Good Chinese food in Baton Rouge

Supposedly Chinese Combo King but it was not open when I lived there.

I never found a good chinese place in BR.

If someone tells you Nine Dragon, they are LYING.

My favorite picture menu place is China Star at the corner of Bluebonnet and Burbank. I also like PF Changs. That's right I said it. I don't think I've ever had authentic Chinese, but I eat the shite out of the Americanized stuff.

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Are we talking about Chinese or Chinese? Some places serve better sweet sour chicken than others but authentic Chinese cuisine is lacking. Hunan and perhaps Dim Sum are your best bets.

Check out Hong Kong on Millerville. They have the best sesame seed chicken I have ever had.

Sorry DF. Was referring to the frustration of not having a decent authentic Chinese joint in BR and was directed toward the tendencies of people to think that Chinese food = sweet sour chicken, which isn't really even Chinese.

And yes, there is a huge difference because I pass up one within walking distance to frequent at least three others.

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Good Chinese(BR)

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oxymoron

Chinese Inn circa 1977 to 1995ish(Fla Blvd & later Airline Hwy), before being sold by MK Wong and family to cousins, was BR's lone true flirtation with said subject.

I like Hunan. Perhaps not spectacular but better than most in the city. I've heard Dim Sum is good but never made it that way.

Dim Sum, much like Hunan, has always vacillated in consistency, even down to the hours and days run or closed(re: the Pinetta's folks visiting the old country for a few weeks in summer)..

When on, and opened, they win the BR shu mai and har gow,etc..categories hands down..yet also technically by default.

It seems they've recently refocused some effort, maybe the younger next generation of the family? New owners? I'm gonna give them some biz this summer.

What's frustrating is that there are Chinese restaurant owners in Baton Rouge who know how to cook some fantastic and authentic grub, but resort to the safe Chinese fare probably due to the audience. I can recall a handful of times when I've eaten in these generic Chinese places (they seem to all have their menus with the same 100 items printed at the same place that simply changes the restaurant heading) mid-afternoon during a down time or late at night, and the owners would sit at an adjacent table and enjoy what looked to be the best menu option in the house, but alas, it's their home cooking not offered to the general public. I'd look down at my plate and then glance over at this beautifully prepared whole deep fried red snapper or duck or exotic ingredients that you wouldn't normally see in BR Chinese restaurants like baby bok choy, hokkigai (surf clam), or anything else that the owners are supping on, and can't help but think that I'd gladly rather pay more $ for what they're eating than anything they offer on the menu.

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d the tendencies of people to think that Chinese food = sweet sour chicken, which isn't really even Chinese.

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I feel like we had sweet n sour pork almost every day while I was in China. It was different from the american stuff for sure, but it was sweet n sour.

The sauces definitely weren't as sweet as they are here.