A must stop for authentic Chinese food in Windsor, Canada. Just a day before we had the worst dim…read moresum in Cleveland,Ohio, I had very little hope there is good Chinese food anywhere around
To be honest, Ming kitchen across the street was closed for private party and we saw Shin Shin Chinese. My husband looked at the sign in the front door, street side that said, "Best Chinese food in Windsor", self proclaimed. In my mind, I thought I would be the judge of that.
We entered the restaurant at 2pm, Sunday afternoon, there was no one there. I thought, "oh no," but we just ordered none the less.
The owner was so nice. Took our order, and within minutes our food was out!
1. Crispy wonton with cheese, accompanied with a sweet sour sauce. Delish! It was freshly made, crispy, hot, tasty! We expected 2-3 wontons appetizer, the dish came out with 8-9 little yummy wontons.
2. House veggie soup, I believe it was a bone broth, on the house! The owner came out and said they just boiled some veggie soup and offered some for free. I didn't know it would be free until I didn't see it on the bill.
Dish after dish arrived and we were delighted.
3. Sichuan boiled fish. Waitress came out to ask how spicy we wanted the dish. Caution, we said little spicy, but that's subjective. I think mild would have been good enough for us, but a little spicy is still delicious. The portion was HUGE. It had a good amount of cabbage, bean sprouts, cucumber, cilantro at the base of the soup and there was so many pieces of very tender fish above. For $16.99, you have this big bowl of yummy fish, perfectly seasoned. We have enough to take away.
4. The ma pao tofu was beautifully plated and simply good. Each tofu cube was soft and the flavor so good. The portions are so big, I had to bring the tofu to go.
5. My son ordered the beef udon and he liked it. I tried it, and it's just ok for me. I still like Japanese style udon more than a pan fried udon.
6. The General Tsao chicken was very good. Again, freshly made and it's not all batter. There is a good amount of chicken in the dish. My husband thought it was the best food he had all week after lots of fine dining in Detroit, eating at Adiamo and Highlands in the GM building. Our family enjoyed Shin Shin's Chinese food.
If you want a taste of good Chinese food, don't let the exterior of Shin Shin restaurant deter you from going inside and having a taste. It was delicious and if I am ever in the area, I would definitely go again and highly recommend this place. Oh