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gentlemanl0ser t1_j1scnbi wrote

You mention Schezuan— I hope you’ve checked out Peter Chang and Cheng Du. Definitely the best Schezuan in the area.

As for General Tso I personally think Peking on broad has the best.

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GroundbreakingBite96 OP t1_j1se9h6 wrote

Oh I didn’t realize there was a Peter Chang here! Thank you, I’ll def check them all out.

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sleevieb t1_j1shybn wrote

Uh we have THE Peter Chang.

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Appropriate-Energy41 t1_j1skiom wrote

I had no idea it started in Richmond, wild.

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sleevieb t1_j1sv8r4 wrote

IIRC he was the chef at the chinese embassy and then his first few resteraunts were in Williamsburg but were more of a take out model whereas the Richmond Resteraunt is focused on dine in. Of course they offer take out, and he has other concepts, like the noodle place in the west end next to a Wal-Mart? I don't know if that survived as that concept or what.
He also notoriously bounces around to his many different locations and real Chang-heads/food critics will always want to know where he is cooking to get a taste of that real-real.

Last I heard all the tickets at the Flagship get translated into mandarin for the line Chefs. So good luck substituting anything lol.

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craftbeerva t1_j1sydmg wrote

He opened the first Peter Chang in Charlottesville in 2011, which is still in business, before the RVA locations started popping up though I’m not sure how often he frequents it or if he is be affiliated with that location any more. Before that he opened and trained the staff at Taste of China in CVille in 2009 which is also still around but he’s long gone from there. From this article from a few months ago it reads that he spends most of his time in Bethesda cooking at a spot called Q by Peter Chang but does return to RVA from time to time.

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sleevieb t1_j1t8aj4 wrote

IIRC there is a HUGE chinese population in parts of maryalnd.

At one point the best chinese in DC was in the hotel lobby of like a Holiday Inn that a bunch of Chinese nationals were staying in.

Looks like it was a Days Innhttps://www.onlyinyourstate.com/dc/hidden-chinese-food-restaurant-washington-dc/

https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/ev9zu9/what_would_you_say_is_the_best_chinese_restaurant/

" Because it's attached to the Days Inn where the Chinese Embassy housed their workers while doing renovations (for obvious reasons, they imported their workers). "

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needsexyboots t1_j1t20lx wrote

The noodle place closed in 2018 unfortunately. They had a bean paste noodle that was my absolute favorite meal.

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Visual-Sheepherder36 t1_j2a5ql3 wrote

Had Peter Chang's General Tso for lunch today and it was no better than mall food court bullshit.

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