Secret Kitchen 粤精彩 — Restaurant in New York

TLDR: A solid find in Fresh Meadows. Classic Cantonese dishes but done really really well. Salted egg prawns, black pepper steak cubes and mushrooms, the fried sticky rice!

Popped in randomly on a weeknight with the family and so presently surprised. We got a bunch of things to share and everything was exceptionally good.

The salt and pepper anchovies were chunky, flaky but crispy on the outside. The stir-fried specialties is a mix of jicama, garlic chives, dried squid and fried anchovies. Savory, so much texture, beautiful colors and amazing with some rice.

The black pepper beef cubes with mushroom I was really shocked. Tender chunks of beef, a wonderfully rich mouthfeel with bouncy mushrooms. For such a classic dish - this was definitely the best version I've ever had.

Salted egg yolk prawns. Fried, massively jumbo shrimps tossed in the salted egg yolk. It's hard to find a place that makes this and even harder to find one that gets it right.

The fried sticky rice though was the star for me. The dice on the ingredients is so fine, everything just mixes together perfectly. The fried taro, salami-like bites of chinese sausage, there was significant wok hei in this. We just got it plain but I can imagine with some seafoood - wow.

Haven't been back since but I may need to pay...

3.5/5 stars rounded up. The food was on the saltier side for me, but all the flavors were good (simple, but good). We tried the chicken and eggplant, mapo tofu, shrimp and eggs, and water spinach. Eggplant, chicken, and salted fish: This turned out to just be eggplant and chicken. I think there was some miscommunication because we ordered the lunch special version of this dish, not the full casserole. Instead of tofu, chicken, and salted fish, we opted for eggplant, chicken, and salted fish. This turned out to just be a basic Chinese takeout-like stir-fry. The chicken pieces were not dry, but they were pretty salty. The eggplant pieces were cooked well though, and they weren't overly salty at all. Shrimp and eggs: The eggs in this dish were pretty salty, but I liked the ratio of shrimp to egg. The shrimp itself was very juicy. Water spinach: This was my favorite. The flavor was simple but great, and it wasn't too salty.

Overall, this place has decent Cantonese food. The wait staff is friendly. Portions are good, particularly for their lunch special, which is a...

What a fantastic meal! I was really craving authentic Chinese food and this Cantonese restaurant absolutely hit the spot. We ordered the chicken feet, shredded jellyfish, snow peas, honey walnut shrimp, lobster fried rice, and roasted beef tenderloin in red wine. Though I'd never had Thai-style chicken feet and this particular jellyfish appetizer before, I was very pleased by the flavors and uniqueness of these dishes. The snow peas, on the other hand, tasted just like my mom's cooking and reminded me of home. As for the main dishes, the shrimp and beef were some of the best I've ever had as the shrimp had this perfect texture to it and the beef was so tender it could melt in your mouth. If you're a fan of seafood, I strongly recommend the lobster fried rice since not only was it fresh but the portion size was well worth the price. To finish it all off, we enjoyed a complimentary mango pomelo dessert that was refreshingly the right amount of sweet. Lastly, I've got to thank the service as our waiters were super attentive throughout our meal––we'll definitely...