shiao lan kung
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I’ll come right out and admit that I’m borrowing this photo from findingphilly.com, as I never seem to have a camera with me when we go out to eat.
Susan and I had a wonderful Sunday, out and about, running errands, and catching the latest Ang Lee film (which, if nothing else, is an experience), and somehow wound up with a hankerin’ for Cantonese.
Shiao lan Kung is a perfect place to experience “real” Cantonese cooking in Philadelphia. It is one ugly dining room, brightly lit, and almost always crowded with locals and families doing multi-course dinners. We were just happy to get a seat without too long a wait – ugly dining room or not. The food’s worth the trip.
Armed with a bottle of Von Heddesdorff’s Riesling halbtrocken 2006, I ordered a favorite, the salt-baked, mixed seafood dish, that I knew would be a perfect foil for the wine. Susan’s Moo Shoo pork did just fine with the wine as well.
I like this restaurant. The door to the kitchen bangs open, and the view is filled with a busy staff huddled around steaming pots. There’s always a lot of commotion, and a lot of happy diners. It just feels “authentic.”
happy to oblige with the photo. :)
karen and i were lucky enough to come out to your store recently and pick up three nice bottles of wine. our favorite was the sept grains.
thanks for your time an expertise, and thanks for checking out the blog!