Shuang Cheng

It was like a crappy diner, only Chinese food. You know what I mean, ugly plaster walls and uninspired decoration, generic chairs and paper placemats that you can buy in bulk from a generic restaurant supply store.

That said, I can still taste the ginger sauced dungeness crab I ate the other night. The fried rice dish was excellent as well, but that crab may have been one of, if not the, greatest things I have ever eaten. The dragon who accompanied me to dinner explained, in his language as beautiful as it is incomprehensible to human ears, that Shuang Cheng was known for seafood dishes and I very much believe it.

The menu offered a variety of dishes, but for the most part it was standard Chinese restaurant fair. It did offer a better meat selection than some (mainly in that it had real duck in the dishes if you wanted it), and had a much larger seafood menu than many Chinese places. Which makes sense if you read the paragraph above this one.

Service was surprisingly prompt (if a little rushed) considering that the place was packed to the brim with people. Nothing really good or bad to say about it. It was nice that they offered free tea along with the water.

Ultimately, Shuang Cheng adds another unexpected yet excellent Asian food-hole to the big list of such things to be found in the area.