Shuang Cheng
| Address: | 1320 SE 4th St, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA |
| Phone: | +1 612-378-0208 |
| Site: | shuangchengrestaurant.com |
| Rating: | 4.3 |
| Working: | 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 12–10PM |
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Grace Wagner
Shuang Cheng has been my favorite Chinese restaurant in the Twin Cities since I moved here in 2009. While the restaurant encompasses most of Chinas regional cuisines, I gravitate toward their "hot pot" dishes. These dishes are served in a (you guessed it) hot little iron/tin pot all sizzling and bubbling when placed in front of you. Flavors of these dishes vary greatly. (From the salty tang of the chicken with salt fish hotpot to the sweet and mild "East River Special," my favorite seafood, chicken, pork, and vegetable hot pot!) If youre less adventurous, Shuang Cheng can provide your taste buds with the Americanized Chinese dishes of General Tso, beef and broccoli, and sweet and sour. Ive had them all, and yes, theyre perfectly delicious! Ive yet to have enough people to order such a treat, but their jumbo crab looks absolutely delicious, as do their whole roasted fish. Theyve got some lobster, too, if that tickles your fancy -- all market price. All in all, this place is great. Their egg rolls are to die for, and Ive actually considered stealing their containers of homemade roasted peppers in oil. (I tried buying some outright. They denied me but gave me ample takeout cups of it.) Brave the college crowd and the cruddy parking to eat at this wonderful restaurant!
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Heather Kremen
A casual Chinese restaurant that has delicious food! Their menu is extremely long so it is easy to find something for everyone. Its a great place to take a group of friends or family. I have tried dozens of their dishes over the years and never found one I dislike. My latest meal was the plain sounding "Chicken and Vegetables." There was plenty of chicken and a wide range of perfectly cooked (al dante) vegetables in a flavorful brown/garlic sauce. It was labeled as spicy, but while I could taste the chili pepper it was by no means too spicy to eat, and I have a low spice tolerance. Some of my other favorites included their Mapo Tofu, the Honey Walnut Shrimp, Pork and Eggplant in Garlic Sauce, and tgeir chicken and vegetable pan fried noodles. Tea and water are always provided with the meal. The staff are friendly and helpful and the service is usually quick.
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Matthew Gress
Been going there for 25 years, then my word of mouth too. I admit, I am in a rut there. Usually the unbeatable Beef with Orange peel or "whole dead fish on a plate" (as a friend calls it) with ginger scallion sauce, walleye if I can get it. If you go there before ordering, always check out the grease-pencil board for specials and seafood. I just at their wonderful Stir-Fried Seafood with Asparagus and it is great! Shrimp, squid, and scallops with only asparagus as a vegetable, unless you count real ginger slices in the light, delicious sauce. This is not a cut and paste Chinese place you can likely get delivery from in your neighborhood. Some of those are passable, but nothing compared the real thing. Shuan-Cheng (Which means "Twin City" an actual place in Chin) has never delivered while was looking because they have never had to.
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Ryan Lutgen
Easily one of the best Chinese food restaurants around. My main complaint is that they get very overwhelmed when they are busy, specifically around the traditional lunch and dinner hours. I used to be able to predict when theyd be busy, but with all of the college apartments flooding the area, its getting harder and harder to predict the busy times. There are typically only two or three waiters/waitresses working the floor, so when every table/booth is full (roughly 30+ tables in the restaurant) it gets very hard for them to service everyone effectively. If you dont mind going at off peak hours, then I recommend Shuang Cheng wholeheartedly. If you want to go during usual meal times, then hope the restaurant didnt just flood with tons of people who just placed their orders.
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Rosee Yang
Horrible service. We made reservations and they forgot to put us down, gave us some seatings in the party room, however after ordering another larger group came so they made us move tables to give the party room to the guest that had the bigger group. Food came out all at separate times and we were already full and done when the final dish came out. We waited 30 mins to get our tickets so we could pay. and as soon as we got up from our table another group of customers didnt even wait for the tables to be cleared and were already being seated.
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Jukuan Zheng
I called to order oyster with ginger and scallions, asked whether steamed or fried. I choose steamed, the person didnt tell me that steamed was 7 bucks more, which I found out later when pick up. While the online menu just has one single price for the dish, well done! Good cheater! The person was in really bad manner, said"you got what you paid for!!" Why should customer pay for your mistake? Last point, the dish was not worth the price at all, told fresh oyster which tastes not fresh at all!! Never come back again.
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Matt Cohen
If you know what to order, this is some of the best Chinese restaurants in the Twin Cities. First, for lunch, try the Cantonese rice plates for filling, tasty awesomeness. The BBQ pork rice plate is off the hook delicious and includes a large amount of greens. Anytime, try the specials up on the board, especially the fish. They always serve up a nice hot cup of tea at no charge. The only reason my review is not five stars is that the menu is a mixed bag - mostly great, but some dishes that just "meet expectations".
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Patrick Kelly
They have a small bowl of spicy sauce made of peppers and oil on each table which is great but mine was burned so I grabbed one from another table but it was also burned. There are little tea cups on each table but mine had an old fortune stuck inside and some other debris. The egg rolls and pork egg foo young I had were mediocre but the server was very good so thats what keeps Shuang Cheng out of the 2 star or worse category. You can find significantly better Chinese within walking distance from here.
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Zac Golla
This was awful. I was told by a friend that these people had the best Sesame Tofu in Minneapolis.. This was a complete over exaggeration and totally wrong. The tofu was cut so thin that when it was fried it basically became hard to chew or swallow. The flavor was mediocre with an over-bearing citrus taste. Not to mention it had NO spice as Sesame dishes typically do, nor was I asked to add any spice. Also, it was not advertised as spicy or not on the menu. My experience here was awful to say the least.
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Karen Wang
We came to try the three-course Peking duck. $44 for crispy Peking duck wraps, duck and mustard green soup, and stir-fried duck with vegetables. Needless to say, the two of us brought back a lot of leftovers. It was all delicious. I think it couldve easily fed four. Comes with a huge bowl of rice to share. I wish the soup had rice noodles in it, the way my mom makes it, but the broth was delicious. It does take 45 minutes to an hour for them to make the duck, but in my experience the wait is normal.
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Meshach Weber
One of the first, quality Chinese restaurants in town and still a standout. Very good black bean sauce here. Chilean Sea Bass is very good. Orange beef is a very popular dish. Some of the best whole walleye (get it with their black bean sauce), live crab and live lobster (both amazing with ginger scallion sauce) in the cities. Some dishes are more average fare, but good ingredients and care put into food. The shrimp is always perfectly done. David, the owner os a friendly and personable fellow.
