Chinese Food East Wall...Hong Kong Street...Sinh Sinh off the menu...(All different kinds of Chinese food) Ask for something better or a special. You'll probably be ok wandering Bellaire at the Beltway and trying to discover something.
you will definitely enjoy the food in Bellaire. Just get ready for the horrible service or a dirty look if you ask for a fork.
All the Chinese restaurants I frequent have bad reviews on Yelp...which is perfectly fine by me, if that's what it takes for a bunch of great restaurants in one of the best (and certainly most underrated) Chinatowns in the country to keep on thriving without being infiltrated by a bunch of poser restaurants like Mala Sichuan and Tiger Den trying to suck from the teet of the mainstream demographic.
My wife lived in China for a couple of years and loves authentic Chinese food. Her favorite place in Texas is Asia Cafe in Austin. We haven't found a place in Houston yet for chinese food, other than Honk Kong Dim Sum on Bellaire. We live in Victoria so we don't have a lot of time to explore. Any suggestions for a hole in the wall with killer mapo doufu, either near downtown or the Southwest side?
Most Authentic chinese places are over on Bellaire between Bltway 8 and Ranchester. These places below have good food and horrible services, so lower the service expectations haha. Good Chinese Restaurants in Htown Confucius - 2 Lobsters for $18; Great Seafood, Peking Duck, etc Sinh Sinh - Great Chinese/Viet Food - Awesome ASIAN BBQ like roasted pork, crispy duck, and steam chicken Fung Kitchen - Awesome food especially the exotic chinese food from the HK/China. Mala Sichuan - its good. I think ya overrated this place. HK Street - Authentic HK style food. Arco - Awesome seafood Regal Seafood House (By Fountains) - Very good seafood and exotic chinese foods - ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CHINESE PLACE IN HTOWN due to their authentic and exotic selections. East Wall Kim Son Dim Sum Bellaire & Fountains FuFu Hai Ceng etc American Chinese Places that arent really good unless you want a heart burn: Panda Express PF Chang Pei Wei Something "WOK" Most little shops outside of chinatown that serves General Tso Chicken, Sweet & Sour Chicken, Fried Cream Crab Puffs, Kung Pao, Lobster Sauce, Egg Rolls, Egg Drop and Hot & Sour Soup. In China and HK, my relatives never heard of General Tso Chicken.
You want to be authentic right. Actually American Chinese food doesn't taste like Chinese Chinese food. I much prefer the American version. Actual Chinese food is quite bland.
Then you didn't go to a real chinese place or a decent one. Even a decent authentic chinese place has food that is far from being bland.
Peking Cuisine off of 59S. My in-laws are from Beijing and they say it's legit. The Red Pepper chicken is to die for.
Different regions in China/HK have different types of food. hahah people in China don't eat fried rice. Fried rice to an asians means leftover rice for the past 2-3 days that the restaurant cant get rid of, so they put a variety types of soy sauce to disguise the old rice and stir fry the rice to your liking. Most of the rice you get at all Chinese/American Chinese are crappy rice. Asian markets sell rice imported from thailand that is really good. Broken viet rice is really good too. I think you should try some of the places I suggested and let us know what you think.
East Wall hands down the best Ma Po Tofu in Houston. Also when you are there try there eggplant with garlic sauce in a clay pot
