Sam Woo Turkey
I saw a poster at Sam Woo Sepulveda accepting pre ordered Thanksgiving Turkey for about $40. Has anyone ever tried it from previous years (other branches included)? Or, any suggestions on "chinese style" turkey from other restaurants in SGV or chinatown will be appreciated.
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cool. i was going to start a thread on asian turkeys, but you kinda beat me to it. hope others reply with more places....
anyways, i've had turkey from sam woo a long time ago when they were open in rowland heights. now they're leung kee (horrible and highly not recommended). anyways, back then, it was pretty good. although like a lot of their bbq stuff, (cooked like their roast duck) it is on the greasy side. you can buy with or without sticky rice.
i know the sam woo in sg on las tunas offered turkeys the year before. i would have gotten from there, but they've gone drastically down over the year so i don't know anymore if it'd be really tasty.
i saw that the bbq restaurant across from lee's sandwich and wendy's on valley in sg advertise that they are doing turkeys but i don't know how good they are. never been there, always just drove past. sorry i can't provide a name. i'm trying to find it on yelp, but that ain't workin for me. anyone know?
someone told me that mission 261 offers turkey. not sure nor how good. someone?
btw, has anyone gotten the turkey from the 99 ranch in either rowland heights or sg? i'd like to know how it was since some mentioned from the other locations.
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Professor Salt
Nov 26, 2009 12:04 AM
Mission 261 has been closed for almost two years now, albeit with stalled plans to reopen as a hotel / restaurant complex. You can cross that one off your list for the foreseeable future.
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re: Professor Salt
I ended up ordering my Thanksgiving turkey from the deli inside 99 Ranch Van Nuys.
Everyone in the family including myself were very satisfied with it. It reminded me of the roasted duck available in chinese delis minus the fat. The turkey was tasty and came with sticky rice stuffing that got its fragrance from bamboo leaves, star anise and soy sauce. The gravy, I thought was too sweet. For $40, it was well worth it.
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maxzook
Nov 17, 2009 12:34 PM
Many years ago I had maybe the best turkey I've ever had, from a Chinese restaurant in Danbury, CT (don't remember the name -- long since gone, I have to assume) that prepared it "Peking Duck style".
If anything, ipsedixit's description of Sam Woo-style turkey sounds even better.
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I'm also looking at getting a turkey from Sam Woo or some of the other Chinese BBQ places in Chinatown or the SGV. From looking at reports online, it seems some of them are cooked like Chinese Roast Duck. However, it appears that there is some high risk of the white meat coming out too dry. Some reports have the BBQ restaurant providing the turkey and others have BBQ restaurant cooking for a fee the turkey you provide.
Does anyone have good personal experience with this and with specific location recommendations? If it's too dry and I have a house full of people, it will be too late to recover....
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ipsedixit
Nov 14, 2009 01:07 PM
It's ok. I think our neighbors always order one from either Sam Woo or 99 Ranch.
Definitely different than traditional turkeys. Strong star anise and soy sauce flavor, reminds me of the Sam Woo soy sauce chicken, and you get glutinous rice stuffing.
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