Comments on: Dong Hai Grill is Better Than Szechuan Gourmet?!?

By: wayne

wayne — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:04:37 +0000

Forgot to mention that Dong Hai used to be called “Double Star” which of course needed a nickname…. “Double SARS” (was around the time of the asian outbreak)

After the name change the “double” stuck, so now it is called (what else)

DOUBLE DONG

By: Yvo

Yvo — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:01:52 +0000

Feed Me – GASP you shaved your head?! You cut off all your fortune! Hahahaha I’ve cleaned on CNY for the past 3 years (not this one) because it was always the only day I had free to clean. I’ve done OK :)

By: LarryB

LarryB — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:38:36 +0000

More on the General Tso’s discussion… In my findings, most places do seem more on the sweet side, but if you want one that has a little bit of a kick to it, Mee Noodle Shop on 2nd & 49th definitely leans towards spicy. They even put in 2 little dried up chili’s in the container to prove they ain’t fooling around, but not at the same level on the scoville scale as 53rd Halal dudes, however.

By: Feed Me

Feed Me — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:11:13 +0000

Absolutely, I agree with Yvo in terms of eating what you want. I’m about as non-traditional as possible. I wasn’t supposed to clean and what not today, but I showered, shaved my head and about to go wash my car.

Have a good one, since the Lunar New Year technically lasts for 15 days.

By: Yvo

Yvo — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:14:27 +0000

lol sorry I wasn’t trying to lambast you, eat what you want whenever you want! Just explaining the kind of theory or thinking behind what you eat/when you eat for the lunar new year.
BTW, you did good, noodles are a symbol of longevity so it’s good to eat that on any significant holidays… haha. I’m really far removed from this stuff, so it’s all 3rd hand or further info.

By: Joshwa

Joshwa — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:51:04 +0000

@Ted,

So can anyone score us a photo/scan of the secret menu?

By: Zach@MidtownLunch

Zach@MidtownLunch — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:19:51 +0000

Sorry! I didn’t mean to pretend I know shit about Chinese customs (I don’t)… I just meant that I’m pretty sure most Chinese places are open today. Definitely in Midtown, and I’m guessing in Manhattan’s Chinatown as well.

By: Yvo

Yvo — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:08:37 +0000

Agree with everyone about the two restaurants being different ‘animals’ and wanted to point out that Feed Me is correct – the big meal is the night before, I think today you’re meant to eat vegetarian. Which I don’t do, but I believe that’s what I’ve heard, to cleanse the system or something.
Happy lunar new year…

By: wayne

wayne — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:37:41 +0000

Missing from the discourse Zach is WHY they liked it better. Fans of Dong Hai like it because it is cheap. One guy I work with will walk an extra mile to save 50 cents on his lunch – he loves Dong Hai, 38, places like that. Ask him which TASTES better, of course he says Szechuan G.

I could probably sell him my morning dump for a buck and save him the walk.

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:04:41 +0000

I have this weird rule that if you’re a Chinese restaurant, you serve Chinese food. If you’re a sushi restaurant, you serve sushi. If you’re a Chinese restaurant that also serves sushi that probably means either your profit margin on Chinese food is too low or you don’t have enough business purely in Chinese food that you have to dabble in sushi.

Also, sichuan or szechuan restaurants are a different category of beasts. Dong Hai is not a sichuan restaurant. Let me put this to you plainly:

At DH, you can’t eat a big bowl of boiled beef fillet that swims in chili oil. And your bunghole is not going to be burning when that shit comes out. I’m just saying. Some people don’t dig that.

Yea yea, too much detail.