiao Long Bao - steamed)
Pan-Seared Potstickers (Guo Tie)
Spicy Sichuan Wontons in Chili Oil (Chao Shou)
Crispy Taro Root Dumplings (Wu Gok)
Peking Duck Wraps (simplified version with pancakes and hoisin)
Salt and Pepper Shrimp
Dan Dan Noodles
Braised Beef Tendon (Cold Appetizer)
Salad/Cold Plate
Sichuan Smashed Cucumber Salad (Pai Huang Gua)
Shredded Potato Salad with Vinegar and Chili
Century Egg (Pi Dan) and Pickled Ginger Platter
Smoked Tofu and Celery Salad
Chicken Salad with Cashews and Plum Sauce
Tingly-Spicy Mouthwatering Chicken (Kou Shui Ji - cold appetizer)
Asparagus with XO Sauce (served cold)
Sichuan Green Bean Salad with Minced Pork
Entrée
Peking Duck Served with Thin Pancakes, Hoisin Sauce, and Julienned Cucumbers
Mapo Tofu (spicy and numbing Sichuan classic) Served with Steamed Rice and Fermented Black Beans
Hong Shao Rou (Shanghai Red Braised Pork Belly) Served with Braised Hard-Boiled Eggs and Steamed Sticky Rice
Walnut Shrimp (Crispy shrimp with candied walnuts) Served with Honeydew Melon Slices and Sugar Snap Peas
Claypot Chicken with Black Bean Sauce Served with Fragrant Oil Rice and Green Bell Peppers
Mongolian Beef (Thin-sliced beef with dark savory sauce) Served with Crispy Glass Noodles and Steamed Buns (Bao)
Wuxi Spareribs (Sweet and vinegary) Served with Steamed Baby Bok Choy and Plain White Rice
Steamed Sea Bass with Ginger and Scallions (Simple, elegant preparation) Served with Supreme Soy Sauce and Blanched Asparagus
Dessert
Mango Sago Dessert (Sweet mango, pomelo, and sago pearls)
Custard Tarts (Dan Tat - flaky pastry)
Osmanthus Flower Jelly
Steamed Bao with Sweet Lotus Seed Paste
Sweet Soup of Snow Fungus and Pear
Taro Cake (sweet version)
Pineapple Buns (Bo Lo Bao - dessert version)
Bubble Tea Cheesecake (Modern fusion dessert)
Luxury- 7 Course Meal
Appetizer
Bird's Nest Soup
Crab (Steamed with Garlic and Vermicelli)
Foie Gras with Chinese Spices on Steamed Buns
Sea Cucumber with Minced Pork
Cold Platter of Drunken Chicken (Marinated in Shaoxing wine)
Jumbo Scallops Steamed with Black Bean Sauce
Lobster Tail Dumplings
Salad/Cold Plate
Bamboo Shoots with Premium Sichuan Chili Oil
Shredded Duck Salad with Crispy Vermicelli
Watercress and Wolfberry (Goji Berry) Salad
Steamed Asparagus with Abalone Sauce
Chilled Marinated Seaweed Salad with Vinegar
Truffled Egg Custard (Steamed savory custard)
Preserved Vegetables and Peanut Salad
Entrée
Braised Abalone in Brown Sauce Served with Braised Chinese Mushrooms and Premium Head of Bok Choy
Wok-Fried Duck with Ginger and Scallions Served with Crispy Garlic Chips and Thin Egg Noodles (Chow Mein)
Steamed Cod Fillet with Supreme Soy Sauce Served with Toasted Sesame Oil and Shredded Cilantro
Superior Claypot Rice with Chinese Sausage and Preserved Meats Served with Crispy Scorched Rice (Guo Ba) and Light Soy Broth
Sliced Wagyu Beef with Morel Mushrooms Served with Oyster Sauce Glaze and Crispy Potato Nest
Whole Steamed Turbot (Cantonese Style) Served with Light Soy-Ginger Sauce and Blanched Pea Shoots
Wok-Fried Lobster with Black Bean Sauce Served with Crispy Fried Vermicelli and Scallion Rings
Braised Sea Cucumber with Dried Scallops Served with Delicate Fish Broth and Shiitake Mushroom Caps
Dessert
Eight Treasure Rice Pudding (Ba Bao Fan - elaborate sweet sticky rice dome)
Durian Pancakes (Crepe filled with fresh durian)
Double-Boiled Milk Custard (Shuang Pi Nai)
Petite Steamed Buns (Bao) with Black Sesame Filling
Crystallized Ginger and Candied Winter Melon
Coconut Tapioca Pudding in Young Coconut Shell
Crispy Fried Milk Custard (Deep-fried squares)
Longan and Lotus Seed Sweet Soup