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Lunch Combination for the Masses
- available all afternoon from 11:30am to 5pm. For take-away &
delivery, lunch combination includes your choice of entree plus
steamed rice, salad & spring-roll - all for $8.50
($9.50 for seafood & smoked tofu entrees)
This is for you! When Mao reviewed troops and praised
their hard work, their response was "Wei renmin fuwu!" Here
we say the same, "In service of the people!" We
aim to accommodate special requests, substitutions, and diets
whenever possible. Please ask us. We can
prepare most of our dishes with any restricted foods omitted (meat,
wheat, salt, &c). We also can exchange meat for tofu, cashew,
almond, or peanut - & also chicken or fish stock for vegetable
stock in our soups & sauces.
A NEW START
1 Beijing Spring roll One scrumptious
vegetarian spring roll for $1
1a Peasants' onion pancake $8
So good! Have as an
appetizer or eat it up along with an entrée
- 2 Crunchy wonton $8
Fried
crisp with morsels of seasoned chicken inside - served with our
sweet & sour sauce and spicy mustard for dipping
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3 Lettuce cup $11
Minced chicken or tofu, chopped green
beans, carrot & jicama served with lettuce wrappers
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4 Fried Gang of 4x4 $6
A batter-fried 4x4 matrix of
shrimp, pineapple, woodear mushroom, and snow pea -
5 Eggplant pamphlet $8
Five eggplant-bound volumes filled
with shrimp or tofu propaganda
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6 People's potstickers $10
Pan-fried dumplings -
herb-seasoned chicken filling - or our black
mushroom, bok choy, wood ear mushroom & smoked tofu filling
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6a Bamboo steamer dumpling $10
Herb-seasoned chicken
filling - or our black mushroom, bok choy, wood
ear mushroom & smoked tofu filling
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6b Shrimp & spinach dumplings $12
Six dumplings filled
with herb marinated shrimp, spinach & delicately fried egg -
each order freshly made & steamed -
6c Shrimp & spinach rolls $2
One fried roll filled
with chopped shrimp, spinach & egg filling
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88 Cha shao bbq pork $10
Sliced and served with hoisin and
sesame seeds
SOUPS
vegan broth available upon request
- 7 Peace not war wonton $10
Mushrooms, shrimp, chicken, zucchini, Chinese cabbage, bok choy,
carrots & chicken wonton dumplings in our delicious home-style
chicken broth - for $2 add cha shao bbq pork
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7a Model citizen noodle soup $11
Huge bowl! herbs,
vegetables & beef with wheat-flour egg-noodles in a light bonito
broth
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8 Egg flower $7
Delicate egg, zucchini, snow pea, carrot,
cilantro & tomato in our home-style chicken broth
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9 Hot & sour $6 large, $3 small
Tofu, tomato &
wood-ear mushroom in the famously tasty spicy chicken broth -
10 Spinach, tofu & black mushroom $7
SALADS
- 11 One dollar $1
Lettuce,
cucumber & shredded carrots with our sweet & light
vinegar-soy dressing
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12 Crispy $10 (shrimp or smoked tofu $1 more)
Choice of
chicken, shrimp or smoked tofu - lettuce, cucumber & jicama
garnished with carrots, green onions, ground peanut, pickled ginger,
cilantro, black sesame seeds & dressing. For 1$ more have
grilled shrimp or smoked tofu instead of chicken.
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13 Spinach $10
Fresh spinach leaves, mushrooms, bean
sprouts, fresh mango, tomato, grilled chicken & almonds with our
sweet, light, vingar-soy dressing. For 1$ more have grilled shrimp
or smoked tofu instead of chicken.
RICE & HOMEMADE NOODLES
Protein choice
of pork, chicken, soft tofu, fried tofu, almond, peanut or
cashew. Cha shao bbq pork, shrimp, sole, beef, or smoked tofu - $1 more.
- 14 Bok choy over chow fun $10
Wide rice-flour noodles, bok choy, bean sprouts, onion, tomato,
green onion, shredded carrot & choice of protein - most popular
street food in Canton Province.
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15 Fresh vegetables over lo mien $10
Thin wheat-flour
egg-noodles with bok choy, tomato, bean sprout, shredded carrot,
mushroom, onion & choice of protein. Try our homemade
whole-wheat or buckwheat noodles for $2 more. -
15a Curry rice-stick $12
Stir fried with onion, celery,
bean sprouts, seasoned egg & Madras curry - choice of protein
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15b Dan Dan Mian $12
Originally served from the
pole-carried baskets of waling vendors on the streets of old
Chengdu, this popular noodle dish is now a classic of Sichuan
cuisine. Boiled fresh homemade noodle, seasoned minced pork,
blanched spinach, bean sprouts, and shredded carrots mixed with our
chili sesame sauce. Indicate desired spicy level 1, 2, or 3 -
16 Hong Kong chow mien $12
Wok-fried bed of wheat-flour
egg-noodles with sumptuously saucy vegetables - try this with fish
(add1$)
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17 Fried rice $8
White or brown rice, shredded egg, snow
pea & carrot with bean sprouts, green onion & choice of
protein - try with cashew or add $2 to enjoy chairman's treatment of
extra scrambled egg on top
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17a Curry Pineapple Fried Rice with Shrimp & Cashew
$12
Served in a pineapple skin - choose jasmine or brown rice.
Steamed Jasmine or Brown Rice $1.50 (pint)
ENTRÉES
Protein choice of pork,
chicken, soft tofu, fried tofu, almond, peanut or cashew. Shrimp,
sole, beef, or smoked tofu - $2 more. Vegan sauces available upon
request. Rice sold separately.
- 18 Kungpao $12
Onion,
green onion, bell-pepper, carrot, peanut & Sichuan pepper
together in the world-famous style
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19 Orange-ginger $13
Lightly batter-fried slices of chicken served in our renowned sauce of fresh oranges, fresh
ginger, dried tangerine peel, green onions & Sichuan peppers,
garnished with blanched broccoli
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20 Black-bean $12
Choice of protein with broccoli,
zucchini, onion, mushroom & carrot in a hearty garlic black-bean
sauce
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21 Sweet & sour $12
Pineapple, onion, cucumber &
bell pepper in our own all-natural extremely tasty sweet & sour
sauce with your choice of pork, chicken, cashew, shrimp or fish -
each available either batter or stir fried
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22 Mao's Hometown $12
Made just like Mao's mama's in
Hunan Province! Smoked tofu & wood ear mushroom in our lightly
spicy house sauce - for this dish we recommend fish or shrimp
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23 Long-life beans $12
Green beans braised with black
bean sauce - highly addictive!
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24 Mapo tofu $11
Meat and vegetables stewed with soft tofu in spicy sauce direct
from Sichuan Province
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25 Sesame & yam $13
Slices of lightly
batter-fried choice of protein, snow pea, fresh tomato & yam in spicy-sweet
sauce with sesame seeds - this recipe comes from the 1911
revolutionary capitol, Nanjing
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26 Qingjiao rousi $11
Try your Chinese pronunciation on
this! Shredded pork & marinated, roasted tofu with green &
red bell-peppers stir-fried in our light country-style sauce
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27 Mushroom chicken $12
Tender sliced chicken, snow peas &
white mushroom in our Shaoxing wine sauce
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28 Countryside commune eggs $9
Seasoned egg with fresh
tomato, green onion, garlic & ginger
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29 Long March camp-fry $11
Chinese cabbage, snow pea,
tomato, wood-ear mushroom, white mushroom, zucchini & bean
sprouts
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33 Sautéed spinach &/or bok choy $10
Wok-sautéed with
just a little oil, green onion & garlic, then served in its own
broth - a deliciously light treat & a beautiful accompaniment to
richer entrées
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34 Sichuan eggplant $12
Sweet & spicy wok-sautéed
young eggplant with choice of protein
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35 Coconut curry $12
Green beans, eggplant, tomato,
broccoli, black mushroom, carrot, onion & bokchoy with choice of
protein
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36 Garlic $11
Onion, bell pepper, carrot & broccoli
with generous garlic & a touch of Vietnamese fish sauce
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37 Salt & pepper $10 veggie, $12 seafood
Choice of
delicately batter-fried seafood or vegetables - seasoned with fresh
green hot chili-peppers, onions, white pepper & sea salt
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38 Weiwuer lamb $13
A very popular street food from remote
ancient silk road region in northwest China... sea salt, cumin &
chili powder with sliced lamb, cashew, jicama, onion & cilantro
- fast cooked in the wok
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39 Shao montain lamb $13
Slices of lamb, leek &
jalapenos stir-fried with preserved black beans & our secret
sauce
POTABLES
Jasmine iced tea $3
Fresh home-made ginger-ale $3
Fresh-squeezed juices at Melrose Avenue location only
Orange $4.5, Carrot $4.5, Green Scare! $6
Hot teas by the pot $3 per person - see our specials
list for the current selection from our kitchen & around the
world
Fountain soda $2
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Root
Beer
San Pellegrino $5 large
SWEET THINGS
Red bean pastries $5
Six small pastries made from sweet
rice flour, cooked fresh each order!
Chocolate pineapple $7
One-quarter of a freshly sliced
pineapple served with a rich, warm, intensely chocolate dipping sauce

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Toasty
tea
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When the farmers of northern China are busy
at work, they like nothing better than to have some tea
freshly brewed from toasted grains brought to them in the
field. This favorite drink is tasty &
refreshing - & naturally without caffeine.

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