CONGEE HOUSE — Restaurant in Malden

What a surprise! This unassuming restaurant turned out to be a hidden jewel. I almost left as soon as I walked in, but thankfully I decided to stay. The food was fantastic; I even ordered a takeout after my eat-in meal. This place definitely reminded me of your typical popular hole-in-the-walls in China that are always crowded with locals in the morning with no tourists. Congee House's menu is limited but its cooking turns out to be quite authentic. If you do appreciate a truly down-to-earth Shandong taste and you do find something you like there then this is the place for you. Otherwise, you...

One of the rare few Chinese places that does breakfast. The waiter was really helpful and the food was delicious. I had the tea egg, which was the perfect amount of soft with lots of flavor, and tofu pudding that was like a comfort-food version of hot & sour soup (does not come with spice however so try it with a little chili oil). Next time I come here - and there will be a next time - it'll be hard to resist ordering that again so I can try...

我是美国人，很多年前住在中国。对我来说，这些吃的东西很方便，简单和让我很舒服。用一次性产品让人觉得不舒服，不要付钱买饭馆的东西。有些普遍的食品，饭馆的气氛就比较重要。如果不用一次性产品，人们就能休息一下，把生问题方下，然后要再来很多次跟朋友吃饭说话说话。还有些美国人，没吃过这些反。哪些人对新食品有很多意思。这个饭馆有很多potential，但是对我来说应该不用一次性产品，还要便宜一点，还有每个菜小一点，就能帮助人多来吃。还有。。。热茶在哪呢？？我希望这饭馆能进步，我会来换一下我的印象。This spot seems to be going for some Chinese cafeteria breakfast classics, which really excited me, I love that they kept the same decor from their other restaurant. I think there is a huge loss on serving everything in to go cups. Atmosphere makes a huge difference in spots like these. If you're serving largely comfort foods that could be made at home, I think there's something important about making you enjoy being in the space. I would absolutely love this place to turn into a mainstay for the community to hang out and meet up with friends for a comforting tasty meal. Having real dishes instead of single use plastic (even if it's counter order and pickup service instead) would feel much nicer and make me come more. The spicy tofu was great, the pork and pickle baozi was good, the soy milk was fine but I hoped for warmer, I enjoyed the 8 treasure congee. I think cutting prices and serving sizes both would benefit the business style so people are encouraged to come more often even if they pay less each individual time. Also would love hot tea. I hope to see this place succeed and will keep my...