We had a lovely dinner at one of our most favorite restaurant in the area: Chef Ping. It is a Chinese restaurant, but this is far from your typical Chinese restaurant in the US.
First of all, on any given night, Asian customers outnumber others. And you know my rule about ethnic restaurants: if the majority of the clientele isn't of that ethnic origin (assuming that the demographics can support number of clientele), then there's a very good chance that the food isn't that good or authentic. For Chef Ping, the majority of the clientele is Asian.
The menu includes the standard American Chinese items, but it goes way beyond that. It also has menu items that you don't normally find in such a restaurant. Browse the menu. You'll see sea cucumber, tripe, beef belly, etc.
Our favorite items are the fish with wood ear, beef stew hotpot, and the Chinese broccoli with oyster sauce. But we have never had a bad items here yet, and their noodle soups are especially good since they are fresh noodles made in-house.
The only drawback is that this place is often very, very busy. Heaven saves you if you show up at 6:00 pm on a typical Friday or Saturday.
Zz.
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