37 China Town

I've been doing some research for Chinese restaurants in Bangalore but I have yet to find a real Chinese restaurant and by real I meant Chinese food that Chinese people all over the world would eat. I have nothing against Indian-Chinese food but it's a different cuisine altogether. It's kinda like American Chinese; it's localized and is usually deep fried and then smothered in sauces, which could be tasty if you aren't craving for a real Chinese meal.

Here's a restaurant that was recommended by a friend of Papa V, who claimed "the food is really great!". Good (if you are starving) maybe, but "great" might be a bit exaggerated.


Fried vegetarian wontons.


Soy sauce pork, slightly spiced. You can't go to a Chinese restaurant without ordering pork. Here, the slivers are so thin you can hardly taste the meat but the seasoning is pretty tasty.


Stir-fry bak choy and broccoli with garlic.


Pieces of fish with a lot of sauce - so much that it was hard to tell if you were eating fish or chicken.


Fried mai-fun (thin rice noodles). I guess if I have to come back here, I would order this dish. It tasted a bit like chow-mai-fun I had growing up in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.


Fried rice - looks plain and simple but it was actually quite tasty and goes well with the spicy soy sauce pork.


Butterscotch ice cream. Are you startled by how fluorescent it looks? Yeah, I was too. Tasted very artificial and not a hint of butterscotch. Not recommended.


The interior of the restaurant.

I'm determined to find a real Chinese restaurant in Bangalore. If there are authentic Korean and Thai restaurants in this city, I'm sure somewhere out there is a Chinese man or woman serving a plate of steamed pomfret or a bowl of wonton noodles.

Overall Ratings:
Po's: 5.5/10

Would we return?
Don't think so.

Address:
37Th Crescent Hotel,
37, Crescent Road,
High Grounds,
Bangalore
Phone: 080 40373737