Comments on The Vicarious Food Whore: Eating Everything So You Don't Have To: Chinese Brown Sauce: New York vs. New Orleans

Thanks, S'mai. Me, too. I also miss lo mein.

2009-05-05T13:55:00.000-04:00

Thanks, S'mai. Me, too. I also miss lo mein.

I liked this entry. And I miss Dad.

2009-05-04T22:39:00.000-04:00

I liked this entry. And I miss Dad.

DEFINITELY have the hot and sour soup -- it's fabu...

2009-05-04T12:33:00.000-04:00

DEFINITELY have the hot and sour soup -- it's fabulous. The moo shu is very good and the portions are all massive. Things in brown sauce @ East Cafe are passable, but not incredible. A winner, though, is the Honey Walnut Shrimp -- sweet, sticky, thick sauce with a tropical feel, courtesy of the chunks of pineapple, and slightly crispy shrimp with plenty of walnuts. Do it up with brown rice and that soup and you won't regret it!

I work very close to Cafe East so I'll check it ou...

2009-05-04T10:27:00.000-04:00

I work very close to Cafe East so I'll check it out. Thanks!

Nope, not yet, but I sure will take you up on that...

2009-04-30T11:35:00.000-04:00

Nope, not yet, but I sure will take you up on that recommendation!

Cafe East in Metairie is also pretty good, and Hoshun in the Garden District is tasty and cheap, but they're not the "bastardized" Chinese I'm looking for ... although, they're not exactly authentic, either lol.

I hear ya on Five Happiness. Everyone needs to get...

2009-04-30T11:32:00.000-04:00

I hear ya on Five Happiness. Everyone needs to get over that place...it's not good. However, I did hear this place is recommendable:

Imperial Garden Chinese Restaurant
3331 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 443-5691

Have you tried it?