KING FUNG GARDEN: A Review

KING FUNG GARDEN on the corner of Kneeland Street in Boston's Chinatown is one of our favorite restaurants ever. Although rather unimpressive on the outside, it has excellent, inexpensive food: thick and chewy, chow mein; tasty and juicy boiled dumplings; chewy scallion pancake; crispy and juicy pan-fried wontons with a nice gingery flavor to them; luscious small steamed pork buns; unusual hot and sour noodle soup; and, of course, rice cakes. The rice cakes cost $3.95 a plate, and come with either beef and Szechuan pickles or beef and pickled cabbage; Christina slightly prefers the former, but we often alternate just for variety.

We have been loyal customers since July 1994, when an office-mate of Robert tipped us off to the restaurant. Its location right near the airport makes it ideal for quick, last-minute pre-flight meals. In January 1998, to celebrate Robert's 25th birthday and our friend Michiyo's birthday at the same time, we went to KING FUNG GARDEN in a party of six and had not only rice cakes, but also spicy-salty shrimp, which were excellent; a three-course Peking duck; and a Mongolian hot-pot (pictured) with squid, beef, pork, chicken, tofu, noodles, and more.

We cannot recommend this restaurant more highly--the help is very accomodating, the price is right, and the food is superb.

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