Best Chinese Food in Portland, ME???

[musiclover13]

Hi All!

Please help!

I moved to Portland 2 years ago from New York and have yet to find great chinese food. I have found decent but not great. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated since I have been spoiled by whole life with great chinese food in my hometown and love it!

Thank you in advance!

[the_MU]

Best Chinese food in Maine: the leftovers in my fridge from Szechuan Gourmet in Framingham, MA. Only a 2.25 hour drive from Portland.

Sorry.

[mainemal]

When are you having us over???

[the_MU]

You can come over anytime. Just ate the last of the Chinese food, though. :)

Spicy eggplant for breakfast? Why, yes.

[Passadumkeg]

Ms. Keg is a Framinghammer, Belnap Rd.

[ChefGrant]

Give Chi Sen on payne rd in Scarborough. Not great, but not too bad.

[the_MU]

BTW Chia Sen is the only Chinese restaurant in Maine that does fake-meat vegetarian dishes. We're fond of the veggie pork with black bean sauce. Find the veggie beef to be the least successful. None of it is as good as any of the Buddhist veggie places in Boston, NY or Philly, but hey, it's Maine.

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Chia Sen
456 Payne Rd Ste 14, Scarborough, ME 04074

[adl]

I actually have several people who live in NYC who insist on takeout from Fortune Garden on outer Forest Ave. when they are in town. It's takeout only, at:
1435 Forest Avenue
Portland, ME 04103-1809
[phone]

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Fortune Garden
1435 Forest Ave, Portland, ME 04103

[senorpedro]

I, too, like Fortune Garden a whole lot. Especially their Singapore lo mien (medium hot, curry). Please note that they do have three small tables for eating in.

[HDinCentralME]

As others noted, you won't find "great" Chinese in these parts. I have found China Rose in Freeport to be consistently good (by Maine standards). (This is not true for their Brunswick location for some reason).

[sophie fox]

I like China Rose, too. I really miss Hu Shang!

[hitpas]

It was the first question I asked when we moved here. The consensus seemed to be that Lotus in Falmouth sucked the least, especially at dinner. Still............I just wait til I hit NYC and go nuts. It is crazy in such a foodie town and you KNOW the ingredients can be had -- eg, Hong Kong Market. Maybe someday!!!!

[mainemal]

I agree that Lotus used to be the best of a bad lot, but we ate there a few months ago, and apparently it's changed hands: in any case, inedible.

[hitpas]

Thank you for the heads up. Hadn't been there in awhile.

[Noreaster]

FWIW, it has not changed hands at all. The chef is still the same but the front is now run by the daughter since, at different times, both parents had been ill and away in Taiwan

[mainemal]

You can't find it because there isn't any. When you need a fix, go to Boston: there's really nothing closer. As you've been here for two years, you'll know that there is adequate Thai and Vietnamese, but that's all.