San Diego chinese restaurant that taste similar to NYC chinese restaurant?

Question

Ever since we moved from NYC, we've been trying to find a chinese restaurant near Hillcrest that offers food that's similar to the ones back home. Please let us know if you know of any. Thanks. :-)

Answer 1

I don't know what Chinese stuff is in Hillcrest. However, I eat out a lot, and I love the Dumpling Inn. It's barely 10 minute north of Hillcrest on the 163.

Dumpling Inn [phone]
4619 Convoy St
San Diego, CA 92111

Answer 2

There is no decent Chinese food in Hillcrest. and the one who mentioned Dumpling Inn, that is a crap restaurant in a crap mini mall. I don't understand why it is so busy. Then again, every mall on Convoy or Clairmont Mesa is a crap mini mall, but that's beside the point.

To be truthfull, there are very few decent Chinese restaurants in San Diego. The few that are decent are

Shanghai City - Shanghai
Ba Ren - Sichuan
Dede's Tea House - Sichuan
Golden City - Cantonese
Chinamax - dimsum
Jade - dimsum
Tea Station - Taiwanese cafe
Chin's Seafood Grill - Zheijiang / Jiangsu style (Mirarmar Mesa, ask for the Chinese menu)
Pearl - Dimsum

and basically, all the rest suck.

I've personally been to all of these except for Pearl and Chinamax.

Many of these you will find here on Kirks food blog

http://mmm-yoso.typepad.com/mmmyoso/chinese_restaurants/index.html

Answer 3

I live in Washington, where there are TONS of great chinese restaurants, and travel once a month to San Diego, where there are none. The best, in my mind, is P F Chang's, which is up Rt 5 near UTC.

In Hillcrest, however, there is a fantastic Thai restaurant called Celadon. It's reasonably priced, and some of the best Thai food anywhere. I'd recommend that when in San Diego, stick with Mexican, seafood, and Thai, and save the Chinese ventures for when you're visiting other cities (except for the once-in-a-while visit to PF Chang's)

Answer 4

To be honest with you, Hillcrest does not have any good Chinese restaurants. I dont know what NYC Chinese is suppose to taste like but I do know GOOD Chinese food.

Try the following:

Dumpling Inn
4619 Convoy Street
San Diego, CA 92111-2318
858 268 9638

Silver Ark
8993 Mira Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92126
(858) 537-968

Pearl
11666 Avena Place
Rancho Bernardo, CA 92128

Answer 5

Allow me to rave a little re: Ba Ren. They're on the right side of Diane Avenue, just off Clairemont Mesa Blvd, and are getting lots of buzz. Local Asian-Americans sending friends etc. Really excellent. If you care about this style of eating, you owe this place a visit. Don't expect everyone else's MSG-laden disappointments. Very authentic.

Answer 6

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