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As a native of Hong Kong, it's no wonder I'm picky about my Chinese food (My girlfriend complains about that a lot!!) Before I moved to Denver from Pueblo, everybody raved about Empress. ""Oh, it's the best Chinese in Denver"", ""It's the only Chinese I'll have!"". Well, I can't blame them, they've been surrounded by Amercianized Chinese food. Guys, there's nothing wrong if you want to try something ""different"", Empress would do just fine. For those of you who want quality with your adventure, give Superstar Asian Cafe a try. Try to get there when it's busy, like sunday lunch time, trust me, it's worth the wait. A good dim sum is a hot dim sum (The flavor and texture of many dim sum changes as their temperature changes); With more people ordering dim sum, the higher your chance of getting quality food fresh out of the kitchen. Their dim sum is the closest thing to what I've had in Hong Kong. hot and steamy pork buns, thin skinned shrimp dumplings, and flavorful pork hashes. Their fried rice and noodle dishes are not too greasy. My recommendations are the Yang Chow fried rice, thick rice noodle with beef and black bean (gon chow au hoh), and the crunchy fried noodles with beef (you can order extra crunchy!!). Their jellyfish actually tastes fresh! umm, jelly fish.... When you're ready to sweeten things up, try the sweet tofu (dao fu fa) or sweet egg tart (dan tat, try to get these when they're hot and fresh). The best advice that I can give is that if you see a waiter come out carrying a tray of small plates, it usually means it's fresh out of the oven, or steamer, or wok, or whatever!! Bottom line is, it's hot, it's fresh, and it's good. Go ahead, give real Chinese food a try!!! let me know what you think! TFD
Pros: prices, quality of food
Cons: service (language barrier), cramped seating, wait time (it's worth it!)
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