343807 Fri Nov 17 20:13:45 -0800 2006 13 18 Manhattan 0 2030703 Going there on Sunday, actually recommended it to my dad, an old Say-Eng-Look/NGB fan based on y'all's rec, he has gone about 100 times since, but now that I will finally try it, wondering what the favorite dishes on this board are. I am moderately picky: no tripe or tendon or other odd meats, and not a huge beef fan, other than that wide open. Fri Nov 17 20:13:45 -0800 2006 15028 AliceS 1 2030771 I always like the soup dumplings, shanghai dough, and Preserved Vegetable W/ Soy Bean & Bean Curd Sheet. Some of the meat dishes I find to be a bit too sweet, but you can probably ask them to tone that down. Fri Nov 17 20:29:17 -0800 2006 2030703 12802 spchang 1 2031067 You should also try the honey pork shoulder. It's pretty tasty. I like their scallion pancakes and preserved vegetable with pork from the above noodle soup. My friends always get the Shanghainese Lo Mein. Also, you should try the shumai with sticky rice. This is my favorite Shanghainese restaurant in Chinatown! Let us know what you think. Fri Nov 17 22:01:05 -0800 2006 2030703 12048 teresa 2 2094958 I'd recommend the tung-po pork instead of the honey pork shoulder, its not as sweet. I made the mistake of ordering both for a 10 person banquet and it was pretty nuts. Wed Dec 13 03:32:26 -0800 2006 2031067 12656 bigjeff 2 2098583 Honey pork shoulder is tasty if you'd like a heavy sweet slab of pork with a bbq sauce that smothers bok choy. I haven't had the tung po pork at New Yeah, but if it's like my mom's I've gotta try it. I also recommend the regular pork soup dumplings (avoid the pea shoot ones - not as flavorful), the bean curd sheet with seasonal vegetable, and the scallion pancakes. spchang, what type of preserved vegetable is it with the tofu sheets? I love the bean curd sheets w/ vegetable but my partner is sick of eating it, and would like some variation. Is it the preserved vegetable that looks like a small dark green heart when it is whole? I unfortunately cannot remember its Chinese name but I dislike it intensely. Once we ordered some fried fish because a table next to us had it. It was two fried fish with some sweet and sour tasting sauce, but I forget the name. I wish I knew what it was so I could order it again. Pretty much everything I have had at New Yeah Shanghai is tasty - it is just a matter of range from yum to heaven for so ridiculously cheap. If I were more selfish I would stop proclaiming its miracles to everyone so that the place isn't always packed when I want to eat! On the other hand, I get great recs for "real" food there from you so it is an even tradeoff. . . if I could ever keep from filling up on souop dumplings to get to entrees. Thu Dec 14 04:54:46 -0800 2006 2031067 41798 windycity 3 2100263 I think you're referring to Sichuan preserved vegetable, the chile-smeared green knobs that look a bit like kohlrabi. This dish doesn't use that. Instead it contains some kind of salted green, maybe "red-in-snow." Thu Dec 14 20:17:50 -0800 2006 2098583 10496 squid kun 3 2101589 they prepare the twin fish thing for a couple of dishes but I know the chrysanthemum one is two, also maybe the fish dish on the menue served with the pine nuts. I personally found it was way too sweet for me, but tasty. Fri Dec 15 03:16:15 -0800 2006 2098583 12656 bigjeff 3 2104050 The preserved vegetable is xue-li-hong ("red in snow") which is also referred to as xue chai. It definitely does not look like a big heart when whole, it has both leaves and stem. Fri Dec 15 23:20:27 -0800 2006 2098583 12802 spchang 1 2031128 tofu with crabmeat is great. Fri Nov 17 22:19:06 -0800 2006 2030703 37178 pietya 1 2031323 I recommend the following (from their menupages.com menu): Most any of the cold dishes are good. Here are some of my favorites: 4. Aromatic Beef 5. Ox Tongue & Triples [sic] with Spicy Flavor* 6. Beef Tendon with Spicy Flavor* 15. Aster Indicus 16. Seasoned Seaweed 17. Spicy Cabbage* Whatever they are now calling their Kao Fu. And on to hot dishes: 36. Sauteed Crab Any Style (with egg, with chili, etc.) 77. Diced Chicken with Peanut* 87. Bean Curd with Crab Meat (as mentioned by pietya above) 167. Spicy Minced Meat Noodle* (Zhajiang Mien) 176. Scallion Pancake C4. Sauteed Eel W. Chives I haven't had shrimp there recently but did like some shrimp dishes. I think most any whole fish dish is likely to be good, except for the Chrysanthemum Fish, which is a tour de force of architectural cuisine but is really too sweet (and of course, if you get Sweet and Sour anything, it'll merely be a good rendition in the American-Chinese "Sweet and Sweet" style). Enjoy! Fri Nov 17 23:36:14 -0800 2006 2030703 17058 Pan 2 2094971 the chrysanthemum fish is too sweet (get the whole fish in bean sauce instead, their dou-ban-li-ui not sure if my pinyin is correct), the sauteed eel is pretty tasty, their soup dumplings are good, and I'd second their bean curd with crab dish, its pretty ooey and gooey. Wed Dec 13 03:35:37 -0800 2006 2031323 12656 bigjeff 1 2093555 Anyone tried the Pig Colon on the menu? I wonder if you need to bring toilet paper? Tue Dec 12 20:43:06 -0800 2006 2030703 20765 designerboy01 2 2094926 Hardy har har. No, I haven't tried it, but don't quit your day job. :-P For the record, I've had pig intestine dishes (though not at Yeah), and they taste good but tend to be very fatty. Wed Dec 13 03:16:39 -0800 2006 2093555 17058 Pan 1 2134073 I don't think I've ever had such a bad meal in Chinatown as at Yeah Shanghai. I went for the dumplings, which were very good, but my friend insisted on ordering more dishes. Based on what I saw being served around us I suggested against it. He won and we ended up throwing out alot of food because it was too gross to take home. The 1/2 roasted chicken had cold, shrivelled skin and was too dry to swallow, the salt and pepper cuttlefish was heavily breaded and not spicy - the KFC of chinese food. Thu Dec 28 17:09:29 -0800 2006 2030703 42188 tarte tatin