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China Gourmet

Cuisine: Asian, Chinese

Price: $$

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The name sounds like most any other Chinese restaurant, but the food is anything but ordinary. Cincinnati locals swear this is the best Chinese food in the city. Known for the freshest seafood, traditional Cantonese cuisine and several spicy Szechwan specialties, the China Gourmet will satisfy that unmistakable yen for Oriental fare. Reservations suggested on the weekends. Dress is casual.

Address:

3340 Erie Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45208
513-871-6612

Hours:

Mon-Thu: 11:30am-10:30pm
Fri-Sat: 11:30am-Midnight

Website:

thechinagourmet.com

Main Menu
- Soup
  
  Won Ton
  
  Pork filled dumplings in a clear broth. ($4.00)
  
  Won Ton - Yang Chow style
  
  Pork filled dumplings in a clear broth. ($6.00)
  
  Hot and Sour
  
  With tofu, egg, bamboo shoots, and pork. ($4.00)
  
  100% Soup
  
  Shrimp, chicken and julienne vegetables in a clear broth. ($5.00)
- Appetizers
  
  Gourmet Chicken Wings (6)
  
  Served with a trio sauce sampler. ($8.00)
  
  Spring Roll
  
  Mixed vegetables in a crispy shell. With or without chicken. ($2.00)
  
  Egg Roll
  
  With pork, shrimp, cabbage and celery. ($3.00)
  
  Duck Egg Roll
  
  Napa and bean sprouts with a hoisin dipping sauce. ($3.00)
  
  Dem Sem
  
  Handmade steamed pork dumplings. Topped with brown sauce and scallions. ($6.00)
  
  Pan Fried Dumpling
  
  Made with shrimp or pork. Accompanied with a dipping sauce. ($8.00)
  
  Bacon Wrapped Scallops
  
  Two U-10 scallops wrapped with bacon and draped with a black bean sauce. ($12.00)
  
  Barbecue Shrimp
  
  Hand battered and fried then sauteed in our homemade sauce. ($7.00)
  
  Bing's 5 Spice Oyster
  
  Count size oysters in a 5 spice batter. One of my father's favorites. ($9.00)
  
  Lettuce Wraps
  
  Great for sharing. Shrimp or minced quail, mixed with vegetables on rice noodles. ($17.00)
- China Gourmet Classics
  
  Fresh Rainbow Trout
  
  Steamed or pan fried in your choice of sauces. ($20.00)
  
  Fresh Salmon
  
  Steamed with a lemon ginger soy or black bean garlic sauce. ($20.00)
  
  Fresh Salmon - Stir-fried style with vegetables
  
  Steamed with a lemon ginger soy or black bean garlic sauce. ($22.00)
  
  Wok Seared Sea Scallops
  
  Jumbo Scallops atop a bed of spinach with a garlic white wine sauce. ($22.00)
  
  Steak Kew
  
  Beef tenderloin medallions with mixed vegetables in a savory brown sauce. ($19.00)
  
  New Chicken
  
  Batter fried chicken with onions, carrots, and snow peas in our homemade Szechuan Sauce. ($16.00)
  
  Shrimp Chinatown
  
  Shrimp stir fried in a ginger and scallions sauce. ($18.00)
- What's New
  
  Mandarin Chicken Walnut
  
  Dark meat chicken stir-fried with green onions and walnuts in a hoisin sauce. ($17.00)
  
  Stockholder Chicken
  
  Dark meat chicken mixed with vegetables in savory house sauce. ($17.00)
  
  Conch with Bean Sprouts
  
  Sliced conch meat stir-fried in an oyster sauce. Set atop fresh bean sprouts. ($18.00)
  
  New Zealand Lamb Rack
  
  Lightly seasoned then pan seared. Set atop a bed of spinach in our homemade Szechuan Sauce. ($22.00)
  
  Oven Roasted Duck
  
  Roasted then removed from bone. Flash fried to crisp the skin. Draped with a hoisin garlic sauce. ($22.00)
- Seafood
  
  Catch of the Day
  
  Fresf Rainbow Trout
  
  ($20.00)
  
  Atlantic Salmon
  
  ($20.00)
- Chicken
  
  Szechuan Chicken
  
  ($16.00)
  
  Curry Chicken
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Moo Goo Gai Pan
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Sweet and Sour
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Kung Po Style
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Lo Mein
  
  ($14.00)
- Pork
  
  Moo Shu Pork
  
  ($16.00)
  
  Sweet and Sour
  
  ($16.00)
  
  Roast Pork with Snow Peas
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Szechuan Pork
  
  ($15.00)
- Beef
  
  Mongolian Beef
  
  ($16.00)
  
  Beef with Snow Peas
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Orange Beef
  
  ($16.00)
  
  Kung Po Steak
  
  ($18.00)
- Shrimp
  
  Curry Shrimp
  
  ($16.00)
  
  Sweet and Sour
  
  ($18.00)
  
  Shrimp with Snow Peas
  
  ($18.00)
  
  Shrimp with Lobster Sauce
  
  ($18.00)
- Vegetables
  
  Stir Fried Mixed Vegetables
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Szechuan String Beans
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Spinach with Garlic
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Chinese Broccoli with Ginger
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Szechuan Bean Curd
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Szechuan Eggplant
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Hung Sui Bean Curd
  
  ($12.00)
- Fried Rice
  
  Chicken, pork, shrimp, or veggie
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Chicken, pork, shrimp, or veggie - Yang Chow style
  
  ($8.00)
- Champagne / Sparkling
  
  Taittinger Brut la Francaise, Champagne
  
  ($80.00)
  
  Mumm Brut Prestige, Napa
  
  ($40.00)
  
  Perrier Jouet Grand Brut, Champagne
  
  ($18.00)
  
  Maschio Spago Prosecco, Veneto
  
  ($9.00)
- Ideally Matched Whites
  Cruceiro Albarino 2011, Rias Baixas
  Glass: $10.00
  
  Bottle: $39.00
  Meyer-Fonne Edelzwicker 2011, Alsace
  Glass: $9.00
  
  Liter Bottle: $39.00
  St. M Reisling 2011, Rheinpfalz
  Glass: $8.00
  
  Bottle: $29.00
  Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Reisling Spatlese 2009, Mosel
  
  ($56.00)
  
  Zind Humbrecht Muscat 2011, Alsace
  
  ($54.00)
  
  Zind Humbrecht Riesling 2009, Alsace
  
  ($50.00)
  
  Chevillon Aligote 2010, Bourgogne
  Glass: $13.00
  
  Bottle: $49.00
  Crios Torrontes 2011, Mendoza
  Glass: $10.00
  
  Bottle: $36.00
- Perfectly Paired Rose
  Castello di Ama Rosato 2011, Toscana
  Glass: $10.00
  
  Bottle: $38.00
  Casteggio Cruase Brut Rose 2007, Oltrepo Pavese
  
  ($48.00)
- Other Whites
  Casteggio Pinot Grigio 2011, Oltrepo Paverse
  Glass: $8.00
  
  Bottle: $30.00
  Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio 2011, Val d'Adige
  
  ($48.00)
  
  Craggy Range Sauvignon Blanc 2011, Martinborough
  
  ($46.00)
  
  Chateau Ducasse Sauvignon Blanc*Semillon 2011, Bordeaux
  Glass: $10.00
  
  Bottle: $38.00
  Tindel Blondelet Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2011, Loire
  
  ($50.00)
  
  Margues De Gelida Xarel-Lo 2011, Penedes
  
  ($32.00)
  
  William Hill Chardonnay 2011, Central Coast
  Glass: $8.00
  
  Bottle: $29.00
  Louis Jadot Macon Villages Chardonnay 2010, Bourgogne
  Glass: $9.00
  
  Bottle: $34.00
  Wine Press Chardonnay 2010, Sonoma Coast
  Glass: $13.00
  
  Bottle: $49.00
  Grgich Hills Chardonnay 2009, Napa
  
  ($65.00)
  
  Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Chardonnay 2010, Napa
  
  ($58.00)
- Well Suited Reds
  Hopler Blaufrankisch 2007, Burgenland
  
  ($40.00)
  
  Chevillon Passtoutgrain (Pinot Noir*Gamay) 2009, Bourgogne
  Glass: $13.00
  
  Bottle: $49.00
  Chateau Lande de Bertin 2009, Bordeaux
  
  ($36.00)
  
  Dupeuble Beaujolais 2010, Bourgogne
  
  ($33.00)
- Other Reds
  Alta Vista Malbec 2010, Mendoza
  Glass: $9.00
  
  Bottle: $32.00
  Sierra Cantabria Tempranillo 2008, Rioja
  Glass: $9.00
  
  Bottle: $32.00
  Milbrant Merlot 2009, Columbia
  Glass: $9.00
  
  Bottle: $30.00
  Villa Mt. Eden Cabernet Sauvignon 2009, Napa
  Glass: $10.00
  
  Bottle: $40.00
  St. Francis Cabernet Sauvignon 2009, Sonoma
  Glass: $12.00
  
  Bottle: $47.00
  Ghost Pines Red Blend 2010, Napa*Sonoma
  
  ($48.00)
  
  Sokol Blosser Evolution Red Blend, Oregon
  Glass: $10.00
  
  Bottle: $40.00
  Hedges CMS Red Blend, Columbia
  
  ($34.00)
  
  Sevona Estate Pinot Noir 2009, Sanat Barbara
  Glass: $11.00
  
  Bottle: $40.00
  Flowers Pinot Noir 2010, Sonoma Coast
  
  ($80.00)
  
  David Bruce Pinot Noir 2010, Sonoma Coast
  
  ($60.00)

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