Amazing food really authentic as previous reviewer's have said do not judge by the look by the look…read moreof the place. The service is typical China in did you get the food as the chef prepares. The hot and sour soup is one of the best I've had in many years. It oozes of cilantro and there is so much tofu that one could be tempted to make a meal of it only. The greens beans were perfect. The right crunchiness and tenderness when bitten. The burst of Sichuan Pepper gave the bite back as required. I wish I had uncovered this place way before.

Brand, spanking new spot that just opened downtown, I think it opened the second week in February…read more Inside, it looks like an old pub, and they haven't done much in the way of decoration, of any sort. Until recently, it was apparently a small Peruvian restaurant, Angry Fish BA, which I'd never even heard of. I don't think I ever saw the place even open, though their Facebook page was active until last July - maybe it was only open at night. Somewhat extensive menu, and only about 2/3 of the menu is translated from Chinese into Spanish. Why? Because the other dishes are "really traditional" or "too spicy" for Argentines to appreciate. I think these guys will need to adjust that thinking. Why not offer it and see, it doesn't take that much effort to translate the dishes - something I made the waiter do right down the line. [Edit: Revisits over time - they've redone the menu to a multi-page one with pictures, and Spanish translations for almost all the dishes. Strangely, they still reserve one page with maybe 8-9 dishes on it that they don't translate and that are much more obscure dishes - a couple of them excellent!] Potstickers - Really well made lightly crisped dumplings. The filling, pork and chive, and a little underseasoned, though the hot sauce they brought on request was fiery and with a dash of soy sauce, was just perfect. Spicy Pork Belly - This was one of the non-translated dishes. I mean, these days, who doesn't dive into a pork belly dish? Beautifully flavored, sweat-inducing spicy with fresh chilies throughout the dish, and just absolutely delicious blend of slightly sweet pork belly, green onion, peppers, chilies, and Chinese celery. A very happy camper was I. [On those revisits - they have a couple of stunning, spicy chicken dishes - both a bang-on Szechuan peppercorn chicken, and in that untranslated section at the back, a fiery chicken hot pot. Prices have gone up a bit, but not significantly as of early 2018.] And, fairly reasonable - both dishes plus a bottle of water and tip came in at 375 pesos, or $24. The place is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week, which is unusual for that neighborhood, but gives a great option for those who like "real" Chinese food.

I forgot to ask why "D&H". The Chinese characters are pronounced dùn huáng, the first character…read moretranslates to "stew" or "braise" and the second to a "fast warship", and together, they seem to indicate some kind of stew, but as to what, I'm not sure. Throw in the ampersand and who knows? Cute place, relatively new, and, empty other than the woman running the place, her son, and a delivery guy who maybe had two orders to deliver while we were there. Hopefully they'll do well, because the food's quite good - really well made, beautifully folded dumplings, perfectly cooked, and on request, served up with a fiery chili oil. We both ordered more or less the same thing - I got the spicy chicken, which wasn't particularly spicy, but nice and flavorful, and with the addition of that chili oil, perfect. And, my lunch companion got the same with pork, and requested the addition of almonds (for which they charged an extra 20 pesos), also done really well. Given the extra charge and the hot oil on the side, it'd be easier and cheaper just to order almond chicken and then add the heat yourself! Overall, like the space. Service was kind of neutral, but efficient. Like the food quite a bit - if I lived in San Telmo, this would likely become a go-to spot for takeout or delivery. It is a little pricier than some, but I think the quality makes up for it, and the portions are huge - we could have probably split one main course with some rice on the side or a second appetizer. For dumplings, two main courses (and extra almonds), two bottles of water, 505 pesos.

I don't understand the business model or a business strategy on those businesses that sucks…read more We were on our 13th day tour, we're Asians so we craved some foods that we eat at home. Found this restaurant, Chino Central, I was hesitant to go in because it's empty but because there is no other Asian restaurants around we went in Ordered house especial chow mein and chicken kong pao. The shrimp has a distinct smell that it's been out from the fridge for a while the chicken cubes are not fresh so are the vegetables in other word this is a disappointment. We paid and left after just a few bites and still left tip for the waitress The bottom line is if I have a restaurant my business model should be, to cook the best food from the freshest ingredients priced accordingly to be able to compete with other restaurants in the area

Arrived to BA and super hungry. My sister said this place was nearby. Will admit the street was a…read morelittle sketchy but the place was open! The food was delicious and staff were very accommodating and lovely. Food came out quick and hot. Pricing was very reasonable and included service in the bill. This restaurant deserves more stars. Thank you for a great first meal in Buenos Aires!

We thought we'd try. Despite the bad reviews. Since the last Yelp review was years ago. We were…read moreonly there for about 5 minutes when we were talked out of staying. By the waiter. We were the only non Chinese people there but there were only 3 tables occupied in the whole place. We sat. Before opening the menus my wife says "I'll have a glass of red wine." He says "Only bottle." "Ok." Opening the menu to the wine page to see what's available I'll get a bottle." Thinking if we don't finish we'll take home. "No Credit Card. Cash only." We look at each other to asses whether we have enough cash. "Maybe you come back when you have cash." Hadn't even looked at the menu to see how much it would even Be.. We left.

Oh, this place. I have tried to go here three or four times before. Every time I've walked into it,…read moreI've gotten the bum's rush to leave, the Chinese woman who runs the place giving me a half Chinese, half Spanish explanation of how they're not really open at that moment. Even when it's in the middle of their posted hours and even when other people were having lunch there. The "other people", without exception, always having been Chinese. I began to get the impression that she simply doesn't want any non-Chinese folk in her restaurant. But, I found myself a block away on a recent day and decided to give it one more shot. She wasn't in evidence at the time, the main dining room was empty. There was a party of about a dozen Chinese men having lunch in their dock-side room, but it seemed to be private and the waitress said I couldn't sit in there. I stand by my assessment above, as when the same Chinese woman did come into the dining room later, she started yelling at the waitress for having seated me. I will say that it's a quite pretty, if rather formal feeling room. The menu is extensive, and a lot of it is only in Chinese, or only has a few words here and there translated into Spanish. But, of course, these days there's Google's optical character reader in the Translate app.... In some ways, the menu isn't that extensive, however, because there are big Xs crossing off easily close to half the items on the menu, worse in the appetizer section, where there are only maybe five or six things actually available out of a couple of dozen. Strangely, one of those was "pigs' ears in chili oil". Not exactly a common one on local menus. And, given that as best I could find, there was no form of dumpling on the menu, I decided to go for them. I have to admit that I wasn't expecting this to be a cold appetizer, and more so, that it was basically frozen - there's still ice clinging to some of the bits. I have the feeling they make it in advance, freeze it, and then thinly slice and thaw it to order. The flavor was okay, but it's not something I'd order again, and it's a dish I normally like. 98 pesos. Turning to the chicken section, lo and behold, they had a version of Spicy Szechuan Peppercorn Chicken - in this case, the hua jiao ji style, with bell peppers, garlic, and ginger. It's a decent sized portion. It could have been spicier, especially as I'd asked for it to be. Heavy on the garlic and ginger - in fact, whole garlic cloves and similar sized planks of ginger, and just a small amount of chili and a hint of szechuan peppercorns. It was good, but no more than that. It took three requests to get a bowl of white rice to accompany it. 328 pesos, plus 60 for rice.... ...Well, maybe not. You may find, should you inexplicably venture to Royal China after reading this review, that it's gone up. When my bill arrived, it was a whopping 647 pesos, for two plates, rice, and a water. That seemed rather high, as I was expecting something closer to 500, and I noted that the chicken was charged at 398 pesos - I was pretty sure I remembered 328 and asked to see the menu again. And sure enough, it was 328. And the 98 peso appetizer had been charged at 118, and the rice and water had been raised from their respective 60 and 50 pesos to fill in the gap. All by roughly 20%. I pointed this out to the waitress, who went to the woman I mentioned above - they had some sort of hand-waving discussion, and then my waitress returned to say that "the prices on the menu aren't the current prices, they've all been raised". I declined to pay it, saying I'd probably never have stayed and ordered food if I'd seen prices that high. She shrugged and went back to the woman. I decided to follow. There ensued an argument, with the woman claiming she had the right to raise her prices whenever she wanted and I just had to pay it. I refused and gave her the amount in total that it should have been, 536 pesos. She actually started hissing at me and swinging her arms in cat claw swipes at me - just totally bizarre, and then finally just picked up the money, continuing hissing and cursing as she did it and as I slipped the waitress a tip for her efforts, and walked out, never to return, not that it's likely they'd let me in again. The food's not good enough to justify putting up with the attitude. Actually, no food would be.

A group of 6 of us ate here one afternoon to get a taste of China town and we were all pleased! We…read morehad prompt service, the menu offered many different Asian cuisines besides Chinese food, and everything we saw leaving the kitchen looked great! Our table unanimously ordered the chicken curry and everyone in the group was pleased with the flavors and presentation. This is not the best chicken curry I've had, it lacked a little in the spices category but otherwise I was pleased with the dish. I could confidently recommend this place to anyone looking for an easy lunch spot with an excellent reputation and rating!

Very good fried rice with egg. Excellent langostinos kung pao, not spicey ;(. Fair spring rolls…read morecon carne. Nice place, i would return.

The name translates as "northwest wind". In talking to the owners of the place, it's for them, a…read moreplay on words, as they're from the northwest of China, in Xinjiang, and they were "blown in" to Buenos Aires to live and work, and bring the classic dishes of their region to our streets. I'm not objecting! And, they've taken the extra steps to make their menu very amendable to those of us whose Chinese is limited... the menu not only has the Chinese characters, but the transliteration into our alphabet of the name of the dish, plus a Spanish translation, plus a picture. For every dish! The cuisine of Xinjiang is apparently most noted for lamb and pork dishes, and leaning spicy without going full blown Szechuan or Hunan style. Yangrou shiujiao - lamb dumplings tinged with ginger and sesame are an explosion of flavor. On a solo visit I ordered them potsticker style, though she returned to say that the chef (I think her husband) highly recommended boiled with these, because of the rich, fattiness of the lamb, he feels when the dumplings are fried, you end up with too much fat, making them feel greasy. He brought them out himself and recommended mixing up a dipping sauce to my own tastes with soy sauce, black vinegar, and chili oil, which are on every table, ready to go. For the group visit, seven of us, we did a reprise on the above, and a potsticker style order of the pork, prawn, and garlic chive dumplings, jianjiao, were, I think, even better than the lamb ones, though it'd be truly hard to pick. Light, delicate, and complex flavors, with that little crunch on the fried side. Who could ask for anything more? One of our number, who lived for a couple of years in China, picked out a dish that sounded familiar to him, Suanlatudos, a lightly vinegary salad of shaved potatoes (they look like Ruffles potato chips, but they're just cut that way and then stir fried) chilled and tossed with red onion and cilantro. Amazingly simple, but wow, I could make that as a snack at home and be very happy. Next up, a classic dish of the region, Ziran yangrou, mildly spicy lamb sauteed with cumin. This dish really opened up our palates and got everyone primed for what was to come. It's just damned delicious. Their version of ramen, or lamien, is made with tender, long, wide noodles piled above a fiery chicken soup. They also have a beef version. Probably the spiciest dish on the table, and not quite enough noodles to go around a group of seven - I think we each got one noodle, but falling off the bone chicken, and tasty as could be. And to be fair, it's not intended as a dish for seven people. This was swiftly followed by the Shiuzhu niurou, which was billed as a spicy beef stew. It is spicy, but despite the looks, it's much lighter on the chilies than the preceding two dishes, and seems to get more of its heat from black pepper, ginger, and garlic. And wow, so good. This one was an unintentional order - I was talking with her about different dishes trying to put together a range of different things, and I think she just added it in thinking I wanted it. We didn't object, even if it was one dish more than we planned, it was that good. Wanting a bit of vegetable on the table, I ordered the Kaiyang baicai, basically Chinese cabbage and dried shrimp sauteed with a hint of ginger and garlic, and just the bare splash of soy sauce and vinegar. This is a dish more from the area around Beijing, but shows up on menus in Chinese restaurants that cover a variety of regions, leading me to believe that it's just one of those practically national dishes. And, for a few of us who like the more outré dishes, we picked the spicy stir fried small intestines, chinchulines as they're called here, or chitlins in the southern U.S. Here, Lazi feichang is a stir fry of diagonally cut intestines with bell peppers, onions, and chilies. Not overly spicy, but delicious, and surprisingly tender, and even the one or two folk who normally wouldn't touch these with a ten foot pole, gave them a try. So... let's see. The space - it's very orange, but it's comfortable. The two owners, absolutely delightful, and going out of their way to be helpful and make suggestions. The food, really just spectacularly good. Easily as good as Caracol de Amor, which has been my favorite since discovering it a few months back, and far less expensive. Most of the dishes run around 300 pesos, versus 400+ at Caracol. Our group of seven ate all of the above, plus waters and beers, and tip, and left for a grand total of 3780, or 540 pesos apiece, or just over $14. And we could have been supremely happy with one or two fewer dishes, but are even more happy to have tried all these.

Not bad for a quick Scenchuan beef... Not great but OK... You get a Buffet and then you weight your…read moreplate to pay...