Yeah Shanghai Deluxe Restaurant
New Yeah Shanghai Deluxe Restaurant
65 Bayard St
(btw Elizabeth & Mott St)
New York, NY
Check the restaurant inspection information on the last paragraph of this post to see how clean it is.
Reservations: For large groups, yes otherwise no.
Instead of going to Vegetarian Dim Sum as recommended by softrice, I was craving for shanghai and I didn’t know why. All I know was that I was in a meaty mood and vegetarian was unappealing to me. Btw I just checked out the website for Vegetarian Dim Sum, and now I’m craving for it. If you guys are interested, there’s a coupon that you can download and print out. Good thing I now checked, if I went that night without knowing about this I would have been real pissed. How on let me check again, ah, it’s not much 5% discount, but that’s still better than nothing. I guess it really goes back towards their tips anyways.
Anyways I was drawn between two Shanghainese restaurant even though there was one more across the street, which is New Green Bo. I had a bad experience at that place when I was a teen, ::whispers:: horrible service, I hope that bitch was fired cause I could have swore that she spat in my food, so that restaurant was out of the question.
Yeah I take ghetto pictures when I’m hungry and it never occurs to me to take pictures after I eat. I guess the food coma takes a toll on me.
Back to what I was saying, of course you know what I chose. See, Moon House was completely desolated so I thought that was a bad sign. I saw some people in Yeah Shanghai, but I didn’t realize that people weren’t on line waiting for a table, they were merely ordering out. Inside with Kimberly, the restaurant was completely desolate and I mean desolate with just 5 waiters waiting on our commands. I felt like a queen? Btw did I mention about the cool bridge that you have to cross over to get to the tables in the back of the restaurant? I thought it was cute. Cuter than the bridge at Xe Lua.
Well, I can say this restaurant looks 10x better than the one next store and the one across so I gave it points for that. Also it received extra points for these pictures:
Especially this one.
As softrice would say, “Whoa, there are chinese porno pictures?”
No no, they’re just mere pieces of beautiful artwork. I like it. I guess these pictures motivate the waiters to work harder? I don’t know. Anyways, time to sit down and eat.
When I come to a shanghai restaurant, I like to order their signature steamed pork buns because everything else is just like a regular chinese retaurant. Alright, time to order.
I’ve got to take better pictures than this.
While Kim was reading through the menu, 
I helped myself to a few photos:
To sum this article: This place is the bomb. Yeah, well I’ll see about that.
The good luck cat is so cute. I just wanted to put it in my bag and take it home, just like with my other kittens.
At this time, more people were coming in which made me feel sort of better. There was a couple who sat on the opposite side of us, and then later on there was a celebration with an older crowd, I guess a bunch of shanghainese people with some that can’t even speak the language, who sat literally right next to us. What the fuck, I felt so cramped, even more cramped since me and kim were sitting on the corner of this wall, wtf. Of all the places in the world, the waiters gotta set this restaurant so close next to us. Minus points.
Let’s get back to the food.
Appetizers
Steamed Pork Bun
$3.95
Verdict: This tastes like the frozen pork buns that you steam at home that you can find in an asian supermarket next to the frozen dumplings. I was very disappointed because I have tasted better before. What a let down.
Recommended: No unless you’ve never had these before.
Fried Dumplings
$3.95
Verdict: Well at least the frozen dumplings that you buy can’t taste like this dumpling here even if you fry it. This dumpling is very doughy and crisp on the outside, and the meat is sort of dried on the inside. There’s a vinegar-soy sauce dipping that you can use to enhance the flavor. It’s not bad, but it’s not the best.
Recommended: Sure, why not? You can always get a kick out of this.
Shanghai Rice Cake w/stir fried shrimp, vegetables, and pork
Price: $11.50
Verdict: I used to come here for their rice cake dish and it usually tastes so good, but that night there was something off about it. The pieces are even smaller and thiner, I guess to absorb the sauce but it really didn’t, and the sauce wasn’t thick enough. It’s still good to eat, just that my expectation went down just a little.
Recommended: I still would recommend it.
Flounder w/stir fried snowpeas, bamboos, and mushroom
$9.95
Verdict: Kim had this dish and she said it was really good. I am not a fan of seafood so I wouldn’t know. When you come to a shanghainese restaurant, seafood is not their signature dish.
Recommended: No
The Dining Experience:
It was terrible. There were flies flying all over the place and I felt like I swallowed a couple. I didn’t, but I feel like somehow I did. Me and Kim were shooing away the flies, and the loving couple on the opposite side did the same thing. I wonder just how clean this place is. It’s just disgusting, I don’t know if I’m ever going to come back to this place because of this experience.
Report Card for Cleanliness
According to health inspector of NYC:
YEAH SHANGHAI DELUXE RESTAURANT
65 BAYARD STREET, MANHATTAN 10013
Current violation points: 12
Inspection Date: 05/31/2006
Violations were cited in the following area(s) and those requiring immediate action were addressed.
1.) Toilet facility not maintained and provided with toilet paper, waste receptacle and self-closing door.
2.) Food contact surface not properly maintained.
3.) Cold food held above 41°F (smoked fish above 38°F) except during necessary preparation.
Hm… I guess the health inspector didn’t see no flies. Interesting, but it was conducted last summer, so it might be better.
Let’s check the restaurant across the street:
GREEN BO RESTAURANT
66 BAYARD STREET, MANHATTAN 10013
Current violation points: 17
Inspection Date: 03/07/2006
Violations were cited in the following area(s) and those requiring immediate action were addressed.
1.) Immersion basket not provided, used or of incorrect size. Incorrect manual technique. Test kit and thermometer not provided or used. Improper drying practices.
2.) Non-food contact surface improperly constructed. Unacceptable material used. Non-food contact surface or equipment improperly maintained.
3.) Plumbing not properly installed or maintained; anti-siphonage or backflow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly.
4.) Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.
5.) Evidence of roaches or live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.
Yeah when I went there back 5 or 6 years ago, they still had a roach problem. Yuck.
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