Tai He Lou

I love this place. Unpretentious family-run restaurant featuring well prepared and presented and very fresh Dongbei (Northeast China) cuisine. Very friendly service (English spoken). At our second visit, hot tea was brought to our table without asking, because they remembered from our first visit.

Our favorite dishes include the spicy tofu, mixed vegetables, sliced pork belly (practically melts in your mouth) and the amazing dumplings served in a special plate that lets the cooking water drain off.

UPDATE 19 Nov 2022: Visited Tai He Lou for the first time since it reopened. New chef, new crew, and am happy to say the food is still amazing and the service friendly. The menu is different, but they still have the dumplings! Dishes we tried: boneless fish with sauerkraut (amazing), sweet/sour pork Dongbei style (best I've ever had), water spinach (great greens, not on menu, ask for it), ma po tofu (with meat, very good), pork with garlic chive dumplings, boiled) (Mmmmmmm). Many others we will return to try.