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Pacificana, World Tong, or Park Asia for tonight? — Brooklynian

Pacificana, World Tong, or Park Asia for tonight?

longtimesloper
longtimesloper
edited November -1 in Park Slope
So-I was all set to have dinner at my favorite Brooklyn Chinatown restaurant, Diamond On Eight tonight and they are having a banquet!

So, after looking around, i see people here seem to like these 3 places also. I want to go to a place that is largish and has a variety of dishes to choose from (not just dim sum-we are going for dinner). What say all you great Brooklynians out there?

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  • not rusty
    not rusty
    Can only speak about Pacificana: dim sum experience was great, menu items are supposed to be similarly tasty.

    Very large space.
  • carnivore
    carnivore

    Subject: Re: Pacificana, World Tong, or Park Asia for tonight?

    LongTimeSloper wrote: So-I was all set to have dinner at my favorite Brooklyn Chinatown restaurant, Diamond On Eight tonight and they are having a banquet!

    So, after looking around, i see people here seem to like these 3 places also. I want to go to a place that is largish and has a variety of dishes to choose from (not just dim sum-we are going for dinner). What say all you great Brooklynians out there?
    I've never been to Park Asia, but I like World Tong and Pacficana a lot. I've never been to Pacificana for anything but dim sum, but I've heard that the regular menu is also great (in the interest of full disclosure, a colleague of mine is friends with the management). I've been to World Tong many times for dinner, and it's usually great, but I have had a few disappointments.

    Please tell me about Park Asia... :D
  • longtimesloper
    longtimesloper
    Well, when googling for Park Asia-i am not finding anything. though, I found plenty of info about the other two. Perhaps park Asia is gone?

    After reading around the net, i am seriously leaning towards Pacificana-but, keep the thoughts coming! We seriously love Diamond On eight-wish they weren't clsoed tonight.
  • livetotravel
    livetotravel
    Haven''t been to Park Asia, and haven't been to World Tong since Joe Ng left for Chinatown Brasserie. But went twice recently to Pacificana on a friend's recommendation and used this Robert Sietsema article as my eating guide. I didn't have any dim sum but had a bit of everything mentioned here...this place is great!
    http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0750,sietsema,78572,15.html
  • longtimesloper
    longtimesloper
    DARN! Pacificana is out also-just called them and they have a full house tonight-wedding party! Guess World Tong it is unless they have something going on too.

    just called and made a reservation at World Tong-hope they are good.
  • triebensee
    triebensee
    I find Pacificana to be a bit inconsistent for dinner (dim sum is fantastic).

    It may be that you really have to know what to order - just perusing the menu may not get you to the best choices.

    That being said (or written, as it were), Pacificana is a fine restaurant and you'll enjoy it.

    Getting close to New Year, so a lot of the big restaurants may have banquets.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    LongTimeSloper wrote: DARN! Pacificana is out also-just called them and they have a full house tonight-wedding party! Guess World Tong it is unless they have something going on too.
    Make sure you get some seafood items (just check out the tanks and point to what you want).
  • longtimesloper
    longtimesloper
    ^^Really? Point at what I want? Wow-that is fresh! LOL
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Just had a great dinner last night at Lucky 8 at 5204 8th Ave in Sunset Park.
    Dungeness crab Singapore style was really tasty. Sweet fresh crab with a sweet and spicy sauce. The spare ribs in vinegar sauce also would have been worth the trip alone- lean and tender, with a baked-in sweet, vinegary, spicy flavor. Tofu stuffed with minced shrimp was pretty standard for that dish. We got 2 veg dishes- Chinese broccoli in garlic sauce and pea shoots, both of which were great, but I liked the Chinese broccoli better. I let them talk me out of the Fu Chow fried rice (a seafood fried rice) in favor of the house special fried rice, which was the only disappointment (it was a little bland). As I was leaving, I saw a bunch of Chinese kids getting a Shabu Shabu-looking thing that also looked tasty.

    I definitely plan on putting this place into the heavy rotation.
  • longtimesloper
    longtimesloper
    Ooh-that sounds good! Been craving Chinese food again lately-maybe we will try that place out this weekend. Do they have a website do you know?
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    oh man. now I'm craving hot pot. who wants to do hot pot someday soon(est)? I usually go to a place in manhattan at the base of the manhattan bridge (next to all the buses).
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    LongTimeSloper wrote: Ooh-that sounds good! Been craving Chinese food again lately-maybe we will try that place out this weekend. Do they have a website do you know?
    No website.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    LongTimeSloper wrote: Ooh-that sounds good! Been craving Chinese food again lately-maybe we will try that place out this weekend. Do they have a website do you know?
    Be sure to report back with what you think if you try it! And definitely get those ribs (assuming no dietary restrictions against it).
  • raw
    raw
    Pacificana on 55th Street and 8th Avenue has good food and service. Its space is wedding-big. Here's Pacificana's menu:

    http://www.sunset-park.com/mall/PACIFICANA/menu.html
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