China Gourment

Amazing Chinese food in the East Bay Area. The service is always quick and attentive, and the food really is, as the name indicates, gourmet. Very budget friendly too - I got soup, a spring roll, broccoli beef, and barbecue pork chow mein for $8.65. Their potstickers and spring rolls are yummy as well. Will definitely come back here!

I'm BACK on my annual trip up North & got a craving for some Chinese food while in Martinez. Friendly service & pretty clean inside. They have American style Chinese food on their menu but I would go for the Chinese style stuff - more authentic. Apparently they have new Sichuan/Szechuan additions & Korean-Chinese additions to the menu.



To started it off we ordered:



Crab Meat Puffs (crunch goodness stuffed with creamy crab goodness wrapped in crunch wonton goodness) - I wish someone would learn to make this in LA.



Family style meal with my friends:



1) Honey Walnut Shrimp - crispy & not too sweet - delicious - nothing was left!



2) Yang Jang Pi (sp?) - (see photo) it was this crazy assorted dish of jelly fish body slivers, sea cucumbers, calamari, egg, carrots, cucumber slices, mussels, shrimp, pork and covered in a hot mustard sauce. Be wary of the sauce - it can be spicy! But they were smart & brought it out on the side. Whew - tasty seafood/pork platter that was HUGE! Couldn't finish it between the 5 of us!



3) Tea flavored Duck - this had an interesting smoky flavor to it. I forgot to take a pix 'cos once I heard "duck" I just plowed right in. I actually prefer their Roasted Duck w/ the crispy skin (this one had a soft skin texture).



4) Kung Pao Chicken - like the standard staple at any Chinese restaurant. This one wasn't too salty or oily, which was a definite plus, while still keeping it's flavor. I was still munching on the peanuts after declaring I was stuffed - yeah -addictive like that, I know!



5) Chicken/Shrimp with steamed vegetables - kinda reminded me of American-Chinese menu item in LA called Moo Goo Gai Pan - meat w/ steamed veggie in a white sauce. Tasty & I felt healthy afterward (yeah, who thinks healthy after Chinese food - but this dish will make you happy & healthy...at least in my mind haha).



So we had no leftovers except for the yang jang pi. So happy there's a good Chinese restaurant in Martinez!